---
title: How to Convert Data in MapForce [Video]
date: 2023-06-06
categories:
  - data-integration
  - software
  - tools
tags:
  - data-conversion
  - data-integration
  - data-mapping
  - data-transformation
  - demo-videos
  - etl
  - mapforce
  - videos
description: Check out our series of MapForce demo videos showing how to map, convert, and transform data using powerful visual tools.
---
Status: #blog

Tags:  #data-conversion #data-integration #data-mapping #data-transformation #demo-videos #etl #mapforce #videos

Categories: [data-integration](/blog/category/data-integration.md) | [etl](/blog/category/etl.md) 
# How to Convert Data in MapForce [Video]

Altova MapForce offers a powerful, yet easy-to-use, approach to converting and transforming data. Whether you need to write XML to a database, convert JSON to EDI, or map Excel to multiple different data formats, MapForce has you covered.

From simple one-to-one conversions to complex ETL scenarios, the MapForce approach is to represent data structures as graphical components. To associate fields, drag and drop connecting lines. A comprehensive library of data filters and functions is available for transforming data before writing it to the target.

![Decorative image showing a person working on a laptop with data formats supported by Altova MapForce in the background](/blog/images/mapforce-data-formats.png)

We have recently revamped our series of [Introduction to MapForce videos](https://www.altova.com/mapforce/demos). Each short how-to gives a demo of a common MapForce scenario.  

Start at the beginning to learn how MapForce works:

![](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyZzJZyFbH4)

And [follow along](https://www.altova.com/mapforce/demos) to learn:

- An [overview of MapForce](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyZzJZyFbH4) features and functionality

- How [data transformation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqyMDdedcWQ) works

- [XML to XML](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9mcb5eEX6g) transformation

- [Database to XML](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBdfIjY-rbQ) mapping (including filters and querying the database)

- Mapping [XML to databases](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHQmWdWVvgY) (including database table actions)

- [One-to-many data integration](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSmIyYiSjTI) (featuring Excel to JSON and XML and value-map functions)

- [Chained data transformation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pag3hYliTJU) (including if-else conditions and data sorting functions)

- [Batch-to-batch mapping](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Frewtfnrfgk) using wildcards & dynamic file names

- [Batch-to-one mapping](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H6XMj1CgBU) to merge files

- [Node functions and defaults](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvuwgaKOkjA) to apply the same processing logic to multiple nodes at once 



And, check out our series of videos on implementing ETL processes: 

-[ETL Basics](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONb97UUNrxE)

-[Advanced ETL Tutorial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y20tLpSBZS4)



You can follow along with the examples in these how-to videos by [downloading](https://www.altova.com/mapforce/download) a free, 30-day trial of MapForce. Check back for new [MapForce videos](https://www.altova.com/mapforce/demos), which are added often.