pp108 : Fields on the Sequence Generator Properties Interface

Fields on the Sequence Generator Properties Interface
This topic describes the fields on the Sequence Generator Properties interface.

Table 1. Fields on the Sequence Generator Properties Interface

Field Name

Description

Seed Value

Seed Value is the initial integer with which the sequence starts. Type the seed value. For example, specify Seed Value as 100.

Increment

Increment is the integer by which the sequence increases. Type in the integer value by which you want to increase the sequence. For example, if you have specified Seed Value as 100, and Increment as 1, then the next sequence is Seed Value + Increment, that is, 100 + 1 = 101.


Table 2. Fields on Sequence Creator

Field Name

Description

Type

Type represents the various kinds of registry key fragments. Click under the Sequence Creator section, to define a registry key fragment. A fragment (row) appears with a drop-down list under the Type column with the default value, Source Key. You may select a combination of more than one type of registry key fragments which results in a unique value. Type has the following options:

  • Source Key: Select if you want to replace the fragment with primary key of the incoming record
  • Static token: Select, if you want to specify a set of characters as a token, to the fragment.
  • Next sequence value: Select, if you want to get the value of the fragment depending upon the specified Seed Value and Increment

    Note:
    Click to delete the fragment. Select the check box corresponding to the fragment and click to move up fragment and click to move down.

Value

You can specify value only for the Static token registry key fragment. The values for Source Key and Next sequence value are generated automatically during runtime.

Example for specifying the field names to generate sequence registry entries

If you have to integrate the data from the applications, say, Spoke1 and Spoke2 to the hub, Hub 1, then specify Seed Value as 100, Increment as 1, then the next sequence generated is Seed Value + Increment, that is 100 +1 = 101.

If you select Source Key type as the first registry key fragment, select Static token as the as the second registry key fragment, specify value for the Static token as HUB REGISTRY, and select Next sequence value as the third registry key fragment, then the entries in the Registry table are generated as HUB REGISTRY 101, HUB REGISTRY 102, HUB REGISTRY 103, and so on.