Specifying the Mapping

When you specify a mapping, you determine which business objects will be used as sources and targets (by determining the object types and, selection conditions and matching attributes), and what data will be transferred and how. The mapping can be set to create new objects, update existing objects or both. All these settings are stored in an object of the 'Object mapping' object type and the pre-defined mapping can be run by selecting the mapping in the 'Objectmappings' catalog and using the 'Execute' command.

Object Mapping Editor

Object mapping is specified using the 'Edit: Object mapping' editor. The editor is called from the 'Objectmappings' catalog.

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The following defines a mapping:

Window Component	Function / Meaning
Type of mapping	Type of mapping - Create: new target object will be created for each source object - Update: existing target objects (matching the target selection criteria and Bind attributes) will be updated by data from source objects -Update/Create: existing target objects will be updated if found. If not found, target objects will be created from source objects
Name	Name of the mapping
Checkpointmarge	The quantity of records to be processed in one transaction.
Source BOType	Business object type of source objects. Fill in the object type name or part of the name. Catalog of matching object types is displayed for you to make the selection.
Target BOType	Business object type of target objects. Fill in the object type name or part of the name. Catalog of matching object types is displayed for you to make the selection.
Source condition	Narrows down the selection of source objects. The 'Source Condition' button at the bottom of the window calls a query editor to help you specify the source condition.
Target condition	Narrows down the selection of target objects to be updated. The 'Target Condition' button at the bottom of the window calls a query editor to help you specify the target condition. Although it is possible to write a condition directly in the condition fields, using the 'Source condition' and 'Target condition' buttons precludes entering invalid condition formulas.
sourcecatalog	Specifies the catalog to be used for selection of source objects. The catalog specified here will be displayed when the mapping is executed to allow manual selection of objects to process.
Comment	Optional textual information.
Run Workflow	A workflow can be run for each target update and create. This can be used for validation or modification of newly created attribute values. The 'Run Workflow' field is where you specify which workflow to run.
TABS:
Bind attributes	Specifies binding between source and target attributes, see 'Bind Attributes' for more information.
Attributes	Specifies which target attributes will be filled in (in case of Create) or updated (in case of Update) and how the value will be arrived at. See 'Attributes' for more information.