A conditional mapping is created for a specific field mapping. After defining the field mapping for the field, you can create one or more conditions for the field. The mapping of the field is changed accordingly if one of the conditions is executed. If you have to set the value of a field to a specific value, depending on the result of the check, you can enter the value directly in Customizing in the Alternative Field Name field with %value.
To define if a condition should be executed, a check is needed. If the check is successful, the condition is used to fill the destination field. If the check fails, the normal field mapping is executed. There are three condition types, and they've been set in the condition accordingly:
- Empty Value: An empty value is passed to the destination field.
- Alternative Value Mapping/ Field Name: Depending on the Customizing settings, several things can be done with this condition type:
- If only alternative field names are defined, the alternative field name(s) is used to fill the destination field.
- If a value mapping is defined for the normal field mapping, the alternative field name(s) is used for the value mapping of the normal field mapping.
- If only an alternative value mapping is defined in the condition, the fields from the normal field mapping are passed to the alternative value mapping. If alternative value mapping and alternative field name(s) are defined, the alternative value mapping is used with the alternative field names.
- Ignore Value Mapping/Use Alternative Field Name: Value mapping in the normal field mapping is ignored. Instead, the value of alternative field name(s) is passed to the destination field.
