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Post Function: Enter a JavaScript expression to be run after the extraction.
For example replace("-","") would replace a single dash character inside the
extracted string.
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Use JavaScript Editor: Click to display the Script Editor dialog.
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Trim: Select to trim empty characters at the beginning or the end of the field.
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Type: The data type of the selected data; see "Data types" on page141. Make
sure that the data format that the DataMapper expects matches the actual
format of the data in the data source; see "Data Format" below.
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JavaScript : The result of the JavaScript Expression written below the drop-down
will be the value of the extracted field. If the expression contains multiple lines, the
last value attribution (variable = "value";) will be the value. See DataMapper API.
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Expression:
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Use JavaScript Editor: Click to display the Script Editor dialog.
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Use selected text: Inserts the text in the current data selection in the
JavaScript Expression. If multiple lines or elements are selected, only
the first one is used.
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Use selection: Click to use the value of the current data selection for the
extraction.
Note
If the selection contains multiple lines, only the first line is
selected.
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Type: The data type of the selected data; see "Data types" on page141. Make
sure that the data format that the DataMapper expects matches the actual
format of the data in the data source; see "Data Format" below.
Data Format
Format settings can be defined in three places: in the user preferences ("Datamapper
preferences" on page621), the current data mapping configuration ("Data format settings" on
page95) and per field via the Step properties.
Any format settings specified per field are always used, regardless of the user preferences or
data source settings.
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