# Preparing the source data

## Procedure

1. Double-click tFixedFlowInput to open its Basic settings view.

   ![](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/7.2/Resources/images/components-tteradatatptexec_s1_tfixedflowinput.png)
2. Click the [...] button next to Edit schema to open the schema editor.

   ![](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/7.2/Resources/images/components-tteradatatptexec_s1_tfixedflowinput_schema.png)
3. Click the [+] button to add three columns: *id* of the integer type, *name* and *sex* of the string type.
4. Click OK to close the schema editor and accept the propagation prompted by the pop-up dialog box.
5. In the Mode area, select Use Inline Content (delimited file) and enter the input data in the Content field.
   ```
   1;Ford;Male
   2;Rose;Female
   3;Sabrina;Female
   4;Teddy;Male
   5;Kate;Male
   ```
6. Double-click tFileOutputDelimited to open its Basic settings view.

   ![](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/7.2/Resources/images/components-tteradatatptexec_s1_tfileoutputdelimited.png)
7. In the File Name field, specify the file into which the input data will be written. In this example, it is *E:/person.csv*.