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Datamapper preferences
Datamapper XML Preferences
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Display New Line Character as : Check to show line returns as in the Data Viewer,
when XML files are shown. If the option is unchecked, you will not see spaces and line
returns after element names in the Data Viewer.
Datamapper Default Format Settings
Users do not always process data files that were generated on their own system, therefore
those settings rarely match. So instead of specifying these settings for every single field of that
type, which can become cumbersome, Default Format Settings can be defined at the user level,
at the Datamapper configuration level and/or at the field level. So, remember that:
l Datamapper stores user preferences for the Date, Number and Currency formats.
l By default, the user preferences are set to the system preferences
l These user preferences become the default format values for any newly created
Datamapper Configuration.
l The Datamapper can store different preferences for any specific Datamapper
Configuration. These Configuration based values are used for any newly created field
extraction.
l Any current format already defined for an existing field remains untouched.
l The existing preference specified in an existing field is always used, regardless of the
User or Configuration preferences.
l The Configuration-wide preference is always assigned by default to any newly created
field.
l The User-wide preference is always assigned by default to any new Datamapper
Configuration
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Negative Sign Before : A negative sign will be displayed before any negative
value.
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Decimal Separator : Set the decimal separator for a numerical value.
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Thousand Separator: Set the thousand separator for a numerical value.
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Currency Sign : Set the currency sign for a currency value.
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Date Format : Set the date format for a date value.
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