Categories are attribute types that help define patterns the Business Data Parser (BDP) uses to standardize data. You can specify a maximum of 500 categories. When the BDP process runs, all data is placed in output attributes according to how the data is categorized and the category names will replace the default attribute names, BP_USER1 -500.
The Single type category names will replace BP_USER1 - 25 and the Multi type category names will replace BP_USER26 -500. All related BP_USERx, BP_USERx_DISPLAY and BP_DATA_PRESENT_USERx attribute names will be replaced with the format of category_RECODE, category, and category_DATA_PRESENT, respectively. For example, if you have a category called "YEAR," the output attribute names will be YEAR_RECODE, YEAR, and YEAR_DATA_PRESENT.
By default, a business data project includes only 50 output attributes (BP_USER1 - 50) in the output schema. You must add additional attributes to the output schema if you use more than 50 categories. If you use less than 50 categories, you can remove unused BP_USERx attributes by selecting the "Automatically remove unused attributes" option when importing the tables. See Importing an Ignore Word Table and Word Definition Table about removing unused attributes.
Add a word definition category
To add a word definition category
Search a category
To search a category
Sort categories
To sort categories
Delete or reassign a category
To delete or reassign a category