Description
This step 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.
The data needs to be structured in a key/value format to be usable for a properties file.
See also: Property Input and the Row Normaliser steps.
General tab
Option | Definition |
|---|---|
Step name | The name of this step as it appears in the transformation workspace. |
Key field | The input field name that will contain the key part to be written to the properties file. |
Value field | The input field name that will contain the value part to be written to the properties file. |
Comment | Short comment that is going to be copied into the properties file (at the top).NOTE: Only the first line is commented out. The next ones need to be commented by the user. |
Content
Option | Definition |
|---|---|
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(s)... | Displays the path of the file to be written to. |
Result filename | Add files to result filename : Adds the 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. |