Creating a metadata definition allows you to set up reusable information across all of your components.
Before you begin
This tutorial makes use of a delimited file. If you do not have a delimited file,
download and extract the following file:
directors.zip.
Procedure
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In the Repository, expand
Metadata then right-click
File delimited and click
Create file delimited.
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In the Name field,
enter a name.
Example
directors
- Optional:
In the Purpose
field, enter a purpose.
Example
Joining the directors data to the movies
database
- Optional:
In the
Description field, enter a description.
Example
Reusable shareable directors metadata
Information noteTip: Enter a Purpose
and Description to stay organized.
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Click Next.
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Click
Browse, select the file of your choice in the File Explorer.
- Optional:
Define the parse settings.
Example
Information noteTip: Under Preview, click
Refresh Preview to check the parsing results.
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Click Next.
- Optional:
In the Name field,
enter a name.
Example
directorsSchema
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Update the Schema so it is identical to the structure of the sample file.
Example
- Change the name of Column0 to
directorID and the name of
Column1 to
directorName.
- Change the Length of
directorID to 4 and
the Length of directorName
to 40.
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Click Finish.
Results
In the
Repository, under
Metadata, you can find and use your metadata.