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tUnite

Centralizes data from various and heterogeneous sources.

Merges data from various sources, based on a common schema.

Note that tUnite cannot exist in a
data flow loop. For instance, if a data flow goes through several tMap components to generate two flows, they cannot be fed to tUnite.

Depending on the Talend solution you
are using, this component can be used in one, some or all of the following Job
frameworks:

tUnite Standard properties

These properties are used to configure tUnite running in the Standard Job framework.

The Standard
tUnite component belongs to the Orchestration family.

The component in this framework is generally available.

Basic
settings

Schema and Edit
Schema

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.

Click Sync
columns to retrieve the schema from the previous
component in the Job.

This component offers the
advantage of the dynamic schema feature. This allows you to retrieve unknown columns
from source files or to copy batches of columns from a source without mapping each
column individually. For further information about dynamic schemas, see
Talend Studio

User Guide.

This dynamic schema
feature is designed for the purpose of retrieving unknown columns of a table and is
recommended to be used for this purpose only; it is not recommended for the use of
creating tables.

 

Built-in: The
schema will be created and stored locally for this component only.
Related topic: see
Talend Studio User
Guide.

 

Repository: The
schema already exists and is stored in the Repository, hence can be
reused in various projects and Job designs. Related topic: see

Talend Studio User
Guide.

Advanced
settings

tStatCatcher
Statistics

Select this check box to collect log data at the
component level.

Global Variables

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.

NB_LINE: the number of rows processed. This is an After
variable and it returns an integer.

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

Usage rule

This component is not
startable and requires one or several input components and an output
component.

Connections

Outgoing links (from this component to another):

Row: Main.

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

Incoming links (from one component to this one):

Row: Main; Reject.

For further information regarding connections, see

Talend Studio User
Guide.

Scenario: Iterate on files and merge the content

The following Job iterates on a list of files then merges their content and displays
the final 2-column content on the console.

Use_Case_tUnite1.png

Dropping and linking the components

  1. Drop the following components onto the design workspace: tFileList, tFileInputDelimited, tUnite
    and tLogRow.
  2. Connect the tFileList to the tFileInputDelimited using an Iterate connection and connect the other
    component using a row main link.

Configuring the components

  1. In the tFileList
    Basic settings view, browse to the
    directory, where the files to merge are stored.

    Use_Case_tUnite2.png

    The files are pretty basic and contain a list of countries and their
    respective score.
    Use_Case_tUnite5.png

  2. In the Case Sensitive field, select
    Yes to consider the letter case.
  3. Select the tFileInputDelimited component,
    and display this component’s Basic settings
    view.

    Use_Case_tUnite3.png

  4. Fill in the File Name/Stream field by
    using the Ctrl+Space bar combination to
    access the variable completion list, and selecting
    tFileList.CURRENT_FILEPATH from the global variable list to
    process all files from the directory defined in the tFileList.
  5. Click the Edit Schema button and set
    manually the 2-column schema to reflect the input files’ content.

    Use_Case_tUnite4.png

    For this example, the 2 columns are Country and
    Points. They are both nullable. The Country column is of
    String type and the
    Points column is of Integer type.
  6. Click OK to validate the setting and
    accept to propagate the schema throughout the Job.
  7. Then select the tUnite component and
    display the Component view. Notice that the
    output schema strictly reflects the input schema and is read-only.
  8. In the Basic settings view of tLogRow, select the Table option to display properly the output values.

Saving and executing the Job

  1. Press Ctrl+S to save your Job.
  2. Press F6, or click Run on the Run console to
    execute the Job.

    The console shows the data from the various files, merged into one single
    table.
    Use_Case_tUnite6.png

tUnite properties for Apache Spark Batch

These properties are used to configure tUnite running in the Spark Batch Job framework.

The Spark Batch
tUnite component belongs to the Orchestration family.

The component in this framework is available only if you have subscribed to one
of the
Talend
 solutions with Big Data.

Basic settings

Schema and Edit
Schema

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.

Click Sync columns to retrieve the
schema from the previous component in the Job.

 

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.

Usage

Usage rule

This component is used as an intermediate step.

This component, along with the Spark Batch component Palette it belongs to, appears only
when you are creating a Spark Batch Job.

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

Spark Connection

You need to use the Spark Configuration tab in
the Run view to define the connection to a given
Spark cluster for the whole Job. In addition, since the Job expects its dependent jar
files for execution, you must specify the directory in the file system to which these
jar files are transferred so that Spark can access these files:

  • Yarn mode: when using Google
    Dataproc, specify a bucket in the Google Storage staging
    bucket     field in the Spark
    configuration     tab; when using other distributions, use a
    tHDFSConfiguration
    component to specify the directory.

  • Standalone mode: you need to choose
    the configuration component depending on the file system you are using, such
    as tHDFSConfiguration
    or tS3Configuration.

This connection is effective on a per-Job basis.

Related scenarios

No scenario is available for the Spark Batch version of this component
yet.

tUnite properties for Apache Spark Streaming

These properties are used to configure tUnite running in the Spark Streaming Job framework.

The Spark Streaming
tUnite component belongs to the Orchestration family.

The component in this framework is available only if you have subscribed to Talend Real-time Big Data Platform or Talend Data
Fabric.

Basic settings

Schema and Edit
Schema

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.

Click Sync columns to retrieve the
schema from the previous component in the Job.

 

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.

Usage

Usage rule

This component is used as an intermediate step.

This component, along with the Spark Streaming component Palette it belongs to, appears
only when you are creating a Spark Streaming Job.

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

Spark Connection

You need to use the Spark Configuration tab in
the Run view to define the connection to a given
Spark cluster for the whole Job. In addition, since the Job expects its dependent jar
files for execution, you must specify the directory in the file system to which these
jar files are transferred so that Spark can access these files:

  • Yarn mode: when using Google
    Dataproc, specify a bucket in the Google Storage staging
    bucket     field in the Spark
    configuration     tab; when using other distributions, use a
    tHDFSConfiguration
    component to specify the directory.

  • Standalone mode: you need to choose
    the configuration component depending on the file system you are using, such
    as tHDFSConfiguration
    or tS3Configuration.

This connection is effective on a per-Job basis.

Related scenarios

No scenario is available for the Spark Streaming version of this component
yet.

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