The Dimension Adapter editor contains a unique name for this dimension adapter.
The Dimension Adapter editor contains the following tabs:
Option | Description |
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Direction |
Input Adapter Required. Must be set to input. Output Adapter Required. Must be set to output. Note: Output dimension adapters are used for diagnostic
purposes.
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Format |
Input Adapter Required. One of the following:
Output Adapter Required. Must be XML. |
URL |
Input Adapter Required. Location of the input file. Output Adapter Required. Location to which the dimension data is saved. |
Require data |
Input Adapter Optional. If checked, this field generates an error if the URL does not exist or is empty. Output Adapter Not used. |
Compression level |
Input Adapter Optional. Indicates to Forge that it must decompress data from this source. The compression level slider setting is ignored. Output Adapter Sets the level of compression to be performed on the dimension data when its written to disk. To save on the amount of disk space used, check Custom compression level and slide the bar to Endeca's recommended value of 7.Note: Compressed data consumes less disk space but takes
longer to read and write.
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Required for output adapters. A choice of the dimension adapters and dimension servers in the project.
The Transformer tab allows a dimension adapter to transform external dimension hierarchies, described in XML format into Endeca records XML format. To support these situations, an XSLT transformation can be applied to the source data to convert it into Endeca Records XML, which the Data Foundry can read.
The Transformer tab has the following options:
Option | Description |
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Type |
Must be XSLT. |
URL |
Location of the stylesheet to use. |
Optional. Provides a way to associate comments with a pipeline component.