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Note
You can change the name of a previously named file using a Rename action task (see
"Rename" on page428).
Data selections
A data selection could be compared to an address. It indicates a location within a data file or
database: the job file (see "Job file" on page50), Metadata file (see "Metadata" on page73), or
"Data Repository" on page93.
Data selections can be used in many task property fields and are always evaluated at run-time
so they are always dynamic and depend on the job file that is currently being processed.
There are several types of data selections you can use, depending on which emulation you are
using, whether or not Metadata have been created by a previous task in the process, and
whether or not data have been entered in the Data Repository.
Adding a data selection
A data selection can be used in any task property that may contain a variable (see "Variable
task properties" on page301). These properties are recognizable by their colored field label
(maroon, by default).
Right-click the property field and choose Get Data Location or Get Metadata Location to
open the Data Selector (see "The Data Selector" on page835) or Get Repository Location to
open the Data Repository Manager (see "Data Repository Manager" on page832).
Note
The Get (...) Value options will also open the Data Selector or the Data Repository
Manager, but once selected, the value becomes static and does not change between
each data page and job file.
After opening a sample of the data (see "Choosing a sample data file" on page69) and/or
Metadata, you can easily make a selection.
It is also possible to manually enter a data selection, or to change it after making a selection
with the mouse pointer.
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