Using the Map Designer

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

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.
• Validate and resolve the source data type properties defined in the Type Designer.
• 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.

After defining data objects and their properties in the Type Designer, you define a map in the Map Designer where map cards specify the input source and the output target.