System and method for intelligently mapping source elements to target elements in a cloud-based integration service

摘要

According to one embodiment, a system and method are described herein for creating an advanced mapping between a source application and a target application when designing a cloud-based integration service. The design-time web interface application can display a source data object that includes one or more source elements, a target data object that includes one or more target elements, and multiple mapping components. The mapping area for a particular target element can include a mapping expression between the source element and the particular target element. When a mapping component is dragged and dropped onto the mapping area, it triggers an application programming interface that defines one or more actions according to multiple rules to generate one or more mapping statements to modify the mapping expression and source Advanced mappings can be created between elements and target elements.