Create a CII Map

About this task

When you create a new map, you can either manually create an EDI layout or you can use a wizard that creates a layout for you based on an EDI standard. The wizard saves you time and effort and minimizes the risk of having an invalid standard format.

Note: If the map you are creating contains greater than 20,000 objects, you will receive a message noting that this map contains a very large number of objects. For best performance, it is recommended that you consider whether any unnecessary objects in the map can be removed, do not expand the entire object tree—expand only the section of the tree you are currently mapping, consider using the Show links to or from the currently selected element option instead of the Show links to or from all visible elements option, and save the map using the .MAP file format (using the Save As function).

To create a CII map:

Procedure

From the Sterling B2B Integrator Map Editor File menu, select New.
In the New Map Wizard, complete the questions in the first window and click Next.
Note: Be sure that Sterling B2B Integrator is selected in the What kind of map are you creating list.
If you are translating from CII, in the Input Format window select the Create a New Data Format Using this Syntax option.
Then, select CII. If you are translating from another format, select that format and continue to the next page of the wizard.
Select the ODBC data source that contains the IBM® Sterling Standards Database for CII (the default is CII) and click Next.
Note: If you want to use Japanese descriptions, select the Use Japanese descriptions, if available check box and click Next. Otherwise, just click Next.
Click Finish to load the transaction set.
Click Next to select the Output Format.
If you are translating to CII, in the Output Format window (select the Create a New Data Format Using this Syntax option.
Then, select CII and click Customize. If you are translating from another format, select that format and continue to the next page of the wizard.
Select the ODBC data source that contains the Sterling Standards Database for CII (the default is IBM Sterling B2B Integrator Standards) and click Next.
Note: If you want to use Japanese descriptions, select the Use Japanese descriptions, if available check box and click Next. Otherwise, just click Next.
Click Finish to load the transaction set. The Sterling B2B Integrator Map Editor displays the new map.
In the Sterling B2B Integrator Map Editor, select File > Save to save the map. Do not use spaces or apostrophes in the map name.
Note: To compile the map, select File > Compile. A progress dialog box displays and updates during the compilation process. If the map contains a large number of objects, you may be prompted that you should save the map in .MAP format.
To save a map as a .map file, select File > Save As and then select Source Maps (*.map) from the Save as type list.
Note: Prior to opening an .mxl (XML-formatted) file, the Sterling B2B Integrator Map Editor verifies that you have the Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) 4.0 installed on the same computer as Sterling B2B Integrator Map Editor. If you do not have the Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) 4.0 installed, the Sterling B2B Integrator Map Editor cannot save or load .mxl source files.