General Steps to Open or Create a Query in the Mapper

The following procedure provides the steps for creating or opening a Business Process Application, Transformation file, and XQ file.

  1. Create or open an existing business process project and application that contains the query stored as a method in the Transformation file.
  2. For instructions on creating a new business process project and application, see Creating a Business Process Application.

    To open an existing application:

    1. From the WebLogic Workshop menu bar, choose File —> Open —> Application.
    2. In the Open Workshop Application dialog box, browse for the desired application and click Open.
  3. Import your schemas into your application. For instructions, see Importing Schemas.
  4. Create or open the Transformation file.
  5. For instructions on creating a new Transformation file, see Creating a Transformation File and a Transformation Method.

    To open an existing Transformation file:

    1. In the Application tab, browse and select a Transformation file. (If the Application tab is not visible in WebLogic Workshop, choose View —> Application from the menu bar.)
    2. Double-click the Transformation file (ends in the .dtf extension).
  6. Select input source schema(s) and the output target schema. For instructions, see To Select the Source and Target Types and To Change the Selected Source or Target Parameters
  7. Create or select a Transformation method from a Transformation file.
  8. For instructions on creating a method in a Transformation file, see To Add a Transformation Method to Transformation File.

    To select an existing method, in the Design View of the Transformation file:

    1. Right-click the arrow representing the method.
    2. From the drop-down menu, select Goto XQuery Document.

    The mapper pane is displayed.

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