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Table Mappings File

Table mappings files contain source-to-target table mappings for multi-table export operations. Use them whenever you need the same table mappings to be used more than once.

It is supported two formats of table mappings files: XML (recommended) and plain text.

XML format

This format is flexible and extendable and therefore is recommended to use whenever possible. Each mapping must contain the source attributes with at least TableName specified and the target attributes with variable number of attributes:

Source

TableName

Specifies a source table name.

Target

TableName

For Database target format, it specifies a table name to export data to. For SQL target format, it specifies a table name to be used in generated SQL commands.

Target formats: Database, SQL

FileName

File name to export data to.

Target formats: All except Database

RecordLogFileName

File name to write the record log output to.

Target formats: All

BadRecordLogFileName

File name to write the bad record log output to.

Target formats: All

HtmlDocTitle

The text to be placed into HTML Title tag.

Target formats: HTML

HtmlTableId

The text to be placed into id attribute of HTML Table tag.

Target formats: HTML

TableTitle

The text to be placed above the table data in the target document.

Target formats: HTML, RTF, Excel (XLSX), Excel (XML based)

HtmlStepNo

Current export step.

Target formats: HTML

Such files can be created either in the Export dialog on the Table Mappings step or manually using a text editor. When creating the files manually please note that they must conform to XML standards and contain byte order marks at the beginning if needed.

Example of the table mappings file in XML format:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<-- Source-to-Target table mappings for Orders database -->
<TableMappings>
  <Items>
    <TableMapping>
      <Source>
        <TableName>customer.dbf</TableName>
      </Source>
      <Target>
        <FileName>customer.html</FileName>
        <TableTitle>Customers</TableTitle>
        <HtmlDocTitle>customers</HtmlDocTitle>
        <HtmlTableId>customer</HtmlTableId>
        <HtmlStepNo>1</HtmlStepNo>
      </Target>
    </TableMapping>
    <TableMapping>
      <Source>
        <TableName>order.dbf</TableName>
      </Source>
      <Target>
        <FileName>order.html</FileName>
        <TableTitle>Orders</TableTitle>
        <HtmlDocTitle>orders</HtmlDocTitle>
        <HtmlTableId>order</HtmlTableId>
        <HtmlStepNo>2</HtmlStepNo>
      </Target>
    </TableMapping>
    <TableMapping>
      <Source>
        <TableName>payment.dbf</TableName>
      </Source>
      <Target>
        <FileName>payment.html</FileName>
        <TableTitle>Payments</TableTitle>
        <HtmlDocTitle>payments</HtmlDocTitle>
        <HtmlTableId>payment</HtmlTableId>
        <HtmlStepNo>3</HtmlStepNo>
      </Target>
    </TableMapping>
  </Items>
</TableMappings>

Text format

Such files consist of series of SourceTableName = TargetTableOrFileName pairs, one mapping per line. It is recommended that table (file) names not contain equal signs. Lines with a semicolon at the beginning are ignored as comments. Blank lines are allowed.

Such files can have any extension and can be created in any text editor. When creating the files please include byte order marks at the beginning if needed.

Example of the table mappings file in text format:

;Source-to-Target table mappings for Orders database
Customer=Customer.htm
Order=Order.htm
Payment=Payment.htm