Manage Maps

Overview

This section provides instructions on managing maps by using the BizTalk Server Administration console. BizTalk Server uses maps to translate the records and fields in one schema to the records and fields in another schema. Maps may be used by orchestrations, send ports, and receive ports.

Add maps to an application

Maps are built in Visual Studio and compiled into BizTalk assemblies. You cannot add a map to an application individually; a map is added to an application as follows:

• When you add a BizTalk assembly containing a map to the application, as described in How to Add a BizTalk Assembly to an Application.

• When you import an .msi file into an application that includes a BizTalk assembly containing a map, as described in How to Import a BizTalk Application.

• When a developer deploys into an application an assembly containing a map from Visual Studio, as described in Deploying BizTalk Assemblies from Visual Studio into a BizTalk Application.

  For background information about maps, see Maps. For information about creating maps, see Creating Maps Using BizTalk Mapper.

Next steps

• View the Maps for an Application

• Remove a Map from an Application