User`s guide

CHAPTER 3 Getting Started
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The Data Calculator window has a Tabular and Graph view:
•Use the Tabular view to enter transformation rules.
•Use the Graph view to visually define the mapping sequence
between the input port and the output port.
3 Click the Graph tab. Two sections IN and OUT represent the current
structure of the port attributes.
You are prompted to assign a default mapping by order.
4 Click Yes.
5 Click the Tabular tab to return to tabular view.
6 Change all incoming data for the PR_NAME attribute into uppercase
letters:
uUpper(IN.PR_NAME) ' OUT.PR_NAME
7Enter uUpper(IN.NAME) in the Transformation Rule column of the
IN.PR_NAME attribute. Without any added function the IN.PR_NAME
value is forwarded to the OUT.PR_NAME attribute.
8 Click Save to confirm your settings. The green color of all ports in the
project indicate that all components have been successfully configured.
9 From the File Menu, select Save to save your project.
Simulating the project
❖ To start the simulation
1 Click Start in the second-level toolbar to initialize all components.
2 Click Step to step through the project from component to component. At
any point during the simulation you can preview the current set of data.
For example, when the first step the data records are forwarded from the
source component to the Data Calculator. A number on the link indicates
the number of records transferred.
3 Right click the link and select Preview from the pop-up menu to preview
data on the link.