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

Note that before you can map a source property to a Guided Search property or dimension, you must have created that Guided Search property or dimension.

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

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

Please note the following requirements for the case of characters in source properties: