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What is the role of startTask Override method in the DMF classes?
Hi Enea,
This method is executed just before data will be written to the staging table. There is no example in the out of the box entities how it can be beneficial. I also haven't used this option myself in the past.
Hi André,
Thanks for the reply!
If for example every time i want to import a csv file using the respective DMFClass, i want to clear out some records from a given table. Should the startTask method be a good place to put the code so it runs only once per import?
Not sure. You can give it a try. Note that it is called when inserting into staging. It could also be that for export purposes the staging table will be filled. Also when you do import in staging, it is not entirely guaranteed that the data will be copied to the target table. So test carefully...
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