Template Editor Action Bar
The Template Editor action bar provides a special set of tools that will help you define a template:
Action Bar tools
Tool |
Description |
Trap Type |
Allows you to specify the type of trap to create. You can select from Standard, Regex, and Floating. |
Trap Characters |
Allows you to define traps to capture a specific line of the report. Refer to the table of Trap Characters below or hover over each trap character to determine what kind of characters a specific symbol traps. |
Shift Left/Right |
Allows you to shift traps and fields to the left or right on the Template Editor. This makes it easier to redefine templates if data in a new iteration of a report has shifted left or right. |
Trap Line |
Activated only when a multi-line text sample is selected, this tool Indicates which line of the report sample to trap against. Specify a value representing the offset (in lines) into the sample text where the trap will be applied. |
Reset Trap |
Removes all characters from the trap line. |
Reset Fields |
Removes all field definitions from the template. |
Replace Sample Text |
Instructs Monarch Data Prep Studio to use a newly selected line or set of lines as the sample text on which a template will be based. |
Redact Sample Text |
Redacts all of the values in the sample text line. |
Clearing Template |
Instructs Monarch Data Prep Studio to use the selected template as a basis to stop collecting “assumed” values copied up (for footers) or down (for appends) when only intermittent data are available. When a clearing template is selected, an Info Alert icon displays next to this setting. Hovering your mouse over this icon displays a message specifying what template is being used as a clearing template for the template in focus.
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Trap Characters
Toolbar |
Description |
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The Alpha Trap button inserts an Alpha trap character at the current cursor position on the trap line. |
The Numeric Trap button inserts a Numeric trap character at the current cursor position on the trap line. |
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The Blank Trap button inserts a Blank trap character at the current cursor position on the trap line. |
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The Non-blank Trap button inserts a non-blank trap character at the current cursor position on the trap line. |
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The Numeric OR Trap button inserts a Numeric OR trap character at the current cursor position on the trap line. |
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The Character Trap button displays a list of special characters that may be used for improved trapping. |
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The NOT trap button toggles the NOT status of the selected trap characters. See Using the NOT Trap for more information. |