Data Fabric
MDM Platform
Plugins are extra components that add specific capabilities to the Talend MDM. Talend Studio proposes a list of plugins to be combined with a given Process. These plugins include callJob, groovy, and xslt.
The table below explains some of the plugins listed in the Studio and details their parameters.
Plugin |
Action |
Description |
---|---|---|
callJob |
Executes a Talend Job on master data (to modify or propagate it, for example). For further information on the schemas used, see Schemas used in MDM processes to call Jobs. |
This plugin executes a local Talend Job. Parameters:
Value : value of the input
variable.Note: If you want to view the related Job, click the
Open Job button to
open it in the
Integration
perspective.
|
groovy |
Calls the groovy script and uses it to process and transform data. |
This plugin implements all the capabilities of the groovy script to process and transform data when it receives an Update Report. It can read the XML document, transform data and write in the XML document as well. |
xslt |
Transforms an XML document using XSLT. |
This plugin implements xslt transformations on an input XML document. It supports XSLT 2.0 and is enriched with cross-referencing capabilities: specific instructions that help to perform on the fly cross-referencing on any master data stored in the MDM Hub. When the output method of the XSLT is set to xml or to xhtml. Cross-referencing is carried out after the XSLT is processed on all elements with the following attributes: Below
is a definition of each of these attributes: - - - - -
Input variables: -xml: the xml on which to apply the XSLT. -parameters: optional input parameters to the XSLT in the form of: Output
variables:- text: the result of the XSLT. For an example on this plugin, see Example of the xslt plugin. |