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Written by Thomas Speekenbrink
Overview:
DataBridge supports transformations for import and export files. Data transformations can be added to import and export jobs. At the moment the following transformations are supplied: Rename field, Add field, Append text value, Copy field, Clean number, Merge fields, Replace, Format text value, Current date and time.
Click here to view the article on Transformations for DataBridge Export
How to:
Create a new profile or edit an existing profile by clicking Manage profile. Notice that you now have an extra step in the configuration wizard called Transform.
On the Transform page select the Transformation you want and click Add
The options to choose from are:
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Rename field |
Renames the title of the field and leaves the value unchanged. |
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Add field |
Add a new field with a fixed value. |
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Append text value |
Allows prepending and appending text to field values |
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Copy field |
Can be used for when you want one field from the source to map to multiple fields in the destination (for example: address which can be both visit and postal). |
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Clean number |
Clean a text field that contains a number. Removes all non-digit characters, including white space and comma's and periods. |
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Merge fields |
Merges the input fields into a newly defined output fields. |
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Replace |
If the field matches the specified value it will be replaced by a new value. For example: if the input value is 'OK' it can be replaced by 'TRUE' and used to turn interests on. |
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Format text value |
Formats the value in the field. |
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Current date time |
This transformation can be used to fill a field with the current date and time |
The added transformations can be edited or removed at any time, see below.
NOTE: If you are adding transformations to an existing profile with mappings in place and choose to use the Rename field transformation you will see the message as shown in the picture below.
This means that a mapping is no longer valid, due to the renaming.
This can easily be fixed by clicking the Remove Invalid Mapped Fields button and map the field to the correct field.
THE OUTPUT RESULTS
Rename fields
In the picture below you see the preview of a file with the column header 'Bedrijf'. With the transformation 'Rename field' we want to rename this column header from Dutch to English, to the column header 'Company'
The result can be seen in the Configure Fields page.
Add field
For our import we have chosen to add a field Code with a fixed value 123
The result can be seen on the Configure fields page
Append text value
The “Append text value” transformation allows for prepending and appending text to field values.
Copy field
The Address field from the Import file will also be used for the postal address. This can be achieved by choosing the Copy Field transfrmation.
The result can be viewed on the Summary page. The Address column from the import file can be used twice.
Clean number
In the example below we have chosen the transformation 'Clean number' to clean the column with phone numbers. In the Configure Source page you can see the phone numbers and on the Configure Fields page you can see the result of the transformation, the non-digit characters are removed.
Merge fields
In this example the fields Address and Number will be merged into a new output field Street address. As a delimiter a space is used.
On the Configure fields page you can see the result of the merge.
Replace
In this example the values in the column Partner will be replaced when they match the value OK. This value will be replaced with True. This True value can be used to turn on interests in SuperOffice.
On the Configure fields page you can see the result of the replace transformation.
Format text value
With Format text value you can format the values in the chosen field. There are a couple of format options.
As an example let's use 'hello YouTube'
| Upper case | All in upper case | HELLO YOUTUBE |
| Lower case | All in lower case | hello youtube |
| Capitalize first | First letter in capital | Hello YouTube |
| Capitalize first decapitalize rest | First letter in capital, rest in lower case | Hello youtube |
| Capitalize words | First letter of each word in capital | Hello YouTube |
| Capitalize words decapitalize rest | First letter of each word in capital, rest in lower case | Hello Youtube |
| Trim | Trim will remove all leading and trailing white-space from the value in the fields |
We have chosen the format 'Upper Case' for the Company field. And this is the result in the Configure fields.
Current date time
This transformation can be used to fill a field with the current date and time.
In this example we will fill a user defined field with the latest update by DataBridge.
First choose the Transform 'Current date time' and fill in a field name.
The next step is to map the new field to a SuperOffice field. In this example we use a User Defined Field called 'DataBridge Import Date'.
After running the Import job, the current date and time is filled in in the Udef of SuperOffice.
