# tHBaseInput

Reads data from a given HBase database and extracts columns of selection.

HBase is a distributed, column-oriented database that hosts very large, sparsely populated tables on clusters.

tHBaseInput extracts columns corresponding to schema definition. Then it passes these columns to the next component via a Main row link.

This component is not shipped with your Talend Studio by default. You need to install it using the Feature Manager. For more information, see [Installing features using the Feature Manager](https://help.qlik.com/talend/r/en-US/8.0/studio-user-guide/install-features-to-talend-studio).

### In this section

* [tHBaseInput Standard properties](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/hbase/thbaseinput-standard-properties)
* [tHBaseInput properties for Apache Spark Batch](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/hbase/thbaseinput-properties-for-apache-spark-batch)

**Related concepts**

* [Exchanging customer data with HBase](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/hbase/thbaseconnection-thbaseinput-tfileinputdelimited-exchanging-customer-data-with-hbase-standard-component-bigdata-in-this)