Step 6 Prepare your Transformation Map for use within Composer

Step 6. Prepare your Transformation Map for use within Composer

LIC003 - Create a Transformation Map

This step will generate Java from the information within your map and identify the parameters required by the map.

1.  Make sure that your Transformation Map is selected and the Details tab is displayed.

2.  Click the Prepare button on the toolbar or on the Details tab.

3.The Prepare Transformation Map dialog is displayed, showing the steps to be performed. Click the Prepare button to continue:

     You may see the MapForce window open briefly during the Prepare – this is normal and it will close by itself in a few moments.

4.If the Prepare process seems to be waiting as shown:

     Look for a Signon dialog, which may be hidden, to continue:

     When the preparation steps are completed, a Map compile has completed message box is displayed. Click OK.

     The Catalog and Deploy steps will be completed. The final dialog may be Closed or a detailed log displayed, which is helpful if your Prepare Map fails for some reason.

     You will now see the parameters from your map have been identified and can be seen on the Parameters tab when your map is selected.

4.  If you select a different map in the instance list and then re-select your new one, you will see that the following information panel has been updated, showing that this map is ready to be used.

     The Check button verifies the current status of the transformation map definition and executable files.

     The button displays a dialogue that determines the file size and a checksum for the current versions of the Transformation Map files (in the file system) and compares them against the file sizes and checksums catalogued when the map was last prepared.  Any inconsistencies are highlighted and a Restore function supports restoring the catalogued version of the file from the LANSA Composer database.

5.  A Catalogued command tab in the LANSA Composer client application provides the ability to view the catalogued information for a selected transformation map, including:

• The current Prepared status

• Information about when and who prepared the map, and the LANSA Composer, Java and Altova MapForce versions that were used

• A visual tree representation of the major components used in the mapping, including database table selections.

6.  The Prepare step will have generated a Java jar file and placed it in the \composer\LIC\map folder within the JSM Instance directory (where LIC is LANSA partition).