Can't draw connection from anything to destination schema in BizTalk Mapper

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I'm new to BizTalk, so forgive me if I'm not using the correct terminology. Anyways, I've created a composite Schema with two tables that I'd like to insert into, it's basically like this:

<xs:element name="StorageLocationImport">
    <xs:complexType>
        <xs:sequence>
            <xs:element ref="mxstoreloc:Insert" /> 
            <xs:element ref="mxin:Insert" /> 
        </xs:sequence>
    </xs:complexType>
</xs:element>

In the mapper, I'm able to map anything to mxstoreloc:Insert with no issue. When I try to map anything to mxin:Insert, the connection doesn't work. I drag the line, I get the crosshairs cursor (I've seen people before get the crossed-out-circle cursor, mine doesn't switch to that) and then when I let go the line disappears instead of connecting.

I went into the schema and created a second mxin:Insert node, so it looked like this:

<xs:sequence>
    <xs:element ref="mxstoreloc:Insert" /> 
    <xs:element ref="mxin:Insert" /> 
    <xs:element ref="mxin:Insert" /> 
</xs:sequence>

And for some reason that allowed me to make the connection (to either element), but if I deleted either of the two, the connections would disappear.

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 23 '15 at 17:13

The issue [mostly] lies within the map itself, not either of the schemas or connections.

In the Grid Properties window, by default, Ignore Namespaces for Links is set to True. Since I have multiple elements which are named Insert(even though the namespaces are different), the XML Mapper gets confused. To fix this, simply turn Ignore Namespaces for Links to False.

Can't draw connection from anything to destination schema in BizTalk Mapper

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