Mapping navigation attributes on transformation files

All,
I have one navigational attribute I would like to map to a dimension in my transformation file. I've tried:
INTCO=0COMP_CODE__0COMPANY
and
INTCO=0COMPANY
Either ways I get an error message saying it is expecting an * after the equal sign. How can I map / use navigational attributes here?
Thanks
Paulo

Hi Tony,
*SELECTION is one of the parameters allowed in the *OPTIONS section of a transformation file. You can see the syntax in the transformation documentation at [http://help.sap.com/saphelp_bpc75_nw/helpdata/en/5d/9a3fba600e4de29e2d165644d67bd1/frameset.htm]. It is only allowed in transformation files used to load from InfoProviders, not from flat-files.
Ethan

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