Preprocessors

Preprocessors define certain tasks to be executed before the actual import of an entity begins.

The following standard types of preprocessors are available:

Lobster_data provides Lobster SCM templates for these preprocessor types, which can be merged into the object structure of a Single import or Batch import.

In XML, each individual preprocessor is represented by an preProcessor element with a type-specific internal structure.

General example:

<core:Import xmlns:core="CORESYSTEM" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
...
< entity node >
...
<preProcessor xsi:type="type_of_pp" config_attr_of_pp="5" ...>
<config_node_of_pp>config_value</config_node_of_pp>
...
</preProcessor>
...
</ entity node >
...
</core:Import>