Welcome
Projects
A project is a container for HCL Link artifacts.
Maps
Maps define input and output specifications and mapping rules for data transformation.
Card settings
Input and output card settings
Backup settings

Introduction
Congratulations on your selection of HCL Link as your data integration solution!
What's new
Learn about the new and changed functions and features in HCL Link version 1.3.2.0.
Release notes
Read the latest release specific information for HCL Link version 1.3.2.0.
System requirements
A complete desciption of the hardware and software requirements for both Windows and Linux systems.
Installation
Everything you need to know to install HCL Link.
Administration
Here you will find the tasks that are required for administration of your HCL Link product.
Projects
A project is a container for HCL Link artifacts.
- Flows
  This documentation describes how Flows can be run from REST API, listeners, or they can be scheduled.
- Maps
  Maps define input and output specifications and mapping rules for data transformation.
  - Using Maps
  - Create maps to specify sources and targets
  - Maps and map source files
    Basic tasks involved in creating and managing maps.
  - Input and output cards
  - Card settings
    - Schema
    - Input card settings
    - Output card settings
    - Input and output card settings
    - Effects of modifying a schema
    - Changing a type that is used for a card
    - SyntaxCard
      The SyntaxCard setting defines the output card as a syntax card.
    - Editing a card
  - Map rules
  - Formulating map rules
  - Functional map basics
  - Map settings
  - Configuring bursts
  - Building maps
  - Running a map
  - Managing invalid data
  - Map audit overview
  - Troubleshooting
  - Error and warning messages
- Schemas
  Use the schema designer to define, modify, and view schemas. A schema describes the syntax, structure, and semantics of your data.
- Connections and Actions
  This documentation describes connections and actions.
- Files
  Files are used in various places within HCL Link. HCL Link allows files to be uploaded to the HCL Linkserver.
Services
Service definitions define REST services and the endpoints of a service. This guide provides step-by-step instructions for creating, importing, and managing services using the system interface, following Microsoft standards.
Connectors
This documentation describes the connectors and how they are used.
Packages
Servers
This documentation contains a description of the server groups and servers.
Variables
The variables described here include Configuration variables, flow variables, and cache variables.
Dashboards
A description of HCL Link dashboards, including the Server dashboard and the Kibana dashboard.
Runtimes
Descriptions of Link runtime services.
Resource Adapters
About the HCL Link Resource Adapters, and how to use them.
Cloud Native Link
Cloud Native Link refers to the HCL Link product installation on a Kubernetes cluster.
Reference
This documentation provides HCL Link reference information.
Notices

Backup settings

The Backup settings, when enabled, control when, where, and how the data for input and output cards should be copied to a specified backup file.

You can define the Backup settings for each input or output card as needed.