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DataBridge supports transformations for import and export files. Data transformations can be added to import and export jobs.
Click here to view the article on Transformations for DataBridge Export.
Note: Transformations can now be chained together so the field created by a transformation can be further transformed. More info
TIP 1: Notes can be added to transformations to make their purpose clear.
TIP 2: After you select a transformation and go to the Configure Fields page in your DataBridge Profile you can easily see which columns the Transformation have been applied to. An icon has been added with a tooltip that shows all the transformations applied to the column, in the order in which they are applied.
TIP 3: A preview of the transformed columns is now available directly in the transformation window. More information
How to
Create a new profile or edit an existing profile by clicking Manage profile. On the Transform page, select the Transformation you want and click Add.
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Add conditional field | Create a new field with the value of the selected field. When the value of that field is empty, the value of the fallback field will be used. |
Add field | Add a new field with a fixed value. |
Append text value | Allows prepending and appending text to field values |
Clean field | Cleans a text field using a specific cleaning option. All cleaning options include white space, commas and periods. |
Copy field | Can be used for when you want one field from the source to map to multiple fields in the destination (for example: address which can be both visit and postal). |
Current date time | This transformation can be used to fill a field with the current date and time |
| Find Pattern | Find and extract the value from the field using the regular expression search pattern. Example: the ID between parentheses should be extracted from "Doe, John (AB12345)" |
Format text value | Formats the value in the field. |
| Map list | Converts each possible value of an input field into an item from a specific list in the destination. More info |
Merge fields | Merges the input fields into newly defined output fields. |
Remove fields | Prevents the selected fields from appearing in the output. |
Rename fields | Renames the title of the field and leaves the value unchanged. |
If the field matches the specified value it will be replaced by a new value. For example: if the input value is 'OK' it can be replaced by 'TRUE' and used to turn interests on. | |
24248429 | Note: The replace transformation is removed, users are supposed to use the Map list transformation instead |
Skip | If the field matches the specified value the record will be skipped |
Split field | Splits a field with a separator and adds a new field with the selected segment(s) You can find a detailed description of this transformation here |
| Switch fields | Use this transformation to configure which field to import the value from depending on the value of another field. |
The added transformations can be edited or removed at any time, see below.
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The “Append text value” transformation allows for prepending and appending text to field values. Prefixing and suffixing tabs and new line characters are also supported.
Clean field
In the example below, we have chosen the transformation 'Clean field' to clean the column with phone numbers. As clean option the Clean Number field is selected.convert a value with leading zeros and non-digits to a numeric value.
In the Configure Source page you can see the phone numbers and on original value in the preview
In the Configure Fields page you can see the result of the transformation, the nonthe leading zeros and non-digit characters are removed.
Copy field
The Address field from the Import file will also be used for the postal address. This can be achieved by choosing the Copy Field transformation.
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After running the Import job, the current date and time are filled in in the Udef of SuperOffice.
Find Pattern
Find and extract the value from the field using the regular expression search pattern. Example: the ID between parentheses should be extracted from "Doe, John (AB12345)"
A regular expression is a form of advanced searching that looks for specific patterns, as opposed to certain terms and phrases. With RegEx you can use pattern matching to search for particular strings of characters rather than constructing multiple, literal search queries.
- Add the transformation "Find Pattern" and choose the field you want to extract the data from. In this example the field ID
- Choose a name for the Output field
- And fill in the RegEx you need. In this example I need Any data between the parentheses so I will use \((.*)\)
In the Configure Fields page in your DataBridge Profile you can now see the new field with the extracted data. It can now be mapped to the correct field in Superoffice.
Please visit this page for more examples to inspire you.
Note: We support two scenarios: (1) regex without any capturing groups and (2) regex with one capturing group
(1) Anything that match the pattern will be used as the value (my example before the last example)
(2) The value in the capturing group will be uased as the value (all other examples)
Format text value
With Format text value you can format the values in the chosen field. There are a couple of format options.
As an example let's use 'hello YouTube'
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In this example, the fields Address and Number will be merged into a new output field Street address. As a delimiter, a space is used.
Tabs and new line characters as a delimiter can also be used.
On the Configure fields page, you can see the result of the merge.
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In the picture below you see the preview of a file with the column header 'Bedrijf'. With the transformation 'Rename field' we want to rename this column header from Dutch to English, to the column header 'Company'
The result can be seen in the Configure Fields page.
Replace
In this example, the values in the column Partner will be replaced when they match the value OK. This value will be replaced with True. This True value can be used to turn on interests in SuperOffice.
On the Configure fields page, you can see the result of the replace transformation.
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Skip
With this transformation, you can choose to skip a record when a specified value is matched.
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Split field
Splits a field with a separator and adds a new field with the selected segment(s)
You can find a detailed description of this transformation here
Switch fields
The Switch fields transformation can be used to configure which field to import the value from depending on the value of another field.
In this example the SuperOffice field Our Contact is dependend on the country of the imported company.
When the country is Netherlands, the person from the import file's Account manager column should be used. And when the country is Norway a fixed value (Thomas Speekenbrink) should be used.
More detailed information can be found here
