Map Designer overview

To use the Map Designer, you must already have created or generated the type tree(s) that define your data. The Map Designer uses the data object definitions that are stored in those type trees.

After defining data objects and their properties in the Type Maker, define the map in the Map Designer to specify the source of the input and the target of the output. Sources and targets are specified with map cards. Each map can have none or more input cards, and one or more output cards.

The Map Designer is used to:

• Create maps to specify the logic necessary to transform the input data to the desired output data.
• Identify the source and data objects of the input data.
• Identify the target and data objects of the output data.
• Specify and build the output data according to the map rules.
• Provide information about data validation by generating trace files.
• View the run results of the map execution.