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Slack sources in mappings

In a mapping, you can configure a Source transformation to represent a Slack source.
The following table describes the Slack source properties that you can configure in a Source transformation:
Property
Description
Connection
Name of the source connection.
You can select an existing connection or create a new connection.
Operation
The operation that you want to perform in Slack.
Request Message
Request message for the operation that you want to perform in Slack.
The request message is in JSON format. You can copy and paste the request message from the request message template.
Do not leave the request message empty. You must at least specify a blank JSON object {} in the request message.
Sample request message:
{
"requestbody" : { "channel" : "CXX" }
}
For more information about the Slack APIs that the connector interacts with when you use a request message, see Slack APIs.
Field Mapping
Map the parameters in the response to the output fields.
The following table describes the advanced source properties that you can configure in a Source transformation:
Property
Description
Tracing Level
Detail level of error and status messages that Data Integration writes in the session log. You can choose terse, normal, verbose initialization, or verbose data. Default is normal.
Cache Size for Web Service Response (KB)
Memory available for the web service response. If the web service response contains many rows or columns, you might want to increase the cache size.
Default is 1024 KB.