Specify Mapping Object Name You can specify field names in the object name parameters of the Place Page Segment display or the Place Graphics display. When you specify field names, you can specify the mapping of a field value to an object name, if required. For example, if you want to print various logos of the company based on the company name field in the database file, you need to name the page segment objects containing the logo data the same as the company names in the field. But in some cases, the length and the characters of the company name may be invalid for iSeries object names. AFP Utilities for iSeries provides the function that maps a field value in the database file to an object name in the iSeries system for the above case. You can specify which value should be mapped to which iSeries object name. The mapping can be specified for each object type, page segment, document, folder, file, library, and member. For example, a field value ’IBM Co.’ can be mapped to a page segment name ’QFCLOGO’ and a file name ’QAFCGRPH’. When variable data is specified for page segments or graphics, AFP Utilities for iSeries first searches the specified mapping for the object type in the PFD definition. If no mapping is specified for the object type, or the searching field value is not found, the field value is taken as an object name. If the length of the field value is longer than the maximum object name length, the characters on the right are ignored. The Specify Mapping Object Name display allows you to select the object to specify the mapping. You can select: Chapter 10. Work with PFD Definitions 191 v Page segment v Folder v PC document v Library v File v Member Specify Mapping Object Name Type options, press the Enter key. 1=Select OPT Object _ Page segment Folder _ PC document Library _ File Member Bottom F3=Exit F5=Refresh F12=Cancel