What is Mapping Document and why do we need this?

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In which format do you get your work?

1. Mapping document is nothing but an excel sheet which consists of source Table name, Attribute
name, Data type, Data type lengths and target Table name, Attribute name, Data type, Data
type Lengths.
2. In between source and target table info Transformation Rules exist.
3. It also consists of source and target table mandatory fields information.
4. Mapping document also consists of primary key information, Joining key information
(sometimes our sources might be multiple tables, in this case we should understand on top of which
attributes we need to apply join) and Join types (we have different joins like inner, left outer, right
outer and full outer. In this case we should understand what type of join we need to implement ).
5. Mapping documents are prepared by BA (Business Analyst) Team and are placed in SharePoint
(SharePoint is a place where we maintain all our project related documents in our current project ).

NOTE: In some of the projects Mapping Documents are also called as STM (Source Target Mapping).

Please find the below mapping document attached.

US4567_Emp_Dept_
Mapping.xlx.xlsx

What is the meaning of Transformation Rules or Business Rules?

1. Transformation Rules are client’s expectations. We are also calling Transformation Rules as
Business Rules.
2. In ETL Process after extracting the data from source, we (ETL Developer) need to implement
Transformation rules and load the data in Datawarehouse.
3. As an ETL Tester, we are going to cross verify the data which exists in Datawarehouse is as per
the Transformation Rules or not.
If you are not able to find join type and joining key information in Mapping document what are you
going to do?

1. Yes Sir/Madam, sometimes we are not able to find some set of information in the Mapping
document. In this case, we need to refer Design Document (Design document is nothing but it’s a
word document which is prepared by Senior Developer. It consists of information about the Mapping
document in a descriptive manner).
2. Generally, each and every Mapping document consists of a corresponding Design document.
3. If still we are not able to find required information, then, we need to check with the respective
BA in the Mapping document walk thru call.