Selecting a source

When you click the Create Rule button on the Discovery Prepare dashboard, you are navigated to the Select Source page, which allows you to configure a source for your rule. It can be one of these:

Flat File from your system.
Connection configured in Spectrum Technology Platform. For details on configuring the connections, see Defining Connections.

Using Source Description field

The Enter source description field, by default, auto-populates your chosen file name or the table name you select from the connection, but you can also enter a description of your choice. The description you enter here appears in the corresponding Source Desc. column on the dashboard. This field attaches the matching and consolidation rules to the source configuration, which might help you understand the associated rules attached to a particular table later. You can select any one table at a time from the drop-down list to create the rules. By entering the name of your choice, this field helps to easily identify the tables associated with a connection type data source as the actual table names could be confusing to understand.

Note: If the source has already been configured for a table, an error is displayed, which helps you to go to the Source Details page where it already exists. The Source Details page lists all the rules for a particular source, where you can switch between different table descriptions from the drop-down list to view the associated rules. For more information, see Creating Rules.