In Strategy Developer 9.x, there are two options that govern how Automatic Mapping works.
The first option can be found by editing the Warehouse Catalog and going to Options > Schema > Automatic Mapping, as shown below:

The second option can be found by editing the Attribute Form's Expression definition seen below:

The Automatic Mapping option selected in the Warehouse Catalog works in conjunction with the Mapping method enabled at the attribute level. To understand how Automatic Mapping works, consider the following scenarios: