ION Connect Mapping
In a homogeneous situation where every component speaks the same language, no mapping is required. But the data from the sending connection point may not match the expectations of the receiving connection points. For example, when using technology connectors such as the Database Connector. In that case you can use a mapping to transform the message contents.
The translated data can be used by other applications connected through ION and enables straight through processing of documents.
ION Mappings provides the capabilities to define mappings between standard or custom documents. A graphical modeler, called the Graphical mapping editor, is used to define the transformation.
You can use a graphical mapping to:
- Change a document. For example map
Sync.MyCustomSalesOrder
toSync.SalesOrder
. - Change the verb of a document. For example, map
Sync.MyProduct
toLoad.MyProduct
. - Extend the document by adding content or translating data values without
changing the document type. For example, map
Sync.SalesOrder
toSync.SalesOrder
to add some fixed property values.
You can use a sensitive data mapping to hide certain values or to remove them from the output document. When you use sensitive data mappings, you can perform these actions on document nodes:
- Mask data from nodes.
- Remove data from nodes.
- Remove nodes from a document.
A mapping cannot combine two BODs or split one BOD into multiple BODs. You can achieve the latter with a parallel flow having a specific mapping in each branch.
- XML concepts such as elements, attributes and namespaces.
- Programming concepts such as functions, input/output parameters and loops.
- XSLT (Extensible Stylesheet Language Translation).
- Some concepts related to mapping.
- To create, change or delete mappings.
- To use the graphical mapping modeler.
- To use the sensitive data mapping.
- To use functions and user-defined functions.
- To do advanced mapping using XSLT.
- To test a mapping.
An overview of used icons is included.