Example 1: Opening the Assembly Editor and viewing the issues

John opens the Assembly Editor for the Hierarchical Data stage to design the job that uses the HTTP POST method in the REST web service.

About this task

John adds a REST step that accesses the REST web service by using the HTTP POST method to post the data on the server.

Procedure

  1. Double-click the Hierarchical Data stage, and then click Edit assembly.
  2. Click Palette, and then double-click the REST step to add it to the outline. Because the REST step is the first step that you added to the assembly, the step is added between the Input step and the Output step.
    1. In the outline, error icons (red exclamation marks) are shown beside the REST step and the Output step. The error icon indicates that you must address one or more issues in that step.
    2. To view the issues list, click View All. The links and columns that you defined on the httpPOST link are listed as errors because the hierarchical structure of the assembly is not mapped to a relational structure. You can correct these errors when you create mappings in the Output step.
    3. Close the issues list.
Parent topic: Example 1: Using the HTTP POST method