Perl Manipulator editor

The Perl Manipulator editor contains a unique name for this Perl manipulator.

The Perl Manipulator editor contains the following tabs:

General

The General tab contains the following options:

Option Description

Override these methods

If you are using your own external Perl file (.pl) or want to write in-line Perl code, select 'Override these methods,' check one of the methods, and then click the method's Edit button to open the Method Override editor.

Use this Perl class

If you are using your own external Perl class , select "Use this Perl class" and then type the module's URL.

Sources

Required. A choice of record servers in the project. You can add more than one.

Record Index

(Optional) The Record Index tab allows you to add or remove dimensions or properties used in a component's record index, and to change their order. Record indexes support join functionality. See Join sources must have matching join keys and record indexes for more details.

The Record Index tab contains the following field:

Field Description

Discard records with duplicate keys

When checked, Forge discards any records with duplicate keys and logs a warning that specifies the number of records discarded.
Note: Developer Studio performs a case-insensitive search for duplicate keys.

Comment

(Optional) Provides a way to associate comments with a pipeline component.