Transformation Manager’s context sensitive online help is intended to provide assistance whenever you require further explanation and instructions on using TM. In addition, further help is available by writing to support@etlsolutions.com should you require it. We welcome your feedback on the product and aim to continue to provide advanced data transformation features to meet our customer requirements. We hope that you enjoy and get good benefits from using TM.
Transformation Manager (TM) is a stand-alone Windows® or Linux® software suite of meta-data code generator programs that provides for the authoring, testing, debugging and deployment of data transforms between virtually all types of data, whether xml, databases, flat files, java classes or spreadsheets, with flexible deployment options in both J2EE and .Net architectures.
TM’s suite of tools provides a complete development environment to author, test and debug transforms rapidly. TM models and transforms are stored in a Meta-data Text Repository, which is fully compatible with version control systems and provides an ideal multi-user environment for the sharing and developing of all aspects of models and transforms.
Models can be acquired from all kinds of data. For example, XML models may be acquired from DTD or XSD definitions, or even an XML Instance. The meta-data models are fundamental to TM and are used in all areas of building transformations, for example, the relationships between data entities determine the meaning of the data structures and mapping operations, and the constraints that they hold specify the operations allowed. The meta-data for relational databases and Java classes are also acquired by direct access from the data sources. Flat files, and virtually all other kinds of data, may be accessed using TM’s published Open Interface.
The Online Help consists of the following documents to aid your use of TM:
The following documents are not included in the online help, but are shipped with this release and can be accessed from the menu:
| Document | Brief Description | Type of User |
| TM Basics | Step-by-step introduction to some simple example transforms. | User |
| TM Features | Introduction to some of TM's many feaures | User |
| TM Deployment | Programming instructions for deploying Java transforms. | User |
| Installation Guide | Installation instructions for TM. | Administrator |
| Patterns Guide | Advanced guide describing patterns of use for solving common transformation problems. | Data Modeller |
| Database Guide | Advanced guide for improving efficiency and scalable database access. | Database expert |
| Release Notes | Describe new features in the current release and any known issues. | User |
| Configurable Flat File Adapters Guide | Describes configurable set of flat file adapters to access the most common formats of CSV or Flat Files. | Advanced User |
| Loader Open Interface Guide | Describes a programming interface to load models into the Transformation Manager repository. | Java Programmer |
| Instance Data Open Interface Guide | Describes a programming interface to access any form of data. | Java Programmer |
These documents have been provided for specific types of user of TM and the
may also be found in the ‘docs’ subdirectory of the installation directory: