Business Integration Solutions Documentation
About: Mapping
Mapping is the activity of defining a relationship between two documents.
In a typical integration scenario between Microsoft Dynamics BC and an external system, two different documents are considered.
The internal document is a representation of the Microsoft Dynamics BC table structure, including tables, fields and relationships. The external document is a shared representation of the information that is exchanged.
Part of the integration effort is spent on mapping the internal document on the external document during the export of data, or mapping the external document on the internal document during the import of data.
Mapping between a source document and a target document can be performed in different ways, such as:
- Direct mapping from a source element to a target element
- On single nodes (field to field mapping)
- On complex nodes (Parent Node mapping)
- Mapping using a constant
- Mapping using an expression function
The following table provides links to and descriptions of the topics in this section:
| To | See |
|---|---|
| Lean about field to field mapping | About: Field to Field Mapping |
| Learn about parent node mapping | About: Parent Node Mapping |
| Learn about field to constant mapping | About: Field to Constant Mapping |
| Learn about mapping using expressions | About: Expression Functions Mapping |
| Learn about mapping activity extension points | About: MapperActivity |
