Field Mapping (Concept)
Field Mapping refers to how logical connections are made between metadata content in Grooper and an external storage platform.
Field mappings are created between Grooper Data Elements in a Data Model and corresponding metadata fields in an external content storage platform. For example, a Data Field capturing an invoice document's invoice number could be mapped to a field in a content management system named "Invoice Number". After Grooper extracts those Data Fields from a document set, the extracted data is mapped to fields in the content management system on export.
Mapping to and from properties in a content management system
Field mappings can be used for both import and export operations, using either Write Mappings or Read Mappings
- While exporting data from Grooper to an external platform via field mappings is more common, document metadata from an external storage platform can be imported into Grooper via field mappings as well.
For import, mappings are defined using an Import Behavior. Read Mappings define what metadata are read from the import source and mapped to which Data Fields in Grooper. Write Mappings define what (if any) metadata are written back to the import source after the import completes.
- Mappings may also be defined by values generated from Code Expressions.
For export, mappings are defined using an Export Behavior. Write Mappings define what Grooper Data Field values are written to which metadata properties in the content management system. Read Mappings define what data is read back from the content management system to a Grooper Data Field (This is uncommon).
- Mappings may also be defined by values generated from Code Expressions.
For more information on Write Mappings and Read Mappings on export, refer to the following articles:
For more information on Write Mappings and Read Mappings in import, please visit the following article:
Mapping to a database
Field mapping may also refer to how Grooper extracted data are mapped to a database on export. The Data Export definition's Table Mappings define what Data Elements values are mapped to which columns in a database table.
For more information on Table Mappings refer to the following article: