Maintain Conversion Objects

The Maintain Conversion Objects page is used to maintain conversion rules for the target tables in the migration profile. The tables are organized according to the Infor packages and modules. The conversion object and related actions appear in the Conversion Objects pane.

Note

In case the target application is Non-BaanERP, then all the tables are organized under package ‘bc’ and module ‘tbl’

Related topics

- Condition tab of the Open Conversion Object Detail page for a Baan application.
- Rules tab of Open Conversion Object Detail page for a Baan application.
- Source tab of Open Conversion Object Detail page for a Non-Baan application.
- Legacy Rules tab of Open Conversion Object Detail page for a Non-Baan application.

Fields | Description
Conversion Objects for | Select the package and module to view the various conversion objects in that package and module. Note For Baan applications, the tables are organized according to Infor packages and modules. For legacy to legacy and legacy to Baan migration, the field is set to bc/ tbl, the default package and module.
Search | To search for a conversion object, you can enter the conversion object name in the Search text box. The conversion object name follows the coding standard ppmmmxxx; where pp=Package, mmm=Module, and xxx=Table Number. Note In case of Non-BaanERP application, must enter the table name only.
Status | Displays the current status of the conversion object. The following figure shows the various states through which single target table conversion objects pass: Single Target Table Conversion Object State Change Diagram Possible Values No-Rules: This is the initial status. No conversion rule is maintained for this table. Comment-only: In case you maintain some documentation for the table without any conversion rules. For example, you specify the reason when the table is not migrated. Generated: The conversion rules are generated automatically from the Data Model comparison result using Utilities Miscellaneous --> Generate Default Mappings. Maintained: Conversion rules are maintained for this target table. However, there is no guarantee that conversion rules are complete and correct. Verified: When you perform the verification, the conversion rules are checked for syntactical correctness. However, there is no guarantee that conversion rules are complete and correct; run time errors can occur. Error: The target table is set to this status when the verification of conversion rules fails. This indicates that, there are some syntactical problems in the conversion object. Expired: When you expire an object in the working profile. The expired objects are not considered during conversion build.
Conversion Object | The name of the conversion object. The conversion object name follows the coding standard ppmmmxxx, where pp=Package, mmm=Module, and xxx=Table Number. Note In case of Non-BaanERP applications, this field displays the name of the target table.
Profile [VRC] | The current profile and Version Release Customer associated with the conversion object.
Last Modified User | The DCA user who last modified the conversion rule.
Last Modified Date | The date and time when the conversion rule was last modified.
Comments | Shows the value Yes if the comments are maintained for the conversion object. If a target table is not migrated, then you must document the reason. This documentation helps the functional consultant to explain the data migration process to the customer.
Related Conversion Objects | This field is applicable for M-Script, and displays all the target tables that are grouped and maintained by conversion rules..
Base Conversion Object | The name of the conversion object acting as a base conversion object in the case of M-Script. In an M-object, one object functions as the base script. Effectively, the generated conversion script has the name of the base script. This field displays the base table for the M-object.

Commands | Description
Open | Opens the conversion rules for editing. If your working profile is revision controlled, you must check-out the object before editing. If you want to edit a conversion object from the parent profiles, you must copy the object to your working profile before you edit.
Define M-Script | Enables you to define conversion rules together for a group of target tables.
Open Read Only | Opens the conversion rules in read-only mode.
Print | Prints a conversion object. You can use this option to print the rules maintained for a particular revision. You can also decide whether you want to print the conversion documentation together with the rules.
Delete | Deletes the conversion rules for the selected conversion object. Only the user ‘baan’ can delete a conversion object.
Expire | Use this option to expire a conversion object. After the conversion object status changes to Expired, the object is no longer considered for the conversion build. Note You must check-out a conversion object, if your working profile is revision controlled.
Revisions | Use this option to view the past revisions (history) of a particular conversion object. This option is applicable when your working profile is revision controlled. Note To view the content of a revision, use the option File --> Print.
Copy to Current Profile | Use this option to copy the selected conversion object to the working profile.
Check-Out | In case your working profile is revision controlled, you must check-out the conversion objects before you edit/make comment/expire the profile.
Check-In | You must check-in a conversion object after you make changes to the checked-out object. Otherwise, it is available for your specific login only.
Undo Check-Out | Use this option to undo or ignore the changes performed to a conversion object. The changes are ignored, and the conversion object is set to Maintained/Expire status.
Preview Map Rules | Use this option to view the final conversion script generated by DCA Studio.
Verify | Use this option to verify whether the conversion rules are syntactically correct. However, there is no guarantee that the conversion rules are complete and correct; run time/logical errors can still occur.
Simulate | This option simulates the data extraction process according to your conversion rules, and displays the results. Note In case the source tables contain huge amount of data, the simulation process takes a longer time to complete. For a faster process, you can limit the number of records in the simulation results. This limit can be specified in the User Data.
View All Conversion Objects | Enables you to view the conversion objects in the system. Note It takes time to display the conversion objects, depending on the number profiles you have in your DCA Studio.
View Only Latest Conversion Objects | Enables you to view only the latest conversion objects. For example, if the same conversion object is present in both the parent and the current working profile, only the current working profile conversion object appears, because this conversion object is the latest.
Edit Comment | Use this option to document the migration design/plan for a target table. For more information refer to the Data Conversion Adapter 3.0 User's Guide.
View Comment | Use this option to view the documentation maintained for the selected conversion object.
Help | Use this option to view the help of the current page.

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