Metadata Model Selection - Oracle Application Server 10.1.3.4 User Manual

Modeling Interactions for OracleAS Adapter for IMS/DB
Table 2–14 (Cont.) Field Manipulation Screen Commands
Command
Mark selector
Replace variant
Select counter field

Metadata Model Selection

This section lets you generate virtual and sequential views for imported tables
containing arrays. In addition, you can configure the properties of the generated
views. It continues the
tables that contain arrays.
In the Metadata Model Selection step, you can select configure values that apply to all
tables in the import or set specific settings for each table. The following describes how
to configurations available in the
Select one of the following:
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Description
Select Mark selector to select the selector field for a variant. This
is available only for variant data types. Select the Selector field
form the following screen.
Select Replace variant to replace a variant's selector field.
Select Counter Field opens a screen where you select a field that
is the counter for an array dimension.
Import Manipulation
Default values for all tables: Select this if you want to configure the same
values for all the tables in the import. Make the following selections when
using this option:
– Generate sequential view: Select this to map non-relational files to a
single table.
– Generate virtual views: Select this to have individual tables created for
each array in the non-relational file.
procedure. This allows you to flatten
The Metadata Model Selection editor.