Copying functoids from one map to another

Have you ever wanted to copy a complex set of logic from one map to another? One of my young colleagues, Stephen Scott showed me a quick way to do this the other day. Here it is.

I had this map with many pages.

MapfullofFunctoids

I wanted to change it to a map with two inputs instead of one.

MultiInputmap

The trick is as follows;

Open the first map in a text editor. You will see something like

GenerateDefaultFixedNodes=”Yes” PreserveSequenceOrder=”No” CopyPIs=”No” method=”xml” xmlVersion=”1.0″ IgnoreNamespacesForLinks=”Yes”>
<SrcTree>
    <Reference Location=”SubmitContactDetailsRequest” />
</SrcTree>
<TrgTree>
    <Reference Location=”InternalMaintainQuoteRequest” />
</TrgTree>
<ScriptTypePrecedence>
    <CSharp Enabled=”Yes” />
    <ExternalAssembly Enabled=”Yes” />
    <VbNet Enabled=”Yes” />
    <JScript Enabled=”Yes” />
    <XsltCallTemplate Enabled=”Yes” />
    <Xslt Enabled=”Yes” />
</ScriptTypePrecedence>
<TreeValues>
    <TestValues />
    <ConstantValues />
</TreeValues>
<Pages>
    <Page Name=”Common”>
      <Links>
        <Link LinkID=”1″ LinkFrom=”/*[local-name()=’<Schema>’]/*[local-name()=’SubmitContact’]/*[local-name()=’QuoteDetails’]/*[local-name()=’QuoteID’]” LinkTo=”/*[local-name()=’<Schema>’]/*[local-name()=’MaintainQuoteRequest’]/*[local-name()=’QuoteDetails’]/*[local-name()=’SourceQuoteID’]” Label=”” />
        <Link LinkID=”2″ LinkFrom=”/*[local-name()=’<Schema>’]/*[local-name()=’SubmitContact’]/*[local-name()=’QuoteDetails’]/*[local-name()=’Source’]” LinkTo=”/*[local-name()=’<Schema>’]/*[local-name()=’MaintainQuoteRequest’]/*[local-name()=’QuoteDetails’]/*[local-name()=’SourceSystem’]” Label=”” />
        <Link LinkID=”3″ LinkFrom=”/*[local-name()=’<Schema>’]/*[local-name()=’SubmitContact’]/*[local-name()=’QuoteDetails’]/*[local-name()=’ProductType’]” LinkTo=”/*[local-name()=’<Schema>’]/*[local-name()=’MaintainQuoteRequest’]/*[local-name()=’QuoteDetails’]/*[local-name()=’Product’]” Label=”” />
        <Link LinkID=”4″ LinkFrom=”/*[local-name()=’<Schema>’]/*[local-name()=’SubmitContact’]/*[local-name()=’QuoteDetails’]/*[local-name()=’Progress’]” LinkTo=”/*[local-name()=’<Schema>’]/*[local-name()=’MaintainQuoteRequest’]/*[local-name()=’QuoteDetails’]/*[local-name()=’QuoteProgress’]” Label=”” />
        <Link LinkID=”5″ LinkFrom=”/*[local-name()=’<Schema>’]/*[local-name()=’SubmitContact’]/*[local-name()=’QuoteDetails’]/*[local-name()=’Status’]” LinkTo=”/*[local-name()=’<Schema>’]/*[local-name()=’MaintainQuoteRequest’]/*[local-name()=’QuoteDetails’]/*[local-name()=’QuoteStatus’]” Label=”” />
        <Link LinkID=”6″ LinkFrom=”/*[local-name()=’<Schema>’]/*[local-name()=’SubmitContact’]/*[local-name()=’QuoteDetails’]/*[local-name()=’PolicyStart’]” LinkTo=”/*[local-name()=’<Schema>’]/*[local-name()=’MaintainQuoteRequest’]/*[local-name()=’QuoteDetails’]/*[local-name()=’StartDate’]” Label=”” />
        <Link LinkID=”7″ LinkFrom=”/*[local-name()=’<Schema>’]/*[local-name()=’SubmitContact’]/*[local-name()=’QuoteDetails’]/*[local-name()=’PolicyEnd’]” LinkTo=”/*[local-name()=’<Schema>’]/*[local-name()=’MaintainQuoteRequest’]/*[local-name()=’QuoteDetails’]/*[local-name()=’EndDate’]” Label=”” />
        <Link LinkID=”8″ LinkFrom=”/*[local-name()=’<Schema>’]/*[local-name()=’SubmitContact’]/*[local-name()=’QuoteDetails’]/*[local-name()=’OriginatingURL’]” LinkTo=”/*[local-name()=’<Schema>’]/*[local-name()=’MaintainQuoteRequest’]/*[local-name()=’QuoteDetails’]/*[local-name()=’OriginatingURL’]” Label=”” />
        <Link LinkID=”9″ LinkFrom=”/*[local-name()=’<Schema>’]/*[local-name()=’SubmitContact’]/*[local-name()=’QuoteDetails’]/*[local-name()=’Link’]” LinkTo=”/*[local-name()=’<Schema>’]/*[local-name()=’MaintainQuoteRequest’]/*[local-name()=’QuoteDetails’]/*[local-name()=’QuoteLink’]” Label=”” />
        <Link LinkID=”10″ LinkFrom=”/*[local-name()=’<Schema>’]/*[local-name()=’SubmitContact’]/*[local-name()=’QuoteDetails’]/*[local-name()=’Channel’]” LinkTo=”/*[local-name()=’<Schema>’]/*[local-name()=’MaintainQuoteRequest’]/*[local-name()=’QuoteDetails’]/*[local-name()=’SalesChannel’]” Label=”” />
        <Link LinkID=”11″ LinkFrom=”/*[local-name()=’<Schema>’]/*[local-name()=’SubmitContact’]/*[local-name()=’QuoteDetails’]/*[local-name()=’LastModifiedDate’]” LinkTo=”/*[local-name()=’<Schema>’]/*[local-name()=’MaintainQuoteRequest’]/*[local-name()=’QuoteDetails’]/*[local-name()=’LastModifiedDate’]” Label=”” />
        <Link LinkID=”12″ LinkFrom=”/*[local-name()=’<Schema>’]/*[local-name()=’SubmitContact’]/*[local-name()=’UserDetails’]/*[local-name()=’UserName’]” LinkTo=”/*[local-name()=’<Schema>’]/*[local-name()=’MaintainQuoteRequest’]/*[local-name()=’QuoteDetails’]/*[local-name()=’AccountName’]” Label=”” />
        <Link LinkID=”13″ LinkFrom=”1″ LinkTo=”/*[local-name()=’<Schema>’]/*[local-name()=’MaintainQuoteRequest’]/*[local-name()=’QuoteDetails’]/*[local-name()=’SourceID’]” Label=”” />
      </Links>
      <Functoids>
        <Functoid FunctoidID=”1″ X-Cell=”56″ Y-Cell=”213″ Functoid-FID=”107″ Functoid-Name=”String Concatenate” Label=”ToBAssigned”>
          <Input-Parameters>
            <Parameter Type=”Constant” Value=”ToBAssigned” Guid=”{AF7EB9D5-B802-4615-A366-DAF4CD18B182}” />
          </Input-Parameters>
        </Functoid>
      </Functoids>
    </Page>
    <Page Name=”ContactMeRequested”>
      <Links>

………..more

Copy every thing between the Pages tag to the clipboard.
Open the second map in a text editor. You will something like

<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-16″?>
<!– Generated using BizTalk Mapper on Sun, Oct 11 2009 07:54:38 AM –>
<mapsource Name=”BizTalk Map” BizTalkServerMapperTool_Version=”2.0″ Version=”2″ XRange=”100″ YRange=”420″ OmitXmlDeclaration=”Yes” TreatElementsAsRecords=”No” OptimizeValueMapping=”No” GenerateDefaultFixedNodes=”Yes” PreserveSequenceOrder=”No” CopyPIs=”No” method=”xml” xmlVersion=”1.0″ IgnoreNamespacesForLinks=”Yes”>
<SrcTree>
    <xs:schema xmlns:tns=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/BizTalk/2003/aggschema” xmlns:b=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/BizTalk/2003″ xmlns:ns1=http://SubmitContactDetails xmlns:ns2=http://SubmitContactDetailsResponse targetNamespace=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/BizTalk/2003/aggschema” xmlns:xs=”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema”>
      <xs:import schemaLocation=”SubmitContactDetailsRequest” namespace=http://SubmitContactDetails />
      <xs:import schemaLocation=”SubmitContactDetailsResponse” namespace=http://SubmitContactDetailsResponse />
      <xs:element name=”Root”>
        <xs:complexType>
          <xs:sequence>
            <xs:element name=”InputMessagePart_0″>
              <xs:complexType>
                <xs:sequence>
                  <xs:element ref=”ns1:SubmitContact” />
                </xs:sequence>
              </xs:complexType>
            </xs:element>
            <xs:element name=”InputMessagePart_1″>
              <xs:complexType>
                <xs:sequence>
                  <xs:element ref=”ns2:SubmitContactResponse” />
                </xs:sequence>
              </xs:complexType>
            </xs:element>
          </xs:sequence>
        </xs:complexType>
      </xs:element>
    </xs:schema>
</SrcTree>
<TrgTree>
    <Reference Location=”Tower.CRM.InternalMaintainQuoteRequest” />
</TrgTree>
<ScriptTypePrecedence>
    <CSharp Enabled=”Yes” />
    <ExternalAssembly Enabled=”Yes” />
    <VbNet Enabled=”Yes” />
    <JScript Enabled=”Yes” />
    <XsltCallTemplate Enabled=”Yes” />
    <Xslt Enabled=”Yes” />
</ScriptTypePrecedence>
<TreeValues>
    <TestValues />
    <ConstantValues />
</TreeValues>
<Pages>
    <Page Name=”Page 1″>
      <Links />
      <Functoids />
    </Page>
</Pages>
</mapsource>

Now paste the contents of the clipboard between the two pages tags.
Do a search and replace of [local-name()=’SubmitContact’] with [local-name()=’Root’]/*[local-name()=’InputMessagePart_0′]/*[local-name()=’SubmitContact’]
Save the file.
Now open the change in your Biztalk project and you will see your all the functoids and other artifactd have been copied to the new map.