Data Objects Tab

You can specify a target connection and select a data object as a step on the Data Objects tab of the Configure Steps dialog box. See the Step processing example for more information.

To Select A Data Object As A Step

  1. In the Workbench, click Target > Configure Steps. The Configure Steps dialog box appears.
  2. Click the Data Objects tab.
  3. Modify connections used by the DTS, if needed. For more information, see Changing A Target Connection.
  4. In the Configure Steps dialog box, use the Data Objects Explorer to highlight a single data object:
    IconObjectDefinition
    Table icon

    Table

    Name that displays in the Data Objects Explorer in the Configure Source/Target dialog boxes, after the Data Source created in Step 1 has been selected from the Connect to Source/Target dialog box.

    View icon

    View

    Views show tables grouped according to specific database configurations in your system. When you select a view as the source, the required tables are automatically joined.

    Stored procedure icon

    Stored Procedure

    A stored procedure is a collection of SQL statements and optional control-of-flow logic (for example, if A then do this, if B, then do something else) that are compiled and stored in the database. Stored procedures can be used for a variety of purposes: fetching sets of data, reading single values, and inserting/updating/deleting data in many tables.

    They are re-usable, can take and return parameters, and can return information relative to their successful or failed execution. Software applications that run on top of relational databases often make use of stored procedures to handle certain complex database operations.

    Note: Stored procedures can be used only as targets or in source queries.

    Stored procedures are also used to customize the way an application interacts with a database to affect business rules or business process logic. These customizations are done by creating new stored procedures or modifying existing stored procedures that ship with an application. Insight allows you to use the business process logic already present in these stored procedures.

    Execute is the only operation that can be performed on a stored procedure step. When a stored procedure is selected for a target step, the parameters of the procedure are displayed in the Target pane. Data can be mapped to these parameters in the same way that data is mapped to target fields.

    Adapter object icon

    Adapter

    Adapters provide a means for the Workbench to interface with other applications. Depending on your configuration, adapters may or may not display in your Data Objects Explorer.

    XML icon

    XML

    Either an XML document or schema. For more information about using XML objects as a data source, see Using XML as a Source.

  5. In the Operation field, accept the default of Insert, or select an operation from the drop-down menu.
  6. Click Add Step. The step appears in the Step Order pane at the right of the dialog box.
  7. From here, you can:
  8. Use the other tabs in the Configure Steps dialog to define additional step settings.

See also

Configuring Target Steps

Configure Steps Tabs

Operation tab

Operations

Reading the Step Order Flowchart

Resolving Update/Delete Conflicts

Step Name

Step Processing Example

Updating or Deleting source rows