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Defining a New Manipulate Step

Manipulate steps are used to process data stored in the Schema in a wide variety of ways, many of them depending on the nature of the data in the specified columns. The first stage is defining a new Manipulate Step is to decide what process you want to invoke: 

  • Date manipulation
  • Column manipulation
  • Setting Parameters
  • Files related processes
  • Math operations
  • Text related processes
  • Schema manipulation
  • Keys related processes
  • Validation
  • Execution
  • JSON

The following table lists the currently available procedures. Choose the relevant option for your new Manipulate Step.

The New Manipulate Step Options Page

For further information on defining specific options, see The Manipulate Data Options (Manipulate Step).

 

To Define a New Manipulate Step:

  1. Select Interfaces> {Specific Interface}>Tasks>[Specific Task]>Steps
  2. Click New.  The drop-down menu opens in a new window, listing the types of steps that are available. 
  1. Click New Manipulate Step. The New Manipulate Schema Step page opens.
  2. Select the relevant option(s). For further details and instructions, see The Manipulate Data Options (Manipulate Step).
  3. Click Save & Close to close the manipulate schema step and end the session, or click Save & New to save and close the current manipulate schema step and begin a new session.

A new Manipulate Schema step is generated. A relevant Schema Mapping subfolder will be created.