Reusable transformations usage

[sam93]

Hi,
What's the difference a between a reusable transformation and a non-reusable transformations that is created in a shared folder. I can create a short cut to the non-reusable transformation in the shared folder and use it. Then why do we need to create reusable transformations.

Thanks.

 

[blom0344]

Hi Sam,

Imagine have a whole set of similar mappings which include a complex expression transformation (large sets of functions e.d.) If you make this transformation re-usable you can re-select it each time you create a mapping from scratch.
Of course, the drawback is that making a transformation reusable, effectively eliminates changing it.

Short-cuts have their own charm, but they essentially will cloud things to a certain degree...

Ties Blom
Information analyst