Property Output

Step Name

Name of the step.  This name has to be unique in a single transformation.

Fields

• 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

A 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.

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)

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.