tRowGenerator Storm properties (deprecated)

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.

RowGenerator editor

The editor allows you to define the columns and the nature of data to be generated. You can use predefined routines or type in the function to be used to generate the data specified.

Note that in a Storm Job, the value -1 in the Number of rows for RowGenerator field in the RowGenerator editor means to generate infinite rows of input data.

tStatCatcher Statistics

Select this check box to collect log data at the component level.

Usage rule

The tRowGenerator Editor's ease of use allows users without any Storm knowledge to generate random data for test purposes.

In a Talend Storm Job, it is used as a start component. The other components used along with it must be Storm components, too. They generate native Storm code that can be executed directly in a Storm system.

The Storm version does not support the use of the global variables.

You need to use the Storm Configuration tab in the Run view to define the connection to a given Storm system for the whole Job.

This connection is effective on a per-Job basis.

For further information about a Talend Storm Job, see the sections describing how to create and configure a Talend Storm 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.