Hadoop File Output

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The Hadoop File Output step exports data to text files stored on a Hadoop cluster. It is commonly used to generate comma separated values (CSV files) that are easily read by spreadsheet applications. You can also generate fixed-width files by setting lengths on the fields in the Fields tab.

General

Enter the following information in the transformation step name field.

Step Name: Specifies the unique name of the Hadoop File Output step on the canvas. You can customize the name or leave it as the default.

Options

The Hadoop File Output transformation step features several tabs with fields. Each tab is described below.

File Tab

File Tab in Hadoop File Output Step Properties Dialog Box

The File tab contains the following options that define the basic properties for the file being created:

Option	Description
Hadoop Cluster	Specifies which Hadoop cluster configuration to use. You can specify information like host names and ports for HDFS, Job Tracker, and other big data cluster components through the Hadoop Cluster configuration dialog box. Click Edit to edit an existing cluster configuration in the dialog box, or click New to create a new configuration with the dialog box. Once created, Hadoop cluster configurations settings can be reused by other transformation steps and job entries. See Configure and Test Connection for more details on the configuration settings.
Folder/File	Specifies the location and/or name of the output text file written to the Hadoop Cluster. Click Browse to launch the Open File window and navigate to a file or folder.
Create Parent Folder	Indicates a parent folder should be created for the output text file.
Do not create file at start	Avoids empty files when no rows are processed.
Accept file name from field?	Indicates you want to specify the file name(s) in a field in the input stream.
File name field	Specifies the field that contains the filename(s) in the input stream during runtime.
Extension	Adds an extension to the end of the file name. The default is .txt.
Include stepnr in filename	Includes the copy number in the file name (_0 for example) when you run the step in multiple copies (launching several copies of a step).
Include partition nr in file name?	Includes the data partition number in the file name.
Include date in file name	Includes the system date in the filename (_20181231 for example).
Include time in file name	Includes the system time in the filename (_235959 for example).
Specify Date time format	Indicates you want to specify the date time format from the list in the Date time format dropdown list.
Date time format	Specifies date time formats.
Show file name(s)	Displays a list of the files generated. The list is a simulation and depends on the number of rows that go into each file.
Add filenames to result	Adds the filename to the internal file result set.

Content Tab

Content Tab in Hadoop File Output Step Properties Dialog Box

The Content tab contains the following options for describing the content written to the output text file:

Option	Description
Append	Appends lines to the end of the specified file.
Separator	Specifies the character that separates the fields in a single line of text. Typically, it is a semicolon (;) or a tab. Click Insert Tab to place a tab in the Separator field.
Enclosure	Encloses fields with a pair of specified strings. It allows for separator characters in fields. This setting is optional and can be left blank.
Force the enclosure around fields?	Forces all field names to be enclosed with the character specified in the Enclosure property.
Header	Indicates the output text file has a header row (first line in the file).
Footer	Indicates the output text file has a footer row (last line in the file).
Format	Specifies the type of formatting to use. It can be either DOS or UNIX. UNIX files have lines separated by line feeds, while DOS files have lines separated by carriage returns and line feeds.
Compression	Specifies the type of compression (.zip or .gzip) to use when compressing the output. Only one file is placed in a single archive.
Encoding	Specifies the text file encoding to use. Leave blank to use the default encoding on your system. To use Unicode, specify UTF-8 or UTF-16. On first use, PDI searches your system for available encodings.
Right pad fields	Adds spaces to the end of the fields (or removes characters at the end) until the length specified in the table under the Fields tab is reached.
Fast data dump (no formatting)	Improves the performance when dumping large amounts of data to a text file by not including any formatting information.
Split every ... rows	If the number N is larger than zero, splits the output text file into multiple parts of N rows.
Add Ending line of file	Specifies an alternate ending row to the output file.

Fields Tab

Fields Tab in Hadoop File Output Step Properties Dialog Box

The Fields tab is where you define properties for the fields being exported. The following table describes each field:

Field	Description
Name	The name of the field
Type	Type of the field can be either String, Date or Number.
Format	An optional mask for converting the format of the original field.
Length	The length of the field depends on the following field types: Number - Total number of significant figures in a number String - Total length of string Date - Length of printed output of the string (for example, four is a length for a year)
Precision	Number of floating point digits for number-type fields.
Currency	Symbol used to represent currencies ($5,000.00 or €5.000,00 for example).
Decimal	A decimal point can be a "." or "," (5,000.00 or 5.000,00 for example).
Group	A grouping can be a "," or "." (5,000.00 or 5.000,00 for example).
Trim Type	The trimming method to apply to a string. Trimming only works when no field length is specified.
Null	If the value of the field is null, the specified string is inserted into the output text file.

Metadata Injection Support

All fields of this step support metadata injection. You can use this step with ETL Metadata Injection to pass metadata to your transformation at runtime.