Toolbar and Right-Click Menu on the Input Tab
The Process Data panel and the Activity Input panel have several buttons for performing various functions. There is also a popup menu when you right-click on elements in each panel. The following table describes the buttons and right-click menu items available in the panels of the Input tab.
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Right-Click Menu |
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Process Data Area |
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Coercions. Allows you to specify a type for Process Data elements that are not a specific datatype. For example, a choice element can be coerced into one of the possible datatypes for the element, or an element of datatype |
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Type Documentation. Allows you to specify or view documentation for schema elements. |
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Expand |
This menu item has two sub-menus: Content and All. Expand > Content expands the current element so that all elements that are currently used in a mapping are visible. Expand > All expands all sub-elements of the currently selected element. |
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Show Connected |
Expands the elements in the Activity Input area to display elements that are mapped to the currently selected element or its sub-elements. |
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Delete |
Deletes the selected element. |
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Copy |
Copies the selected element. The element can be later pasted. |
Activity Input Area |
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Shows/hides the mapping formulas for the input elements. |
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Move Up. Moves the selected element up in the activity input tree. |
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Move Down. Moves the selected element down in the activity input tree. |
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Move Out |
Move Out. Promotes the selected element to the next highest level in the activity input tree. |
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Move In |
Moves the currently selected element into a new statement. This displays the Move Into New Statement dialog that allows you to choose the statement you wish to move the element into. For more information about XPath statements, see XSLT Statements. |
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Delete Delete All |
Deletes the selected element and all of its child elements. |
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Insert. Inserts a new element or XSLT statement in the activity input schema on the same level of the hierarchy as the currently selected element. You can add one element or XSLT statement at a time with this button. The right-click menu item Statement provides a shortcut for multi-line statements, such as Choice or If. For more information, see the description of the Statement menu item below. For more information about XSLT statements, see XSLT Statements. |
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Add Child. Adds a statement for a child element to the currently selected element. |
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Mapper Check and Repair. Verifies the XSLT template you have created in the Activity Input panel against the activity’s expected input. A list of errors and warnings appear and you can choose which items you wish to fix. ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks attempts to fix simple problems such as adding missing activity input items that are expected. For more information, see Repairing Incorrect Mappings. |
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Edit Statement. Allows you to modify an XSLT statement for the element. For more information about XSLT statements, see XSLT Statements. |
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XPath Formula Builder. Invokes the XPath formula builder. You can use this editor to create an XPath statement for this input element. For more information about XPath and the XPath formula builder, see XPath. |
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Expand |
This menu item has three sub-menus: Content, Errors, and All. Expand > Content expands the current element so that all sub-elements that have a mapping or expression are visible. Expand > Errors expands the currently element so that all sub-elements that have an error in their expression are visible. Expand > All expands all sub-elements of the currently selected element. |
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Show Connected |
Expands the elements in the Process Data area to display elements that are mapped to the currently selected element or its sub-elements. |
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Statement |
This menu item contains shortcuts that allow you to easily add the desired XSLT statement(s) with one menu item instead of adding the statement(s) with the Insert button. For a description of the sub-items of this menu, see Right-Click Menu. |
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Undo |
Rolls back the last operation performed. |
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Redo |
Performs the last operation that was undone with the Undo menu item. |
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Cut |
Deletes the selected element. The element can be later pasted to a new location. |
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Copy |
Copies the selected element. |
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Paste |
Pastes the last element that was copied or cut. |