Help on mapping

Question

hi,
i have following target and source structures in mapping.
source:
segment1 (occurs 1..1)
     segment2 (occurs 1..99)
           type
           designation
Target
   segment1 (occurs 1..1)
         senior  (occurs 1..1)
         junior   (occurs 1..1)
I have to populate SENIOR and JUNIOR  fields in tatget structure based on the value of type in source structure.
In our scenario, field TYPE in source structure will have only two values.
Example: source will have TYPE = 1 and designation = tm
                                       TYPE = 2 and designation = sm
i have to move tm to JUNIOR and sm to SENIOR in target structure.

Answer 1

Hi Vijay,
There are two simple ways of carrying out the task.
a) Graphical mapping:
-- map it in the following way
  ---> use the CREATIF function for mapping segment2(source
   side) with segment1(target side)
   Hence the occurance of segment2 is taken care of!
   ---> Use the IF-ELSE loop.
   IF "type" EQUALS (constant = 1) AND "designation"
   EQUALS (constant = tm) then map it to "junior"
   ELSE
   map to "senior"
b) User defined function
-- here, you'll create the target nodes depending on the times the segment2 node occurs (using the for loop) check for the conditions (using if loops) and map them accordingly.
P.S: as per my knowledge this mapping can be achieved with graphical mapping and you can do without a udf.
Hope this helps.
Do reward points if useful.
Regards,
--Lavita.