tMapRStreamsCreateStream Standard properties

Property type

Either Built-In or Repository.

Built-In: No property data stored centrally.

Repository: Select the repository file where the properties are stored.

The properties are stored centrally under the Hadoop Cluster node of the Repository tree.

tMapRStreamsConnection

Select the tMapRStreamsConnection component to reuse the connection details you already defined. This parameter is mandatory for this component to connect to MapR Streams.

Action

Select how a stream or a topic is created. The related parameters to each action are displayed only when this action is selected.

• Create stream: it creates a stream. If this stream exists already, the entire Job is stopped.

• Create stream if not exists: it creates a stream when this stream does not exist. If this stream exists, the Job skip the creation to move to the next step.

• Alter stream: it changes the configuration of a stream.

• Create topic: it creates a topic. If this topic exists already, the entire Job is stopped.

  Note that the stream to which this topic belongs must already exist.

• Create topic if not exists: it creates a topic when this topic does not exist. If this topic exists, the Job skip the creation to move to the next step.

  Note that the stream to which this topic belongs must already exist.

• Alter topic: it changes the configuration of a topic.

Stream path

Enter the path to the stream to be created or updated in MapR-FS.

Stream permissions

The syntax you need to use is u:username_or_userid_of_the_account within double quotation marks.

When you have selected Alter stream from the Action list, a list of check boxes are displayed in the Stream permissions area so that you can select the check box corresponding to each permission to be changed and then grant this permission to a different user account.

For details about these permissions, see MapR documentation at MapR Streams Security.

Stream settings

When you have selected Alter stream from the Action list, a list of check boxes are displayed in the Stream settings area so that you can select the check box corresponding to each parameter to be changed and then update this parameter.

Enter the name of the topic to be created.

This field is displayed when you have selected one of the actions about topics from the Action list.

Number of partitions or Set number of partitions

Enter the number of partitions to be created for the topic.

This field is displayed when you have selected one of the actions about topics from the Action list.

tStatCatcher Statistics

Select this check box to gather the processing metadata at the Job level as well as at each component level.

Usage rule

This component is used standalone to create or update a topic or a stream to be used by the other MapR Streams components.

Due to license incompatibility, one or more JARs required to use this component are not provided. You can install the missing JARs for this particular component by clicking the Install button on the Component tab view. You can also find out and add all missing JARs easily on the Modules tab in the Integration perspective of Talend Studio. For details, see Installing external modules.