Challenge:
Using shortcuts and work-arounds to work as efficiently as possible in PowerCenter Mapping Designer and Workflow Manager.
Description:
After you are familiar with the normal operation of PowerCenter Mapping Designer and Workflow Manager, you can use a variety of shortcuts to speed up their operation.
PowerCenter provides two types of shortcuts:
Keyboard shortcuts to edit repository objects and maneuver through the Mapping Designer and Workflow Manager as efficiently as possible, and shortcuts that simplify the maintenance of repository objects.
Keyboard Shortcuts:
Use the following keyboard shortcuts to perform various operations in Mapping Designer and Workflow Manager.
To: | Press: |
Cancel editing in an object | Esc |
Check and uncheck a check box | Space Bar |
Copy text from an object onto a clipboard | Ctrl+C |
Cut text from an object onto the clipboard | Ctrl+X |
Edit the text of an object | F2. Then move the cursor to the desired location |
Find all combination and list boxes | Type the first letter of the list |
Find tables or fields in the workspace | Ctrl+F |
Move around objects in a dialog box (When no objects are selected, this will pan within the workspace) | Ctrl+directional arrows |
Paste copied or cut text from the clipboard into an object | Ctrl+V |
Select the text of an object | F2 |
To start help | F1 |
To: | Press |
Add a new field or port | Alt + F |
Copy a row | Alt + O |
Cut a row | Alt + C |
Move current row down | Alt + W |
Move current row up | Alt + U |
Paste a row | Alt + P |
Validate the default value in a transformation | Alt + V |
Open the Expression Editor from the expression field | F2, then press F3 |
To start the debugger | F9 |
To: | Press |
Create links | Press Ctrl+F2 to select first task you want to link. Press Tab to select the rest of the tasks you want to link Press Ctrl+F2 again to link all the tasks you selected |
Edit tasks name in the workspace | F2 |
Expand a selected node and all its children | SHIFT + * (use asterisk on numeric keypad) |
Move across to select tasks in the workspace | Tab |
Select multiple tasks | Ctrl + Mouseclick |
The following table summarizes additional shortcut keys that are applicable only when working with Mapping Designer.
When editing a repository object or maneuvering around the Workflow Manager, use the following shortcuts to speed up the operation you are performing.
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