Profiling by meta type affects how data is sorted when you profile a field in a process
configuration dialog. You can sort field values for data types such as dates, money, and other
numeric data.
Procedure
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Open any process configuration dialog in which the Profile option is available.
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Select a field for profiling or click Profile.
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In the Profile selected field dialog, click
Options.
The Profiling options dialog opens and Profile by meta
type is enabled by default, so field values that represent dates, money, telephone
numbers, and similar data types are correctly sorted and binned. For example, dates are sorted as
dates, not as numeric values. If you disable this option, the values are sorted as ASCII text.
The following example shows how this setting affects a date field. Meta type profiling recognizes
that the data type is Date and sorts the dates accordingly.