Create External File Type Details from View
Explanation
Use this activity to create external file column
definitions from a view definition. This enables a quick definition of record
type details. Once they are created, the column details can be edited if necessary.
Prerequisites
An external file type that is not system-defined must
be available, and the file type must consist of record types that do not yet have
any details specified.
System Effects
The activity results in creation of record type
details, where the column details corresponds to the column definitions of a
view.
Window
External File Type
Related Window Descriptions
External File Type Definition
Create
Details From View Definition
Procedure
- Open the External File Type window.
- In the detail tab , click on the record type for
which column details should be created, right-click and then click Create
Details From View Definition. This will launch a dialog box.
- Supply the source component. Click List for
the List Of Values with available components.
- Supply the view name. Click List for the List Of
Values with available views for the specified component.
- Specify the Input Package if the file type is
supposed to be used when reading a file and trying to add the data to a
specific Logical Unit, associated with the package, via the standard New__ and
Modify__ methods in the package.
- Click OK to start the create details
activity.