Wildcards in adapter names

Use wildcard notation to identify a source or target to coordinate data threads in the same map or among many maps. The Launcher Settings window allows only valid source and target names. Inconsistencies are analyzed from the IFD and only valid names are accepted. In the following list, wildcard notation refers to a name with asterisks or question marks in it.

General rules for using wildcards in adapter names:

• Directories cannot have wildcard notation in their names.
• A database source name cannot contain wildcard notation.
• If wildcards are used as sources or targets, at least one source trigger must have a wildcard.
• Question marks cannot be used in target file names.
• Multiple wildcards can be used in a source trigger name of a map, as long as there are no other source triggers.
• If more than one source file name contains a wildcard, that wildcard must be the same wildcard.
• Sources that are not event triggers and target names can contain at most one asterisk.