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Lookup Object

Configure the lookup object and the multiple match behavior on the Lookup Object tab of the Properties panel.
When you configure a lookup, you select the lookup connection and lookup object. You also define the behavior when a lookup condition returns more than one match.
The following table describes the lookup object properties:
Property
Description
Connection
Name of the lookup connection.
Source Type
Source type. For database lookups, the source type can be single object or parameter. For flat file lookups, the source type can be single object, file list, command, or parameter.
Lookup Object
If the source type is a single object, this property specifies the lookup file, table, or object.
If the source property is a file list, this property specifies the text file that contains the file list.
If the source type is a command, this property specifies the sample file from which Informatica Cloud imports the return fields.
Parameter
If the source type is a parameter, this property specifies the parameter.
Multiple Matches
Behavior when the lookup condition returns multiple matches. You can return all rows, any row, the first row, the last row, or an error.
If you choose all rows and there are multiple matches, the lookup transformation is an active transformation. If you choose any row, the first row, or the last row and there are multiple matches, the lookup transformation is a passive transformation.
For Salesforce objects, you can return any row or return an error.
Formatting Options
File formatting options which are applicable if the lookup object is a flat file.
Opens the Formatting Options dialog box to define the format of the file. Configure the following file format options:
  • - Delimiter. Delimiter character.
  • - Text Qualifier. Character to qualify text.
  • - Escape character. Escape character.
  • - Field labels. Determines if the task generates field labels or imports labels from the source file.
  • - First data row. The first row of data. The task starts the read at the row number that you enter.
Command
If the source type is a command, this property specifies the command that generates the file list.
For more information about file formats, file lists, commands, and parameters, see Design.