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A project is a container for HCL Link artifacts.
Schemas
Use the schema designer to define, modify, and view schemas. A schema describes the syntax, structure, and semantics of your data.
Partitioning
Determining when to partition
Benefits of partitioning

Projects
A project is a container for HCL Link artifacts.
- Flows
  This documentation describes how Flows can be run from REST API, listeners, or they can be scheduled.
- Maps
  Maps define input and output specifications and mapping rules for data transformation.
- Schemas
  Use the schema designer to define, modify, and view schemas. A schema describes the syntax, structure, and semantics of your data.
  - About schemas
    A schema defines the contents of at least one input that you intend to map or one output you intend to map.
  - Subtypes
  - Schema hierarchy
  - Defining data
  - Objects, types, and classes
  - Testing part of a schema
    You can test a schema by generating test data for an item or a group. The schema designer creates source and compiled maps that generate and validate the test data. The test-data-generation map automatically runs and produces a text file with the sample data. After that, the test-data-validation map automatically runs on the sample data file.
  - Type properties
  - Item restrictions
  - Components
  - Partitioning
    - Determining when to partition
    - Partitioning types
  - Type inheritance
  - Error detection
  - Error recovery
  - Schema analyzer
  - Distinguishable objects
  - Return codes and error messages
- Connections and Actions
  This documentation describes connections and actions.
- Files
  Files are used in various places within HCL Link. HCL Link allows files to be uploaded to the HCL Linkserver.

Benefits of partitioning

Using the previous example, explore the benefits of partitioning.

The rule is shorter than the rule without partitioning. The knowledge of which states belong to each region is maintained in the schema rather than the map rule.
It is easy to read this map rule and understand the mapping function being performed. For example, if the state belongs to the list of states in the eastern region, execute the MapEast functional map.
The partitioning method is easier to maintain. If a value for State is added or moves from one region to another, it can be easily changed in the schema and automatically reflected in any mapping rules that reference the partitioned object.
Partitioning using a restriction list used with the Ignore Case setting eliminates the need for PROPER, LOWERCASE, or UPPERCASE functions to compare each state with a literal.