Creating Data definitions
About this task
To create Data Definitions, complete the following steps.
Procedure
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In the Data Definitions menu, click + Data
definition.
The Create data definition page appears.
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Provide appropriate values for the following fields
- Name
- Description
- If you want to save the Data Definition in a location different than the root (/) folder, click Browse and select the required folder.
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For the Field details section, add field details for contacting the customer in
an automated manner. Each field detail contains the following combination of
values.
- Field name- Should match your data.
- Significant field- The field Journey uses to communicate with the user.
- Data type- The data type of the field. For example, String, Numeric, or Date. If you select the Date datatype, a new field appears. Type a date format and suggestions will appear in the dropdown box. Only the values selected from the dropdown box are valid values. If you enter any invalid format, data definition gets created but it results in a processing error.
- Masked data - Indicates whether to mask the field information or not. If this box is checked, then the respective field details are masked. Box needs to be checked explicitly. None of the fields are checked by default. For old DD the fields are unchecked for masking.
- Required- Indicates if a field is mandatory to be passed in to the Entry Source. For more information, see Data Definitions.
- Character limit- Maximum number of characters allowed in the value when a field is marked as Required.
Create single or multiple field details. To add more field details, click + Field. To remove existing field details, click the
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Click Create data definition.
Note: Journey supports all Java Date formats in data definition as free text field apart from the available options is dropdown.Note: Existing date formats available with space as delimiter, Journey data definition also support date formats with delimiter "/" , " ." , " -"