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preview a template with data instead of field names.
It is also possible to generate output of a data mapping configuration directly from the Designer
(see "Generating output" on page858).
Creating a new data mapping configuration
A new data mapping configuration can be made with or without a wizard. When you open a
data file with a DataMapper wizard, the wizard automatically detects a number of settings. You
can adjust these settings. Next, the wizard automatically extracts as many data fields (or
metadata, in case of a PDF/VT or AFP file) as it can, in one extraction step.
Without a wizard you have to make the settings yourself, and configure the extraction workflow
manually.
Note
The DataMapper doesn’t use the data source directly, rather it uses a copy of that data: a data
sample. Although the data sample is a copy, it is updated each time the data mapping
configuration is opened or whenever the data sample is selected.
More samples can be added via the Settings pane; see "Data samples" on page185.
From a file
To start creating a data mapping configuration without a wizard, first select the data file. There
are two ways to do that: from the Welcome screen and from the File menu.
l From the Welcome screen
1.
Click Create a New Configuration.
2.
From the From a file pane and select a file type (CSV, MS-Access, PDF/VT, Text or
XML).
3.
Click the Browse button and open the file you want to work with (for a database,
you may have to enter a password).
4.
Click Finish.
l From the File menu
1.
Click the File menu and select New.
2.
Click the Data mapping Configuration drop-down and select Files and then the
file (CSV, MS-Access, PDF/VT, Text or XML)..
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