In plain English
This is about lining up information from one place with the right place in another. Each source column is paired with the destination field that represents the same kind of data. The result is a set of matches between the two data structures.
In context
In this wizard step or action, "Map fields" means matching each source data column to the corresponding destination field.
- Situation
- Connecting integrations, syncing data, and running imports or exports
- What it communicates
- wizard step or action for pairing source columns with destination fields
Meaning limits
The term itself does not say whether the matches are correct, complete, or created in any particular way.
Examples
“Lina mapped fields from the survey spreadsheet to the customer record, putting the 'Email' column with the email field and the 'City' column with the city field.”
“At this step, staff map fields from the uploaded file to the matching account record fields.”