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.

The fields that come after are pre-filled in using the fetched
data.

For further information about the Hadoop
Cluster node, see the Getting Started Guide.

Click this icon to open a database connection wizard and store the database connection
parameters you set in the component Basic settings
view.

For more information about setting up and storing database connection parameters, see


Talend Studio
User Guide.

Schema and Edit
Schema

A schema is a row description. It defines the number of fields (columns) to
be processed and passed on to the next component. The schema is either Built-In or stored remotely in the Repository.

Click Edit schema to make changes to the schema.
If the current schema is of the Repository type, three
options are available:

• View schema: choose this option to view the
  schema only.

• Change to built-in property: choose this
  option to change the schema to Built-in for
  local changes.

• Update repository connection: choose this
  option to change the schema stored in the repository and decide whether to propagate
  the changes to all the Jobs upon completion. If you just want to propagate the
  changes to the current Job, you can select No
  upon completion and choose this schema metadata again in the [Repository Content] window.

Built-In: You create and store the
schema locally for this component only. Related topic: see
Talend Studio

User Guide.

Repository: You have already created
the schema and stored it in the Repository. You can reuse it in various projects and
Job designs. Related topic: see
Talend Studio

User Guide.

Folder

Browse to, or enter the path pointing to the data to be used in the file system.

This path must point to a folder rather than a file, because a

Talend
Map/Reduce
Job need to write in its target folder not only the final result but
also multiple part- files
generated in performing Map/Reduce computations.

Note that you need
to ensure you have properly configured the connection to the Hadoop
distribution to be used in the Hadoop
configuration tab in the Run view.

Action

Select an operation for writing data:

Create: Creates a file and write
data in it.

Overwrite: Overwrites the file
existing in the directory specified in the Folder field.

Row separator

The separator used to identify the end of a row.

Field separator

Enter character, string or regular expression to separate fields for the transferred
data.

Include Header

Select this check box to include the column header to the
file.

Custom encoding

You may encounter encoding issues when you process the stored data. In that
situation, select this check box to display the Encoding list.

Select the encoding from the list or select Custom and define it manually. This field is compulsory for database
data handling.

Compress the data

Select the Compress the data check box to compress the
output data.

Hadoop provides different compression formats that help reduce the space needed for
storing files and speed up data transfer. When reading a compressed file, the Studio needs
to uncompress it before being able to feed it to the input flow.

Merge result to single file

Select this check box to merge the final part files into a single file and put that file in a
specified directory.

Once selecting it, you need to enter the path to, or browse to the
folder you want to store the merged file in. This directory is
automatically created if it does not exist.

This option is not available for a Sequence file.

Advanced separator (for number)

Select this check box to change the separator used for numbers. By default, the thousands separator is a comma (,) and the decimal separator is a period (.).

This option is not available for a Sequence file.

CSV options

Select this check box to include CSV specific parameters such as Escape char and Text
enclosure.

Enable parallel execution

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.

Usage rule

In a
Talend
Map/Reduce Job, it is used as an end component and requires
a transformation component as input link. The other components used along with it must be
Map/Reduce components, too. They generate native Map/Reduce code that can be executed
directly in Hadoop.

Once a Map/Reduce Job is opened in the workspace, tFileOutputDelimited as well as the
MapReduce family appears in the Palette of the Studio.

Note that in this documentation, unless otherwise
explicitly stated, a scenario presents only Standard Jobs,
that is to say traditional
Talend
data integration Jobs, and non Map/Reduce Jobs.

Hadoop Connection

You need to use the Hadoop Configuration tab in the
Run view to define the connection to a given Hadoop
distribution for the whole Job.

This connection is effective on a per-Job basis.