- Administering Data Integration for Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud
- Defining a Data Integration
- Creating File-Based Integrations
- Mapping Files
Mapping Files
You map files to specify the mapping type, drill URL, delimiter, and header row.
To map a file:
- From the Data Integration home page, click
to the right of a file-based integration, and then select General.
The General page is displayed in "Edit Integration" view.
- Select File Options.
- From Type, select the data type of the file to load.
Available types:
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Delimited—Load numeric data from a delimited file format.
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Multi-column–Numeric—Load numeric data for multiple dimension members of a selected dimension in a single row of data. The definition of the members to load can be included in a header record in the load file, or in the import format definition.
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Delimited–All Data Type—Load all data types from a delimited file format.
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Multi Column–All Data Type—Load all data types for multiple dimension members of a selected dimension in a single row of data. The definition of the members to load can be included in a header record in the load file, or in the import format definition.
You can load data files that support the following data types:
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numbers
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text
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Smartlists
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date
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- In Drill URL, specify the URL used for the drill-through.
- From Delimiter, select the character to use for delimiting columns in the output file.
A delimited file contains one or more records set off from each other by a specified delimiter.
Available options:
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Comma (,)
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Pipe (|)
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Exclamation (!)
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Semicolon (;)
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Colon (:)
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Tab
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Tilde (~)
Note:
File encoding options are defined in the System/User Settings option in Data Management. For more information, see File Character Setting in Administering Data Management for Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud. -
- From Use Head for Column Names, use the arrow keys to select a header row or no header row, and then click Next.
To specify no header, select 0 in Use Head for Column Names.
- Click Next.