Meta-Update's features give you a simple, powerful, way to script automated data operations and value transformations.

Regular Expressions

Extract substrings or values by using Perl compatible regular expressions

Interpret SQL, CSV, regex columns

Interpret dates formatted any way at all.
Apply text substitutions.
 

LookUps

Robust LookUp facility that lets you translate strings using any combination of ARS or SQL Queries, lists loaded from CSV scans, or an internal list.

Rich Assignments

Fully structured if facility, copy like fields assignments, script variables and script ARS records, conditional includes, string and pattern file assignments.

Server and client processes

Can use the server special processes like Application-Generate-Guid. Can launch server or local processes.

Meta-Update scripts can be used to automate many different data operations. Click the above image to open a new window for Meta-Update "Job Types".

• General Features
• Operational Controls
• Output Facilities
• Value Validations and Cleansing
• Assignment Features