Source and target settings

When you compile a map from the Map Designer, you supply a default set of sources and targets. From the IFD, you can override those sources and targets to adapt a map to the system in which that map is used.

These source and target setting options enable you to treat a map as a transaction for mission critical applications. The option settings are important when you use multiple target adapters. For example, if one output inserts data to a database correctly, but the next output fails to produce a related message, you can rollback the database insert.

Source adapters are used to read input data from a file, query a database, get a message from a queue, or receive the results of a call to an application. Target adapters are used to write output data to a file, insert or update data into a database, put a message on a queue, or call an application to send data to it.

From the Launcher Settings window, you can select source adapters for inputs and target adapters for outputs. Select the adapter type from the Source or Target drop-down list and then enter specific settings for the selected adapter type.