Configuring the input and output components

Procedure

Double-click the tFileInputDelimited component, which is labeled Source, to display its Basic settings view where you can define the component properties.

Information noteWarning:
The dynamic schema feature is only supported in Built-In mode and requires the input file to have a header row.
In the File name/Stream field, type in the path to the input file in double quotation marks, or browse to the path by clicking the [...] button.
In the Header field, type in 1 to use the first line of the file as the header.
Click the [...] button next to Edit schema to open the Schema dialog box.
Click the [+] button to add a column, give a name to the column, dyna in this example, and select Dynamic from the Type list. This dynamic column will retrieve the three columns, FirstName, LastName and Address, of the input file.
Click OK to validate the setting and close the dialog box.
Double-click the tFileOutputDelimited component, which is labeled Target, to display its Basic settings view where you can define the component properties.
Define the output file path in the File Name field.
Select the Include Header check box to include the header in the output file. Leave all the other settings are they are.

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