User Guide - Mapping Projects

MappingEDU organizes work around Mapping Projects. This section outlines conceptual and how-to information for working with Mapping Projects.

What is a Mapping Project?

Mapping Projects map one Data Standard (the "Source") to another Data Standard (the "Target"). Once you set up a Mapping Project, you can enter the business logic that maps the elements in the Source standard to the Target standard.

We'll look at the Business Logic in the next section, but let's stay focused on the Mapping Project for now. Mapping Projects have a few attributes worth knowing about.

Mapping Projects Have Status

The Mapping Project has an overall status to help you keep your projects organized. For example, "Active" projects appear at the top of the Home Page when you log in:

You'll see that Business Logic (i.e., the mapping between elements) has a workflow status as well. When all your Business Logic mappings have been "Approved," the system will suggest that you "Close" your project. Note, however, that you can Close a Mapping Project any time. Your Mapping Projects are, of course, still accessible even after you close them. Select View All Projects from the Mapping Projects menu.

Mapping Projects Can Be Shared

When you set up a new Mapping Project, you are its owner – and only you can see the Project. However, you can give permissions to share the project with any registered MappingEDU user. You can choose to give read-only, read-write, or full owner privileges when sharing your project. 

Visit Project Detail > Sharing tab to share your projects. As noted on-screen, sharing your project gives the permissions you assign – and also provides the users you select with view-only access to the Data Standards in the project, if they don't already have permissions.