You can specify starting record, maximum number of records, sample records and other options to filter or limit the input and output data to suit your business needs. These settings are all optional.
Specify the input data
To specify the input data
- From the Navigation or Project View, right-click the Global Data Router process and select Edit Process.
- Click the Input Settings tab.
- Enter a numeric value in Start Record. This specifies the row in the input data at which the process will begin.
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Enter a numeric value in Maximum Records. This specifies the maximum
number of rows to process. By default, all rows are processed.
Note: 0 is not a valid number. If you specify a value of 0 the feature is turned off.
- Enter a numeric value in Sample every nth row. This specifies that only every Nth row is processed. By default, all rows are processed.
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Click the Build expression... button ( ) or
Rules Library and filter rows or apply the library business rule.
Note: When multiple options are specified, records are processed in the following order: Maximum Records, Set Row Filter, Start Record, and Sample Every Nth Row.
- Click Finish.
Specify the output data
To specify the output data
- From the Navigation or Project View, right-click the process and select Edit Process.
- Click the Output Settings tab.
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Select a Debug Option based on the following table:
Option Description Off Turn debugging mode off. Normal Turn debugging mode on. Simple debug information such as stack trace is written out. Extended Turn debugging mode on. Detailed debug information such as dumping variables is written out. -
Specify a Sample Count number. This controls the reporting increment of
the number of records processed count. These counts are written to the process log
starting at the specified value. This output allows you to track progress and
helps troubleshoot any problems. By default, this field is blank. If no value is
entered, no records are written to the log file.
- See example:
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If you specify the number 50, the entry in the log file would look similar to the following:
Thu July 14 11:27:35 2011 - <50> records processed
Thu July 14 11:27:35 2011 - <100> records processed
Thu July 14 11:27:35 2011 - <150> records processed
- Select the Output Rules Echo File check box to write out errors in the rules files. This file is generated only when there are errors in the rules files. To view this file, right-click the process and select View > Router Rules Echo File.
- If you select Use city changes file in the Advanced Settings window and Extended for the Debug option, you can select a country or countries in the Output City Changes for Selected Countries section to dump the city changes to the debug file.
- Click Finish.