Appendix A: Mapping Configuration

Mapping configuration files are generally defined in XML format. You can edit these configuration files in an XML Editor, Notepad or any Text Editor. The high-level structure of a mapping configuration file is as follows:

<MappingTemplate>
<DataSourceLookups>
<CsvLookupDataSource>...</CsvLookupDataSource>
<MSAccessLookupDataSource>...</MSAccessLookupDataSource>
<MSExcelLookupDataSource>...</MSExcelLookupDataSource>
<MSSqlLookupDataSource>...</MSSqlLookupDataSource>
<OracleLookupDataSource>...</OracleLookupDataSource>
</DataSourceLookups>

<ManifestAttributes>
< Attribute>...</Attribute>
< Attribute>...</Attribute>
</ManifestAttributes>

<Datasets>
<Dataset>...</Dataset>
<Dataset>...</Dataset>
</Datasets>

<TemplateLookups>
<Template>...</Template>
<Template>...</Template>
</TemplateLookups>

<ObjectMappings regExTimeoutSecs="10">
<Object>...</Object>
<Object>...</Object>
<Object>...</Object>
</ObjectMappings>

</MappingTemplate>

Each configuration setting is detailed in the following sections.