Generating a Scenario

1. Open the Object Editor:
• In Designer Navigator, double-click the Package, Mapping, Procedure, or Variable under the project for which you want to generate the scenario.
• The corresponding Object Editor will open.
2. Select Generate Scenario:
• On the ODI menu, select Generate and then Scenario.
• Alternatively, you can right-click the Package, Mapping, Procedure, or Variable in the Designer Navigator and select Generate Scenario....
3. Enter Scenario Name and Version:
• The New Scenario dialog will appear.
• Enter the Name and Version of the scenario.
• The Name will be automatically uppercased, and special characters will be replaced with underscores (since it may be used in operating system commands).
4. Preset Name and Version Fields:
• The Name is preset to the same name as the latest scenario generated for the component.
• The Version is automatically incremented, or set to 001 if no prior numeric version exists.
• If no previous scenario exists for the component, the first version will be created automatically.
5. Scenario Naming Convention:
• New scenarios are named after the component according to the Scenario Naming Convention user parameter.
• To set this naming convention:
• Click Preferences from the Tools menu.
• Expand the ODI node, then the System node, and select the Scenarios node.
6. Click OK:
• After entering the name and version, click OK.
7. Define Scenario Variables (Optional):
• If your scenario uses variables, you can define them in the Scenario Variables dialog:
• Select Use All: To make all variables parameters.
• Select Use Selected: To choose specific variables to be used as parameters.
• Select None: To deselect all variables.
8. Confirm and Finalize:
• Click OK to finalize the scenario generation.
9. View the Generated Scenario:
• The generated scenario will now appear:
• Under the Scenarios tab.
• Under the Scenarios node of the source object within the project.

This sequence outlines the steps required to generate a scenario from an ODI component in the Designer Navigator, including setting variables and naming conventions.