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On the Link Properties dialog, select the Source tab.
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Under Process Function, select Define.
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If this is the first time you are running the link, on the Define Instrument Type Fields dialog, which opens automatically, do the following:
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From the Source pane, drag one or more source table columns to the Instrument type name pane. The values in the source columns become instrument type abbreviation fields after data import.
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From the Source pane, drag one or more source table columns to the Instrument type description pane. The values in the source columns become instrument type description fields after data import.
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You can use concatenated sources. For details, see Example of Concatenated Sources.
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Instrument type abbreviation characters that exceed six characters are truncated. For details about instrument type conventions that exist in Smart Instrumentation, see Prerequisite for Importing Instrument Types.
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Select OK to close the Define Instrument Type Fields dialog.
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On the Process Function Mapping dialog, select Instrument Type to open the Instrument Type Mapping dialog.
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From the Instrument types pane, drag an instrument type to each field displayed in the Instrument type mapping to source pane.
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Select OK to return to return to the Process Function Mapping dialog.
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On the Process Function Mapping dialog, select OK.
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On the Source tab, under Process function, select Assign.
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Select OK.
When you open the Import Link window, the process function macro @PROC_FUNC_NAME appears in the Source Name column mapped to the PROC_FUNC_NAME column. You do not need to define any manual mapping for the process function and
instrument type fields. When importing instrument tags, the software uses the source
fields that you set as the instrument type field to automatically associate the tags
with the appropriate instrument types.