tFileProperties – Docs for ESB 5.x

Component family

File/Management

Function

tFileProperties creates a single
row flow that displays the properties of the processed file.

Purpose

tFileProperties obtains
information about the main properties of a defined file.

Basic settings

Schema and Edit
schema

A schema is a row description, it defines the fields to be processed and passed on to
the next component.

The schema of this component is read-only. It describes the main
properties of the specified file. You can click the […] button next to Edit schema to view the predefined schema
which contains the following fields:

File

Name or path to the file to be processed and/or the variable to be
used.

For further information about how to define and use a variable in
a Job, see Talend Studio
User Guide.

Calculate MD5 Hash

Select this check box to check the MD5 of the downloaded
file.

Advanced settings

tStatCatcher Statistics

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

Usage

This component can be used as standalone component.

Connections

Outgoing links (from this component to another):

Row: Main; Iterate.

Trigger: On Subjob Ok; On Subjob
Error; Run if; On Component Ok; On Component Error.

Incoming links (from one component to this one):

Row: Iterate.

Trigger: Run if; On Subjob Ok; On
Subjob Error; On component Ok; On Component Error; Synchronize;
Parallelize.

For further information regarding connections, see
Talend Studio
User Guide.

Global Variables

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 further information about variables, see Talend Studio
User Guide.

Log4j

The activity of this component can be logged using the log4j feature. For more information on this feature, see Talend Studio User
Guide.

For more information on the log4j logging levels, see the Apache documentation at http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/apidocs/org/apache/log4j/Level.html.

Limitation

n/a