tBoxv2Output Standard properties

Property type

Either Built-in or Repository.

• Built-in: No property data is stored centrally.
• Repository: Select the repository file where properties are stored. The fields that follow are completed automatically using the fetched data.

This drop-down list is not available if you select the Use an existing connection option.

Use an existing connection

Select this check box and in the Component List drop-down list, select the desired connection component to reuse the connection details you already defined.

Schema and Edit schema

A schema is a row description. It defines the number of fields (columns) to be processed and passed on to the next component. When you create a Spark Job, avoid the reserved word line when naming the fields.

Built-In: You create and store the schema locally for this component only.

Repository: You have already created the schema and stored it in the Repository. You can reuse it in various projects and Job designs.

Click Edit schema to make changes to the schema. If the current schema is of the Repository type, three options are available:

• View schema: choose this option to view the schema only.

• Change to built-in property: choose this option to change the schema to Built-in for local changes.

• Update repository connection: choose this option to change the schema stored in the repository and decide whether to propagate the changes to all the Jobs upon completion.

  If you just want to propagate the changes to the current Job, you can select No upon completion and choose this schema metadata again in the Repository Content window.

Select the authentication type: JWT (short for JSON Web Token) or Developer token.

If you select Developer token from the drop-down list, type in the developer token in the Developer token field. For more information about developer token, see Developer Tokens.

The Authentication type drop-down list is available when Use an existing connection is not selected.

Type in the Box path of the folder where the files to write data to reside.

You can also specify the Box path by clicking the [...] button next to this field and navigating to the folder.

This option is available when the Get folder by ID option in the Advanced settings view is not selected.

Type in the Box ID of the folder where the files to write data to reside.

You can also specify the Box ID by clicking the [...] button next to this field and navigating to the folder.

This option is available when the Get folder by ID option in the Advanced settings view is selected.

File name template

Line separator type

Select the line separator: Windows type, Linux type, or Other.

If you select Other, specify the line separator in the Line separator string field.

This option is available if you select CSV from the Content format drop-down list.

Encoding type

Select the encoding type from the drop-down list: UTF 8, ISO-8859-15 or Other.

If you select Other, specify the encoding in the Custom encoding field.

Set header

Select this option to treat the beginning lines as the header. You can specify the number of lines that will be treated as the header in the Number of lines field.

Field separator type

Select the field separator from the drop-down list.

If you select Other, enter the character that will be treated as the separator in the Field separator field.

This option is available if you select CSV from the Content format drop-down list.

Avro configuration

Type in the Avro schema description string.

This field is available if you select Avro from the Content format drop-down list.

Excel format

Select the Excel format of the Excel files: Excel 2007, Excel 97, or HTML.

This field is available if you select Excel from the Content format drop-down list.

Sheet name

Type in the name of the Excel sheet of the Excel files to write data to.

This field is available if you select Excel from the Content format drop-down list and select Excel 97 or Excel 2007 from the Excel format drop-down list.

Set footer

Select this option to treat the end lines as the footer. You can specify the number of lines that will be treated as the footer in the Number of lines field.

This field is available if you select Excel from the Content format drop-down list and select Excel 97 or Excel 2007 from the Excel format drop-down list.

tStatCatcher Statistics

Select this check box to collect log data at the component level.

Max batch size

Specify the maximum number of data rows that can be written in a batch.

Escape character

Type in the character that will be used as the escape character.

Quote character

Type in the character that will be used as the quote character.

Global Variables

NB_LINE: the number of rows processed. This is an After variable and it returns an integer.

ERROR_MESSAGE: the error message generated by the component when an error occurs. This is an After variable and it returns a string. This variable functions only if the Die on error check box is cleared, if the component has this check box.

A Flow variable functions during the execution of a component while an After variable functions after the execution of the component.

To fill up a field or expression with a variable, press Ctrl+Space to access the variable list and choose the variable to use from it.

For more information about variables, see Using contexts and variables.

Usage rule

This component needs input data from a component connected through a Row > Main link.