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A Solution may have one or more Resources that provide static data to Tasks. This allows the inclusion of additional data. A Resource provides static data used as Task input. Linking Resources are used to provide access to data. For example the Database Resource adapter can be configured to allow access to data in a SQL database. To facilitate the data access, each resource adapter is designed with an output schema. The output schema is made available in the Data Mapping tab (Source tree) of all Linking Tasks it is connected to, thus allowing you to map its data to the tasks. Linking Resources do not have an input schema, which means data cannot be mapped to them. For this reason the Data Mapping tab is not available in Linking Resources. The Connection Port for a Resource AdapterLinking Resources have just one connection port, a Resource Source. This is an outgoing port that allows data from this adapter to be accessed by subsequent adapters. A Resource Source port must be connected to a Resource Sink port (incoming). Linking Tasks have a Resource Sink and a Resource Source port.
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