IBM FileNet P8, Version 5.2.1            

Creating a connection point data map

After you define the connection point half maps for the source and destination environments, you can combine them to create a connection point data map.

Create a connection point data map for a source-destination pair:

  1. In the FileNet® Deployment Manager tree view pane, expand the Source-Destination Pairs node and double-click the source-destination pair.
  2. If connection point data is not to be used when data is converted for import, clear the Use check box for the connection point map. If you clear this check box, the connection point data map is not used and, therefore, it is not necessary that you populate the data map. If you use this option, you can skip steps 3 and 4. Clear the Use check box only if you are sure that all referenced connection points have the same names in both environments. If you are not sure, leave this check box checked and create a connection point data map.
  3. Click the Map Data for Connection Point Map radio button to create a connection point data map.

    FileNet Deployment Manager maps the connection points in the source environment to the corresponding connection points in the destination environment and updates the connection point data map to reflect these mappings. Connection points are first matched by using any user-defined labels that might be present. Then, they are matched by using the connection point name.

  4. If the data map contains half map items that FileNet Deployment Manager cannot map, perform one of the following steps to resolve the unmapped entries:
    • Modify the data in the source and destination environments to eliminate the inconsistencies. Then, re-create the half maps and the data map.
    • Edit the data map to add matching labels for any unmapped connection points. For more information, see the Viewing or updating a data map section of the help topic.
    • Edit the half maps directly to add matching labels for any unmapped connection points. Then, re-create the data map. For more information, see the Editing labels in a half map help topic.
      • Restriction: If you use labels to resolve unmapped entries, be aware that FileNet Deployment Manager supports only a one-to-one and many-to-one correspondence between mapped connection points. That is, you can use a label for several source connection points but only one destination connection point. Assigning the same label to multiple connection points in the destination environment can cause unexpected behavior.
      • Restriction: Although many-to-one mappings are allowed, the connection points that are mapped must communicate a one-to-one mapping for the isolated region that they reference. All connection points associated with an isolated region in the source must be mapped to connection points that reference a single isolated region in the destination.


Last updated: October 2015
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