Maps and map source files

Basic tasks involved in creating and managing maps.

The tasks involved in creating and managing maps include these tasks:

• Creating input and output cards for the map
• Building compiled maps
• Running maps
• Viewing run results

A map defines how to generate a data object of a certain type or multiple independent data objects, each of a certain type. A map contains input and output cards that transform data content from source formats to destination formats according to rules contained in the map.

The Link Navigator view lists the folder and file name of one or more map source files.

You must build (compile) a map before you can execute it.