Data Translations

This section describes the usage of the class MECDataTranslator. There is also another similar class that is used with M3 BE, it is called DataTranslator.

Mapper runtime provides built-in functionality for data translations. The Mapper database stores translations metadata and the ION Desk administrates the translation data.

Data translation is normally required between an in-house system and an external system. Data translation allows string data going to (outbound) or received from (inbound) systems to be translated from one value to another.

For example, between two partnering companies the same things may have different representations, like units of measure codes. One company uses a string data code "STK", while the partner company uses the string data code "PCS". Both codes refer to the same single unit of measure which means "styck" for Swedish and "pieces" for English.