Description
This step a outputs a set of rows of data to a Java properties files. For more information on this file format, read this : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.properties
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See also: The Property Input and the Row NormalizerNormaliser steps
General Tab
The "General" tab is where you set the input fields that will contain the key van location of the files from which you want to read.
The table below contains options associated with the Files tab:
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Option | Description |
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File | - Filename : the filename without the file extension
- Append: check this option to update an existing property file. Properties in the file that are not processed by the step will remain unchanged.
- Create parent folder : check this option if you want to automatically create the parent folder
- Accept file name from field: check this option if the file name is specified in an input stream field.
- File name field: specifies the field that contains the name of the file to write to.
- Extension : specify the file extension. Usually this is "properties".
- Include stepnr in filename : includes the step number (when running in multiple copies) in the output filename
- Include date in filename : includes the date in the output filename with format yyyyMMdd (20081231)
- Include time in filename : includes the date in the output filename with format HHmmss (235959)
- Show filenames : hit this button to see the complete filename after assembly of the various parts (filename, extension, stepnr, date and time)
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Result filename | Add files to result filename : Adds the XML generated filenames read to the result of this transformation. A unique list is being kept in memory that can be used in the next job entry in a job, for example in another transformation. |
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