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Attribute Transformations

Attribute transformations are maintained in System Setup > Attribute Transformations can be used to transform attribute values, product names, and terms lists. Transformations are not intended to be a substitute for a programming language but can give a non-technical user the opportunity to modify data, using series of standard modification operations.

As with all transformations, the original data is not modified, but the data delivered in an output, received during import, or displayed when mounted in STEP’n’design is altered by the transformations applied. Example attribute transformations could be:

• Convert numbers to only have two decimals.
• Replace comma with a dot.
• Insert a suffix on a product name. A suffix could be the text 'NEW' and used on new products.
• Transform dates by pattern or locale during import and export.

The examples illustrate that the attribute transformations can be used to perform very different and advanced tasks within the STEP system.

The following information is available for attribute transformations:

• Creating an Attribute Transformation includes steps for making a new transformation here. 
• Attribute Transformation Options includes information about each available transformation here.

• Maintaining an Attribute Transformation includes information about configuration here.

Attribute transformations can also be used to make a set of transformations, and then applied in the following additional areas where transformations are available:

• Inbound and outbound data, when the selected format requires mapping, as discussed in the Data Mapping topic of the Data Exchange documentation here.
• Tables for formatting, as discussed in the Table Formatting Transformations topic of the Tables documentation here.

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