Add a set of value accessors for the target items

Version: 3.0

To write values to the Sitecore items (target items) that act as the target objects, you must create a value accessor in the tenant for each item. Each value accessor represents a specific field on the template used for the target items. You group related value accessors into a value accessor set that represents all items you want to read from the source. You organize the value accessor sets in folders under the data provider.

Create a folder for the value accessor set

Under a tenant, value accessor sets are organized by provider. Each provider has its own folder. You use a folder to hold the value accessor sets for the new provider.

To create a folder:

  1. In the Content Editor, navigate to /sitecore/System/Data Exchange/File System Provider Test Tenant.

  2. Navigate to Data Access/Value Accessor Sets/Providers.

    Providers folder in the content tree

  3. In the right-hand pane, click Sitecore Value Accessor Sets.

    Note

    This template is a command template. It does not prompt for the item name. Command templates assign the item name automatically.

Create a value accessor set

Next, you must create a value accessor set that represents all of the fields you want to write to on the target items.

To create a value accessor set:

  1. In the content tree, navigate to the Sitecore provider.

    Sitecore provider in the content tree

  2. On the Folder tab, click Sitecore Item Field Value Accessor Set to create a new item, and name it City Information Item Fields.

Create the value accessors

For each value you want to write to a target item, you must have a separate value accessor. Each value accessor represents a field on the target item.

To create a value accessor:

  1. In the content tree, navigate to the City Information Item Fields item.

    City Information Item Fields value accessor set in the content tree

  2. In the right-pane, on the Folder tab, click Sitecore Item Field Value Accessor to create a new item, and name it Identifier on City Information Item.

  3. In the right-hand pane, set the following field value:

    Field

    Value

    Field

    Templates/User Defined/City Information/Data/Identifier

  4. Save the item.

  5. Repeat steps 1 to 4 to add two more Sitecore Item Field Value Accessor fields:

    Field name

    Field value

    Country on City Information Item

    Templates/User Defined/City Information/Data/Country

    City on City Information Item

    Templates/User Defined/City Information/Data/City

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