Schema Mapper screen

Maps SharePoint fields, form fields, web methods, or other input sources to an XML schema..

Figure: Schema Mapper screen

Schema Mapper screen

How to Start

  1. On the Application Explorer screen, do one of these:
  2. Do one of these:
    • Add your form control:
      1. On the eForm Builder screen, in the Toolbox, open one of these tabs:
        • Common Controls Common Controls icon
        • Advanced Controls Advanced Controls icon
        • Telerik Controls Telerik Controls icon
      2. On your tab, drag one of these controls onto your form:
        • Auto-Suggest Auto-Suggest icon
        • List Box List Box icon
        • Subform Subform icon
        • Check Box Check Box icon
        • Auto Lookup Auto Lookup icon
        • List View List View icon
        • Pop-Up Select Pop-Up Select icon
        • Drop-Down List Drop-Down List icon
        • Auto-Suggest Auto-Suggest icon
        • Chart Chart icon
        • Data Grid Data Grid icon
        • Drop-Down List Drop-Down List icon
        • Data Grid Data Grid icon
        • Multi-Select List Box Multi-Select List Box icon
    • Change your form control:
      1. On your eForm, click the control, and click Edit Edit icon.
  3. On the Configure tab, click Add Lookup Add Lookup icon.
  4. On the Select Data Source Type screen, select your data source type, and click Next.
  5. On the Lookup Details screen, complete the fields, and click Next.
  6. Do one of these.
    • On the Request Mapping field, click the Ellipses button.
    • On the Response tab, in the Map Response to AgilePoint Schema field, click the Ellipses button.
    • On the Request tab or Response tab, click the Map Schema button.

Fields

Field Name Definition

Mapping Schema
Function:
Connects the schemas to your eForm schema.

The source and the destination schemas show in a tree view in the left and right panes.

Accepted Values:
Read only - However, the drag and drop operations are supported to map the schemas.

Drag a data node from the source schema pane to the destination schema pane:

  • Green line - The data type of source and destination nodes matches.
  • Blue line - The data type of source and destination nodes doesn't match. The data conversion is required to map the schemas.
  • Red line - Specifies that the custom data conversion is required.

AutoMap
Function:
Maps all fields in the data source and the eForm schema that have the same name.

Reset
Function:
Deletes all connections that have been made in the Schema Mapper for this activity.

Delete
Function:
Deletes the selected connections in the Schema Mapper for this activity.

Data Conversion
Function:
Specifies the data conversion between the source and the destination schema fields.
Accepted Values:
  • No Data Conversion Needed - The data type of the source schema elements matches the data type of the target schema elements, or no data type conversion is necessary.
  • Default Conversion - The data type of the source schema elements does not match the data type of the target schema elements. This option uses a default conversion methodology.
  • Custom Data Conversion - Uses a data conversion method you specify.

    If you specify a custom data conversion method, it must return the results in valid XML format.

Default Value:
No Data Conversion Needed

Add
Opens this Screen:
Custom Mapping screen
Function of this Screen:
Specifies custom C# code that can be used to map fields to an XML schema.

Edit
Opens this Screen:
Custom Mapping screen
Function of this Screen:
Specifies custom C# code that can be used to map fields to an XML schema.

Delete
Function:
Deletes the selected custom data conversion from the list.

Back Back icon

Function:
Goes to the previous screen.