The XSLT View is a more advanced mode that enables you to separate the XSLT statements from the target tree document. This enables you to create complex XSLT statements without leaving the design view. Source and target schemas are optional in the XSLT View.

The XSLT View includes the same panes as the Map View, except that the right target pane is divided into two panes. The top pane is called the XSLT pane and the lower pane is called the target pane. If no target schema is defined, then the lower pane is not shown. If no source schema is defined, the source pane is still displayed to enable you to add parameters and variables, whose values can be referenced by the XSLT.

In XSLT View, you can create any series of XSLT statements without having to intersperse these statements around target tree nodes. For instance, in the 11g mapper, all xsl:if statements had to contain a single target output node. In XSLT View, the xsl:if statement can be used anywhere, and can contain any other XSLT statement.

The XSLT View supports all XSLT 1.0 statements. The XSLT View also supports multiple template rules with or without source and target schemas. The XSLT View enables you to graphically display and edit any XSLT stylesheet, irrespective of the complexity involved.