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Output
The data file in its new encoding format. Metadata, job info and variables are unchanged.
Properties
General tab
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Source encoding: Select the current data encoding. Note that the source encoding is not
selected automatically and you must therefore select the proper encoding from this list in
order for the conversion process to be performed successfully.
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Target encoding: Select the encoding to which you want the data to be converted.
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Include target encoding signature: This option is only available when converting to
UTF-8 (Windows code page 65001) or UCS-4 (code page 12000 or 12001). Select to
include the character encoding signature—also known as the byte order mark—at the
beginning of the target string.
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Default character on translation: You may enter a character to be used to replace all
those characters that cannot be found in the source encoding. If you leave this box empty,
they will be simply stripped from the data, so you may consider using a space as a place
holder for unidentified characters.
On Error Tab
The On Error tab is common to all tasks. Details can be found in the" Task Properties Dialog"
on page723.
By default, any action task, branch, splitter or condition that generates an error will simply be
ignored, and the task just under it (not within a branch)will be given control of the job file
without any modification. Any initial input task that generates an error will stop the process from
running as a whole, and output tasks will not generate output. The On Error tab can be used to
overwrite the default behaviors.
l Send to Process: Check this option to send the job file to an error management process.
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Error Process drop-down:Enabled only when the Send to Process option is checked.
Lists any process of which the initial input task is the Input Error Bin task.
l Action:In the initial input tasks, this group is disabled and defaults to Stop Process. In
all other tasks where the On Error tab is present, the following options are available:
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