# tFilterColumns

Homogenizes schemas either by ordering the columns, removing unwanted columns or adding new columns.

For more technologies supported by Talend, see [Talend components](https://help.qlik.com/talend/r/en-US/7.3/components/processing).

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

* Standard: see [tFilterColumns Standard properties](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/7.3/processing/tfiltercolumns-standard-properties).

  The component in this framework is available in all Talend products.

* MapReduce: see [tFilterColumns MapReduce properties (deprecated)](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/7.3/processing/tfiltercolumns-mapreduce-properties-deprecated).

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

* Spark Batch: see [tFilterColumns properties for Apache Spark Batch](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/7.3/processing/tfiltercolumns-properties-for-apache-spark-batch).

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

* Spark Streaming: see [tFilterColumns properties for Apache Spark Streaming](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/7.3/processing/tfiltercolumns-properties-for-apache-spark-streaming).

  This component is available in Talend Real Time Big Data Platform and Talend Data Fabric.

* Storm: see [tFilterColumns Storm properties (deprecated)](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/7.3/processing/tfiltercolumns-storm-properties-deprecated).

  This component is available in Talend Real Time Big Data Platform and Talend Data Fabric.

### In this section

* [tFilterColumns Standard properties](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/7.3/processing/tfiltercolumns-standard-properties)
* [tFilterColumns MapReduce properties (deprecated)](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/7.3/processing/tfiltercolumns-mapreduce-properties-deprecated)
* [tFilterColumns properties for Apache Spark Batch](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/7.3/processing/tfiltercolumns-properties-for-apache-spark-batch)
* [tFilterColumns properties for Apache Spark Streaming](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/7.3/processing/tfiltercolumns-properties-for-apache-spark-streaming)
* [tFilterColumns Storm properties (deprecated)](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/7.3/processing/tfiltercolumns-storm-properties-deprecated)

**Related concepts**

[Replacing values and filtering columns using Map/Reduce components](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/7.3/processing/tfiltercolumns-treplace-thdfsoutput-tfileinputdelimited-replacing-values-and-filtering-columns-using-map-reduce-components-mapreduce-component-you-can)