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Character Map Transformation Editor

Use the Character Map Transformation Editor dialog box to select the string functions to apply to column data and to specify whether mapping is an in-place change or added as a new column.

To learn more about the Character Map transformation, see Character Map Transformation.

Options

  • Available Input Columns
    Use the check boxes to select the columns to transform using string functions. Your selections appear in the table below.

  • Input Column
    View input columns selected from the table above. You can also change or remove a selection by using the list of available input columns.

  • Destination
    Specify whether to save the results of the string operations in place, using the existing column, or to save the modified data as a new column.

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<th><p>Description</p></th>
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<td><p>New column</p></td>
<td><p>Save the data in a new column. Assign the column name under <strong>Output Alias</strong>.</p></td>
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<td><p>In-place change</p></td>
<td><p>Save the modified data in the existing column.</p></td>
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  • Operation
    Select from the list the string functions to apply to column data.
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<td><p>Lowercase</p></td>
<td><p>Convert to lower case.</p></td>
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<td><p>Uppercase</p></td>
<td><p>Convert to upper case.</p></td>
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<td><p>Byte reversal</p></td>
<td><p>Convert by reversing byte order.</p></td>
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<td><p>Hiragana</p></td>
<td><p>Convert Japanese katakana characters to hiragana.</p></td>
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<td><p>Katakana</p></td>
<td><p>Convert Japanese hiragana characters to katakana.</p></td>
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<td><p>Half width</p></td>
<td><p>Convert full-width characters to half width.</p></td>
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<td><p>Full width</p></td>
<td><p>Convert half-width characters to full width.</p></td>
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<td><p>Linguistic casing</p></td>
<td><p>Apply linguistic rules of casing (Unicode simple case mapping for Turkic and other locales) instead of the system rules.</p></td>
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<td><p>Simplified Chinese</p></td>
<td><p>Convert traditional Chinese characters to simplified Chinese.</p></td>
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<td><p>Traditional Chinese</p></td>
<td><p>Convert simplified Chinese characters to traditional Chinese.</p></td>
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  • Output Alias
    Type an alias for each output column. The default is Copy of followed by the input column name; however, you can choose any unique, descriptive name.

  • Configure Error Output
    Use the Configure Error Output dialog box to specify error handling options for this transformation.