Application vs. Application no Apex<\/strong><\/p>\nThere are two applications available after installation: Application and Application no Apex. The only difference between them is that Application no Apex saves Salesforce.com access credentials. So if you are working with Salesforce CRM and especially if you are scheduling Salesforce CRM integrations, use Application no Apex.<\/p>\n
Note:<\/i> If you open a datamap by double clicking it, it appears in the Application.<\/p>\n
If you opened your Salesforce CRM integration datamap in Application, exit Apatar without saving the datamap. This way, your Salesforce.com access credentials will not be lost.<\/p>\n
\nTop menu<\/strong><\/p>\nThis is the list of the top menu items and the functions they perform.<\/p>\n
1. FILE<\/p>\n
\n- New<\/b> creates a new datamap file.<\/li>\n
- Open<\/b> opens an existing datamap.<\/li>\n
- Save<\/b> saves the datamap.<\/li>\n
- Save As<\/b> saves the datamap under a different name\/to a different location.<\/li>\n
- Publish to Apatar<\/b> posts your datamap to www.apatarforge.org if you would like to share it with other Apatar users.<\/li>\n
- Scheduling<\/b> opens Apatar\u2019s scheduling application.<\/li>\n
- Run<\/b> starts the transformation.<\/li>\n
- Options:<\/b><\/li>\n
\n- Proxy<\/b> enables you to enter\/modify your proxy server settings. Details entered here will be applied throughout the Apatar application.<\/li>\n
- Date and Time<\/b> allows you to set the date and time format that is convenient for you. This allowed Apatar to simplify the process of filtering, validating, and processing data by date and\/or time. You will not need to know the exact format of date\/time, as it is stored in you database. Instead, if there is a need to validate data by date, you will enter the date in the format that is default for your instance of the application.<\/li>\n
- Debug Options<\/b> if checked, debug and error logs will be cleared each time you click ‘File>Run’ or ‘Run and Preview Results.’ This way, if an error occurs during the transformations, you can be sure that the logs contain all up-to-date information.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Exit<\/b> closes Apatar application<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2. EDIT<\/p>\n
Note:<\/i> Not available in Apatar version 1.12.13 and older<\/p>\n\n- Cut<\/b><\/li>\n
- Copy<\/b><\/li>\n
- Paste<\/b><\/li>\n
- Delete<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
These menu items let you copy\/cut and paste or delete parts of your datamaps within the same datamap file or from one datamap file to another. You can copy the configured connectors and\/or operations, field mappings, and functions<\/p>\n
3. VIEW<\/p>\n
Changes the application layout.<\/p>\n
4. DEBUG<\/p>\n
\n- Show Output (The \u2018Debug Console\u2019 window)<\/b> shows information on successful and unsuccessful actions performed by the application.\n<\/li>\n
- Show Error (The \u2018Error Console\u2019 window)<\/b>\tshows information related to errors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The same information is written to debug_output.txt and error_output.txt files respectively. (The files are located in the folder that you have Apatar installed to.)<\/p>\n
If you click \u2018Clear\u2019 in the Debug Console, debug information will be deleted from this window and the debug_output.txt file. If you click \u2018Clear\u2019 in the Error Console, debug information will be deleted from this window and the error_output.txt file.<\/p>\n
If you have \u2018Clear debug and error outputs before each run\u2019 checked in File>Options>Debug Options, information will be deleted from both consoles and output files each time you click ‘File>Run’ or ‘Run and Preview Results.’<\/p>\n
5. COMMUNITY<\/p>\n
\n- Catalog of Datamaps<\/li>\n
- Demos<\/li>\n
- Forums<\/li>\n
- Wiki<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
6. HELP<\/p>\n
\n- About<\/b> contains product information<\/li>\n
- Feature Request<\/b> opens a feature request form<\/li>\n
- Submit Bugs<\/b>\topens a bug submit form<\/li>\n
- Tutorials<\/b> opens the community documentation web page<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nContext menu<\/strong><\/p>\nThis is the list of the context menu items and the functions they perform.<\/p>\n
\n- Configure<\/b> opens a connector, operation, or function for configuration.<\/li>\n
- Cut, Copy, Paste, and Delete<\/b> enable you to copy\/cut and paste or delete parts of your datamaps within the same datamap file or from one datamap file to another. You can copy the configured connectors and\/or operations, field mappings, and functions.<\/li>\n
- Change Name<\/b> renames a component.<\/li>\n
- Run and Preview Results<\/b> processes the selected node and previous nodes (connectors and operations). If clicked on a connector or there is a connector preceding the selected node, the data will be written to the connector(s), and the records resulting from this node processing will be displayed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nList of nodes<\/strong><\/p>\nOn the left, there is a tree with nodes grouped by type.<\/p>\n
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