About property mapping

Source property mappings dictate which dimension values are tagged to each record and which property information is available for record search, sort, and display.

Source properties can be mapped in three different ways. They can be:

Mapped to an Endeca property (for search, sort, and display only).
Mapped to a (for search, sort, display, and navigation).
Ignored by specifying a null mapping.

You use a property mapper component to establish source property mappings. Typically, the property mapper is placed in the pipeline after the Perl manipulator that is used to clean and prepare source properties (if one exists). You should use a single property mapper to map all of your source properties to both Endeca properties or dimensions.

Note: Before you can map a source property to an Endeca property or dimension, you must create the Endeca property or dimension.

Understanding property mappers is critical to building an Endeca implementation. Endeca recommends that you read the chapter "Mapping Source Properties" in the Endeca Forge Guide to gain a solid grounding in this critical concept.