tS3Output MapReduce properties (deprecated)

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 following fields are pre-filled in using fetched data.

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. When you create a Spark Job, avoid the reserved word line when naming the fields.

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.

Repository: You have already created the schema and stored it in the Repository. You can reuse it in various projects and Job designs.

Force S3 format instead of the recommended S3N

Select this check box to use the S3 format to write the data. Otherwise, the default S3N format is used.

Note that the S3N format allows you to write structured data while in the S3 format the data is flat.

Bucket and Folder

Enter the bucket name and its folder you need to use. You need to separate the bucket name and the folder name using a slash (/).

Access key and Secret key

Enter the authentication information required to connect to the Amazon S3 bucket to be used.

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.

Type

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

Include Header

Select this check box to output the header of the data.

This option is not available for a Sequence 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. The supported encodings depend on the JVM that you are using. For more information, see https://docs.oracle.com.

This option is not available for a Sequence file.

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.

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.

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 a start component and requires a transformation component as output 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, tS3Output 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.

When you configure this connection for tS3Output, you need to select the Use Datanode hostname check box.

This connection is effective on a per-Job basis.