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  • 3 November 2023
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Hi,

In my DSA layer I succesfully added a mapping set for which the include rule has identifed two tables. All of the columns in my DSA table have been renamed so none of them align with the original names in the ODX. As a result, the mapping set tells me all of the columns are missing:

 

This specific table was first added to the DSA for a single ODX table, then the columns got renamed and at a later moment I wanted to replace the mapping to a mapping set. Should the mapping set be able to cope with this? In essence, it would be just like doing it manually and using the ‘smart synchronize’ option. But the mapping set does not seem to work like that.

Best regards,

Kaj

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Best answer by KajEmergo 3 November 2023, 16:20

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Thomas Lind
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Hi @KajEmergo 

I don’t think you can change the name at all it needs to be exactly the same as in the source.

Is that the case now when it do not work or did you manually change the names while having a different field mapped?

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Hi @Thomas Lind,

That's a pity. This way mapping sets forces you to keep the names in your DSA table like they are in the source. Sometimes these can be quite messy, so it would be great to have the mapping sets working properly while renaming the fields in the DSA.

Right now, I am forced to manually map the tables using the ‘smart synchronize option’. That works for me, but when you have a lot of data sources with the same structure this can be a lot of work.

Best regards,

Kaj

Thomas Lind
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Hi @KajEmergo 

You mean it should be better at merging tables so there can be slight differences between the names and it will still be seen as the same?

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@Thomas Lind, not really like differences between the names from the two different ODX tables. But the mapping set should be able to add a second mapping to a DSA table (after I renamed columns) and still keep the field mapping, like I did below:

 

 

My steps were like this:

  1. Create the table in DSA by manually dragging the first ODX table to DSA
  2. Rename fields in DSA
  3. Add second ODX table to DSA by using ‘smart synchronize’

I would like to convert the original mapping to a mapping set in step 3, but then the field mappings break. It would be great if the mapping set detects the first mapping and the changed column names just like a smart synchronize does when manually mapping a second table to an existing DSA table.

Hope that this is clear enough.

Best,

Kaj

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Hi @KajEmergo 

I thought the field names had changed in one of the sources

This seems like an idea then.

I guess the issue is how the table with the name change would know what it should merge with.

To get mapping set to work again, you need to give it the original name back and it will be able to merge the tables.

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Yes, I will create an idea for it.

The thing is that you will always start with adding a single table to the DSA and then change it to a mapping set. The fact that a mapping set does not work with adjusted fieldnames in the DSA table is a limitation in my opinion, a lot of sources contain fieldnames that are not inuitive and you want to be able to change that in your DWH.

Like I said, this works perfectly fine by manually adding a second table and using the ‘smart synchronize’ option. Would love to see it working with a mapping set as well.

Best,

Kaj

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