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 remotely stored 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 connected 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 is created
and stored locally for this component only. Related topic: see the

Talend Studio User
Guide.

Repository: The schema already
exists and is stored in the Repository, hence can be reused. Related
topic: see the
Talend Studio User
Guide.

Link with a tHashOutput

Select this check box to connect to a tHashOutput component.

Component list

Drop-down list of available tHashOutput components.

Data write model

Drop-down list of available data write modes.

Keys management

Drop-down list of available keys management modes.

• Keep all: writes all the
  data received to the cache memory.

• Keep first: writes only
  the first record to the cache memory if multiple records
  received have the same key value.

Append

Selected by default, this option is designed to append data to the
memory in case an iterator exists in the same subJob. If it is
unchecked, tHashOutput will clear
the memory before loading data to it.

tStatCatcher Statistics

Select this check box to collect log data at the 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.

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 rule

This component writes data to the cache memory and is closely
related to tHashInput. Together,
these twin components offer high-speed data access to facilitate
transactions involving a massive amount of data.