Importing Physical Data Objects Overview
A physical data object is a representation of data based on a flat file or relational database table. You can import a flat file or relational database table as a physical data object to use as a source or target in a mapping.
Story
HypoStores Corporation stores customer data from the Los Angeles office and Boston office in flat files. You want to work with this customer data in the Developer tool. To do this, you need to import each flat file as a physical data object.
Objectives
In this lesson, you import flat files as physical data objects. You also set the source file directory so that the Data Integration Service can read the source data from the correct directory.
Prerequisites
Before you start this lesson, verify the following prerequisite:
- •You have completed lesson 1 in this tutorial.
Timing
Set aside 10 to 15 minutes to complete the tasks in this lesson.