Defining connections between components in a Job script

To add a connection in a Job script, type in the addConnection{} function and define its properties between the brackets.

addConnection{} properties

Function	Description	Mandatory?
TYPE	Type in the type of connection used in the component, for example: `FLOW`, `REJECT`, and so on.	Yes
NAME	Give a name to the connection.	Yes
LINESTYLE	Define the style of the connection. Commonly used values: `0` (default): row connection, which can be: FLOW (Row > Main) for most flow handling components FILTER (Row > Filter) or REJECT (Row > Reject) for tFilterRow `1`: SUBJOB_OK (Trigger > On Subjob OK) `3`: COMPONENT_OK (Trigger > On Component OK) `4`: SUBJOB_ERROR (Trigger > On Subjob Error) `5`: COMPONENT_ERROR (Trigger > On Component Error) `6`: RUN_IF (Trigger > Run If): `7`: Iterate `8`: LOOKUP (Row > Lookup) `9`: TABLE (for ELT components) `10`: Merge (for tUnite) `12`: SYNCHRONIZE (Trigger > Synchronize, for tParallelize) `13`: PARALLELIZE (Trigger > Parallelize, for tParallelize)	No
SOURCE	Type in the name of the source component.	Yes
TARGET	Type in the name of the target component.	Yes
MONITOR_CONNECTION	Set this parameter to true to monitor the data flow over the connection. The measured information will be interpreted and displayed in a monitoring tool such as Talend Activity Monitoring Console. For information about Talend Activity Monitoring Console, see Talend Activity Monitoring Console User Guide. By default, this parameter is set to `false`.	No

Example

The following Job script example shows how to define a Row > Main connection between tFileInputDelimited_1 and tLogRow_1.

addConnection {
	TYPE: "FLOW",
	NAME: "row1",
	LINESTYLE: 0,
	METANAME: "tFileInputDelimited_1",
	SOURCE: "tFileInputDelimited_1",
	TARGET: "tLogRow_1"
	}
}

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