Hadoop File Output
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
The File tab contains the following options that define the basic properties for the file being created:
Option | Description |
Hadoop Cluster |
Specify 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 Connecting to a Hadoop cluster with the PDI client for more details on the configuration settings. |
Folder/File | Specify the location and/or name of the output text file written to the Hadoop Cluster. Click Browse to navigate to the source file or folder in the VFS browser. |
Create Parent Folder | Indicate if a parent folder should be created for the output text file. |
Do not create file at start | Avoid empty files when no rows are processed. |
Accept file name from field? |
Indicate if you want to specify the file name(s) in a field in the input stream. This setting can be fine-tuned with the kettle.properties file. See Improving performance when writing multiple files . |
File name field | Specify the field that contains the filename(s) in the input stream during runtime. |
Extension | Add an extension to the end of the file name. The default is .txt. |
Include stepnr in filename | Include 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? | Include the data partition number in the file name. |
Include date in file name | Include the system date in the filename (_20181231 for example). |
Include time in file name | Include the system time in the filename (_235959 for example). |
Specify Date time format | Indicate you want to specify the date time format from the list in the Date time format drop-down list. |
Date time format | Specify date time formats. |
Show file name(s) | Display 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 | Add the filename to the internal file result set. |
Content tab
The Content tab contains the following options for describing the content written to the output text file:
Option | Description |
Append | Append lines to the end of the specified file. |
Separator | Specify 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 | Enclose 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? | Force all field names to be enclosed with the character specified in the Enclosure property. |
Header | Indicate if the output text file has a header row (first line in the file). |
Footer | Indicate if the output text file has a footer row (last line in the file). |
Format | Specify 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 | Specify the type of compression (ZIP or GZIP) to use when compressing the output. Only one file is placed in a single archive. |
Encoding | Specify 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 | Add 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) | Improve 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, split the output text file into multiple parts of N rows. |
Add Ending line of file | Specify an alternate ending row to the output file. |
Fields tab
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:
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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 period (.) as in 10,000.00 or it can be a comma (,) as in 5.000,00. |
Group | A grouping can be a comma (,) as in 10,000.00 or it can be a period (.) as in 5.000,00. |
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 except for the Hadoop Cluster field. You can use this step with ETL metadata injection to pass metadata to your transformation at runtime.