Property Type

Either Built-in or Repository.

Built-in: No property data stored
centrally.

Repository: Select the Repository
file where properties are stored. The following fields are
pre-filled in using fetched data.

A schema is a row description, it defines the number of fields 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.

Use an existing connection

Select this check box and in the Component
List click the relevant connection component to reuse the connection
details you already defined.

Host

FTP IP address

Port

Listening port number of the FTP server.

Username

FTP user name.

Password

FTP password.

To enter the password, click the […] button next to the
password field, and then in the pop-up dialog box enter the password between double quotes
and click OK to save the settings.

Remote directory

Path to the source directory where the files can be
fetched.

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.

Transfer mode

Select the transfer mode from the list, either ascii or binary.

SFTP Support

Select this check box to connect to the FTP server via an SFTP connection. The following
properties will be available:

Connection Mode

Select the connect mode from the list, either Passive or
Active.

Encoding

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

Calculate MD5 Hash

Select this check box to check the downloaded file’s MD5.

Use Socks Proxy

Select this check box if you want to use a proxy. Then, set the
Host, Port, User and
Password proxy fields.

Ignore Failure At Quit (FTP)

Select this check box to ignore library closing errors or FTP
closing errors.

tStatCatcher Statistics

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

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

This component can be used as standalone component.

Limitation

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 your
studio. You can find more details about how to install external modules in Talend Help Center (https://help.talend.com).