1.7

Now one "charges" table and one "details" table are created for each row in the "services"
table.
Data types
By default the data type of extracted data is a String, but each field in the Data Model can be set
to contain another data type.
To do this:
1.
In the Data Model, select a field.
2.
On the Step properties pane, under Field Definition choose a data type from the Type
drop-down.
Changing the type does not only set the data type inside the record. In the case of dates,
numbers and currencies, it also means that the DataMapper will expect the data in the data
source to be formatted in a certain way. If the actual data doesn't match the format that the
DataMapper expects, it cannot interpret the date, number or currency as such. If for example a
date in the data source is formatted as "yyyy-mm-dd" but the default format adds the time, the
date cannot be read and the DataMapper will stop with an error.
The default format for dates, numbers and currencies can be set in the user preferences
("Datamapper preferences" on page621), in the data source settings ("Data source settings" on
page92) and per data field (in the Extract step properties, see "Data Format" on page199).
Note
Data format settings tell the DataMapper how certain types of data are formatted in the data
source. They don't determine how these data are formatted in the Data Model or in a template. In
the Data Model, data are converted to the native data type. Dates, for example, are converted to a
DateTime object in the Data Model, and will always be shown as "year-month-day" plus the time
stamp, for example: 2012-04-11 12.00 AM.
The following data types are available in PlanetPress Connect.
l "Boolean" on the facing page
l "String" on page149
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