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Goto step
Although invisible, there is a cursor in the Data Viewer. In an extraction workflow, the cursor
starts off at the top-left corner of each record in the source data.
The Goto step can move the cursor to a certain location in the current record. The new location
can be relative to the top of the record or to the current position.
When the Goto step is used within a Repeat step, it moves the cursor in each loop of the
Repeat step. In this case the new location has to be relative to the current position.
Note
The Goto step isn't used in XML extraction workflows The DataMapper moves through the file
using Xpath, a path-like syntax to identify and navigate nodes in an XML document.
Adding a Goto step
To add a Goto step:
l On the Steps pane, select the step after which to insert the Goto step. In the Data Viewer,
select some data, right-click that data and choose Add Goto, to add a Goto step that
moves the cursor to that data.
l
Alternatively, right-click the Steps pane and select Add a Step > Add Goto. Make the
required settings on the Step properties pane.
Configuring a Goto step
For information about how to configure the Goto step, see "Text file" on page220.
Condition step
A Condition step is used when the data extraction must be based on specific criteria. The
Condition step splits the extraction workflow into two separate branches, one that is executed
when the condition is true, the other when it is false.
Extract steps can be added to both the 'true' and the 'false' branch (see "Extracting data" on
page96 and "Extracting transactional data" on page101).
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