tFileInputRegex 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.

Folder/File

Browse to, or enter the path pointing to the data to be used in the file system.

If the path you set points to a folder, this component will read all of the files stored in that folder, for example,/user/talend/in; if sub-folders exist, the sub-folders are automatically ignored unless you define the property mapreduce.input.fileinputformat.input.dir.recursive to be true in the Hadoop properties table in the Hadoop configuration tab.

If you want to specify more than one files or directories in this field, separate each path using a comma (,).

If the file to be read is a compressed one, enter the file name with its extension; then ttFileInputRegex automatically decompresses it at runtime. The supported compression formats and their corresponding extensions are:

• DEFLATE: *.deflate

• gzip: *.gz

• bzip2: *.bz2

• LZO: *.lzo

Note that you need to ensure you have properly configured the connection to the Hadoop distribution to be used in the Hadoop configuration tab in the Run view.

Row separator

The separator used to identify the end of a row.

Regex

This field can contain multiple lines. Type in your regular expressions including the subpattern matching the fields to be extracted.

Note: Antislashes need to be doubled in regexp

Header

Enter the number of rows to be skipped in the beginning of file.

Footer

Number of rows to be skipped at the end of the file.

Limit

Maximum number of rows to be processed. If Limit = 0, no row is read or processed.

Schema and Edit Schema

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.

Skip empty rows

Select this check box to skip the empty rows.

Die on error

Select the check box to stop the execution of the Job when an error occurs.

Clear the check box to skip any rows on error and complete the process for error-free rows. When errors are skipped, you can collect the rows on error using a Row > Reject link.

Encoding

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.

In the Map/Reduce version of tFileInputRegex, you need to select the Custom encoding check box to display this list.

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

Use this component to read a file and separate fields contained in this file according to the defined Regex. You can also create a rejection flow using a Row > Reject link to filter the data which doesn't correspond to the type defined.

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.

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.

This connection is effective on a per-Job basis.

For further information about a Talend Map/Reduce Job, see the sections describing how to create, convert and configure a Talend Map/Reduce Job of the Talend Big Data Getting Started Guide .

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.