You must give every component in your pipeline a unique name that identifies it to the other components. You use these names to specify cross-references between components, effectively creating a flow of data through the pipeline.
For example, starting from the bottom, in the following illustration:
- IndexerAdapter requests its data from PropDimMapper and DimensionServer.
- PropDimMapper requests its data from LoadMainData and DimensionServer.
- DimensionServer requests its data from Dimensions and TypeDimension.
- LoadMainData, Dimensions, and TypeDimension get their data from source files (this is indicated by the lack of arrows feeding them).
When you specify a data source within a component’s editor, you are indicating which of the other components will provide data to that component. Components can have multiple data sources, such as the PropDimMapper component below, which has both a record source, LoadMainData, and a dimension source, DimensionServer.
