Step 4: Creating the Mapping Between Input and Output Data Formats

Although the BizTalk Editor can structure the information into common formats such as X12 EDI or UN/EDIFACT that can be read and processed by the system that understands the standard formats, many times information is received and needs to be translated into a different format. This mapping of input and output fields ensures that the right information is relayed to the destination.

The BizTalk Mapper is the tool included with BizTalk Server that provides the mapping between fields.

BizTalk Mapper

BizTalk Mapper allows the definition and the correlation of data between records and fields for one document specification, and the records and fields for another. The mapping of information ...

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