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Comments:Thetextenteredherewillbedisplayedinthetooltipthatappearswhenhoveringoverthe
stepintheStepspane.
Extraction Definition
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Data Table:Defineswherethedatawillbeplacedintheextractedrecord.Theroottableis
record,anyothertableinsidetherecordisadetailtable.Formoreinformationsee"Extracting
transactionaldata"onpage235.
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Append values to current record:WhentheExtractstepisinsidealoop,checkthistoensure
thattheextractionwillbedoneinthesamedetail tableasanypreviousextractionswithinthe
sameloop.Thisensuresthat,ifmultipleextractsarepresent,onlyonedetailtableiscreated.
Field Definition
Thefollowingfielddefinitionsettingsareidenticalforallfields.
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Field List:TheField Listdisplayseachofthesinglefieldsthatbelongtotheselectedstepina
drop-down.Fieldscanbere-orderedandre-namedwithintheOrderandrenamefieldsdialog
(see"Orderandrenamefieldsdialog"onpage332).Selectoneofthefieldstomakefurtherset-
tingsforthatfield.
Tip: Tochangethenameofafieldquickly,right-clickitintheDataModelandselect
Rename.
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Add Unique ID to extraction field:Checktoaddauniquenumericalsetofcharacterstothe
endoftheextractedvalue.Thisensuresnotwovaluesareidenticalinthisfieldintherecordset.
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Mode:Determinestheoriginofthedata.FieldsalwaysbelongtoanExtractstep,buttheydon't
necessarilycontainextracteddata.See"Fields"onpage264formoreinformation.
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Location:Thecontentsofthedataselectiondeterminethevalueoftheextractedfield.
Thesettingsforlocation-basedfieldsarelistedseparately,perfiletype:
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"Settingsforlocation-basedfieldsinaTextfile"onthefacingpage
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"Settingsforlocation-basedfieldsinaPDFfile"onpage329
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"Settingsforlocation-basedfieldsinCSVandDatabasefiles"onpage330
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"Settingsforlocation-basedfieldsinanXMLfile"onpage330
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"Settingsforlocation-basedfieldsinaJSONfile"onpage330
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JavaScript:TheresultoftheJavaScriptExpressionwrittenbelowthedrop-downwillbe
thevalueoftheextractedfield.Iftheexpressioncontainsmultiplelines,thelastvalueattri-
bution(variable="value";)willbethevalue.See"DataMapperScriptsAPI"onpage360.
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