# tFileOutputJSON MapReduce properties (deprecated)

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These properties are used to configure tFileOutputJSON running in the MapReduce Job framework.

The MapReduce tFileOutputJSON component belongs to the MapReduce family.

The component in this framework is available in all Talend products with Big Data and Talend Data Fabric.

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The MapReduce framework is deprecated from Talend 7.3 onwards. Use Talend Jobs for Apache Spark to accomplish your integration tasks.

## Basic settings

| Schema and Edit<br>Schema | A schema is a row description. It defines the number of fields<br>(columns) to be processed and passed on to the next component. When you create a Spark<br>Job, avoid the reserved word line when naming the<br>fields.<br><br>Click Edit<br>schema to make changes to the schema. If the current schema is of the Repository type, three options are available:<br><br><ul> <li> <p> <span>View schema</span>: choose this                option to view the schema only.</p> </li> <li> <p> <span>Change to built-in property</span>:                choose this option to change the schema to <span>Built-in</span> for local changes.</p> </li> <li> <p> <span>Update repository connection</span>:                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 <span>No</span> upon completion and choose this schema metadata                again in the <span>Repository Content</span>                window.</p> </li> </ul> |
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|  | Built-In: You create and store the schema locally for this component<br>only. |
|  | Repository: You have already created the schema and stored it in the<br>Repository. You can reuse it in various projects and Job designs. |
| Folder | Enter the folder on HDFS where you want to store the JSON<br>output file(s).<br><br>The folder will be created automatically if it does not<br>exist.<br><br>Note that you need<br>to ensure you have properly configured the connection to the Hadoop<br>distribution to be used in the Hadoop<br>configuration tab in the Run view. |
| Output type | Select the structure for the JSON output file(s).<br><br><ul> <li> <p> <span>All in one block</span>: the received                           data will be written into one data block.</p> </li> <li> <p> <span>One row per record</span>: the received                           data will be written into separate data blocks row by row.</p> </li> </ul> |
| Name of data block | Type in the name of the data block for the JSON output<br>file(s).<br><br>This field will be available only if you select *All in one block* from the Output type list. |
| Action | Select the action that you want to perform on the data:<br><br><ul> <li> <p> <span>Overwrite</span>: the data on HDFS will                           be overwritten if it already exists.</p> </li> <li> <p> <span>Create</span>: the data will be                           created.</p> </li> </ul> |

## Advanced settings

| Use local timezone for date | Select this check box to use the local date of the machine in which your Job is executed. If leaving this check box clear, UTC is automatically used to format the Date-type data. |
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## Global Variables

| Global Variables | ERROR\_MESSAGE: the error message generated by the component when an<br>error occurs. This is an After variable and it returns a string. This variable functions<br>only if the Die on error check box<br>is cleared, if the component has this check<br>box.<br><br>A Flow variable functions during the execution of a component<br>while an After variable functions after the execution of the component.<br><br>To fill up a field or expression with a<br>variable, press Ctrl + Space to<br>access the variable list and choose the variable to use from it.<br><br>For further information about variables, see *Talend Studio*<br>*User Guide*. |
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## Usage

| **Usage rule** | Use this component to rewrite received data in a JSON<br>structured output file.<br><br>In a<br>Talend<br>Map/Reduce Job, it is used as an end component and requires<br>a transformation component as input link. The other components used along with it must be<br>Map/Reduce components, too. They generate native Map/Reduce code that can be executed<br>directly in Hadoop.<br><br>Once a Map/Reduce Job is opened in the workspace, tFileOutputJSON as well as the MapReduce family<br>appears in the Palette of the<br>Studio.<br><br>Note that in this documentation, unless otherwise<br>explicitly stated, a scenario presents only Standard Jobs,<br>that is to say traditional<br>Talend<br>data integration Jobs, and non Map/Reduce Jobs. |
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| Hadoop Connection | You need to use the Hadoop Configuration tab in the<br>Run view to define the connection to a given Hadoop<br>distribution for the whole Job.<br><br>This connection is effective on a per-Job basis. |
| Prerequisites | The Hadoop distribution must be properly installed, so as to guarantee the interaction<br>with *Talend Studio*. The following list presents MapR related information for<br>example.<br><br><ul> <li> <p>Ensure that you have installed the MapR client in the machine where the Studio is,				and added the MapR client library to the PATH variable of that machine.  According				to MapR's documentation, the library or libraries of a MapR client corresponding to				each OS version can be found under <em>MAPR_INSTALL\					hadoop\hadoop-VERSION\lib\native</em>. For example, the library for				Windows is <em>\lib\native\MapRClient.dll</em> in the MapR				client jar file. For further information, see the following link from MapR: <a href="http://www.mapr.com/blog/basic-notes-on-configuring-eclipse-as-a-hadoop-development-environment-for-mapr" target="_blank">http://www.mapr.com/blog/basic-notes-on-configuring-eclipse-as-a-hadoop-development-environment-for-mapr</a>.</p> <p>Without adding the specified library or libraries, you may encounter the following				error: <span>no MapRClient in java.library.path</span>.</p> </li> <li> <p>Set the <span>-Djava.library.path</span> argument, for example, in the <span>Job Run VM arguments</span> area				of the <span>Run/Debug</span> view in the <span>Preferences</span> dialog box in the <span>Window</span> menu. This argument provides to the Studio the path to the				native library of that MapR client. This allows the subscription-based users to make				full use of the <span>Data viewer</span> to view locally in the				Studio the data stored in MapR.</p> </li> </ul><br><br>For further information about how to install a Hadoop distribution, see the manuals<br>corresponding to the Hadoop distribution you are using. |