Define Data Service Dialog Box

This dialog box may be displayed when you drag a data service onto your workspace. If the data service includes a large number of fields or ports, you can use the dialog box to limit the selection to the specific ports and fields to include in your model.

If the dialog box is not displayed automatically when you drag to the workspace, you can display it by right-clicking the data service and choosing Define Data Service from the context menu.

Note Note

This option is activated/deactivated from the Options dialog box:

Choose Tools Options .
Click the Composing tab.
In the top section (Ask for user intervention when creating:), choose Data services with more than and indicate the base number of fields that will cause this dialog box to be displayed automatically.

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Structure

The dialog box is divided as follows:

In the left pane, the Input Ports group contains the names of all ports at the input to the data service. When you select the checkbox next to a port, all of its fields are displayed in the right pane.
Like the Input Portsgroup, the Output Ports group contains all of the ports at the output from the data service. When you select the checkbox next to a port, all of its fields are displayed in the right pane.
The Select all checkbox at the top right enables you to check all of the fields displayed in the right pane.
The Clear all checkbox removes the checks from all the fields in the right pane except those that are mandatory (displayed in red with an asterisk). If there are no mandatory fields in the port, the check is also removed from the port name in the left pane.