When to Use Temporary Records and Fields

These are other common reasons why you might want to incorporate temporary records and field into your map:

• If you must map from a repeating map component to a single map component, or vice versa.
• If the Input hierarchical level in a map does not match the Output hierarchical level.
• If you only want to populate an Output field with data if a specified qualifier is used or if specific criteria is met.
• If you must use extended rules in addition to creating temporary records and fields.
  Note: When you use extended rules with temporary groups and records, you must use indexes when you are moving data to a looping (multiple occurrence) group or record. For more information about using indexes, see Using Indexes in the Sterling B2B Integrator Map Editor and Translator.