What is syntax?
The syntax of data refers to its format including tags, delimiters, terminators, and other characters that separate or identify sections of data.
What is semantics?
The semantics of data refer to the meaning of the data including rules for data values, relationships among parts of a large data object, and error detection and recovery.
What is the use of properties window?
The Properties window is used to define and view the properties of the currently selected type. Each type has properties that define the characteristics of that data object.
What are the common properties for the Item types?
For Item types, properties define whether the item is text, a number, a date & time or a syntax value. Properties include such characteristics as size, pad characters and justification.
What are the different windows in type tree?
Item Window
Group Window
Category Window
How to capture invalid records?
Using functions like REJECT, CONTAINSERROR, and ISERROR
How will you relate Partitioning and Choice?
The components of a choice group are similar to the partitions of a partitioned type. However, a Choice group can have both items and groups as components. A partitioned Sequence group can only have group subtypes.
What is command server?
The Command Server is used to develop, test, and execute maps in development environments. It can also be used to execute commands in production environments but a single map at a time.
What is resource register?
The Resource Registry is an application that is used to define name aliases for source and target resources that are specified in map cards.
What is partitioned property?
If the data of a type can be divided into mutually exclusive subtypes, it can be partitioned.
What is LOOKUP function?
The LOOKUP function sequentially searches a series, returning the first member of the series that meets a specified condition.
What is Pseudo Maps?
Pseudo maps reference executable maps that have not yet been implemented. Pseudo maps are represented by PINK icon
What is event server?
The Event Server automates the execution of systems of maps and can control multiple systems.
Different triggering events in msd?
Source and Event Triggered
What is command server?
The Command Server is used to develop, test, and execute maps in development environments. It can also be used to execute commands in production environments but a single map at a time.
Working of event server?
The Event Server runs systems of maps that are created and generated using the Integration Flow Designer (IFD). These systems of maps that are generated specifically to run in the Event Server are called Event Server system files (.msl); sometimes referred to as Event Server control files. When the Event Server starts running, it is initialized with .msl files in the deployment directory.
Stopping and starting of event server?
start_es – will start the corresponding event server that is currently in use.
Stop_es – will stop the event server that is currently under use.
What is the purpose of event server?
The Event Server automates the execution of systems of maps and can control multiple systems. On Windows platforms, the Event Server runs as a multi-threaded service. On UNIX platforms, the Event Server runs as a multi-threaded daemon.
What is Event Server Path?
Event Server Path is the path where Event server system files (.msl) are placed.
What is the use of IFD?
Use the IFD whenever you have multiple maps to manage within your enterprise. One click can build or port as many maps as you have defined in any system.
What is a component?
A component is an object that is part of a larger object.
What is a data object?
A data object is a complete unit that exists in your input or is built on output.
A data object may be simple (such as a date) or complex (such as a purchase order).
A data object is some portion of data in a data stream that can be recognized as belonging to a specific type.
What is an item?
An item type represents a simple data object that does NOT consist of other objects.
What is a group?
A group type represents a complex data object that consists of other objects.
What is a category?
A category type is used for inheritance and for organizing other types in a type tree.
When can two type trees be different?
Two type trees are considered different if:
Any of the types are different.
Any of the types that exist in one type tree does not exist in the second type tree.
When the order of the subtypes within a subtype is different.
What are the common properties for the Item types?
For Item types, properties define whether the item is text, a number, a date & time or a syntax value. Properties include such characteristics as size, pad characters and justification.
What are the common properties for the Group types?
For Group types the properties are related to the format of that group. The format of a group may be explicit or implicit. In addition, type properties include syntax objects that appear at the beginning or end of the object as well as release characters.
What do you know about binary text items and number items?
Binary text items have content size and pad properties.
Binary data is required to be sized or of a fixed size.
Binary number items interpret the data as a byte stream.
What do you know about character text items and number items?
Character text items can have content size and pad properties.
Character number items interpret the data as symbolic data.
What is the content size?
The content size of a text item specifies the bytes of data, excluding any initiator, terminator, release characters, and pad characters. It is also independent of the character set.
What is Padding or Pad property?
If the data value to be mapped to the target item is smaller than the minimum length of that item, pad characters are used to pad the data to that minimum length. Input data may contain both content and pad characters. Output data is built according to the pad definitions of the types.
What are the rule properties for Character restrictions?
Include First, Include After, and Exclude, Reference String.
What are the rule properties for Range restrictions?
Include Minimum, Include Maximum, Description and Exclude Minimum, Exclude Maximum, and Description.