tFileOutputMSXML Standard properties

File Name

Name and path to the file to be created and or the variable to be used.

For further information about how to define and use a variable in a Job, see Using contexts and variables.

Configure XML tree

Opens the dedicated interface to help you set the XML mapping. For details about the interface, see Defining the MultiSchema XML tree.

Create directory only if not exists

This check box is selected by default. It creates the directory that holds the output delimited file, if it does not already exist.

Advanced separator (for numbers)

Select this check box to modify the separators used for numbers:

Thousands separator: define separators for thousands.

Decimal separator: define separators for decimals.

Encoding

Select the encoding from the list or select Custom and define it manually. This field is compulsory for DB data handling.

Don't generate empty file

Select this check box if you do not want to generate empty files.

Trim the whitespace characters

Select this check box to remove leading and trailing whitespace from the columns.

Escape text

Select this check box to escape special characters.

tStatCatcher Statistics

Select this check box to gather the Job processing metadata at a Job level as well as at each component level.

Global Variables

NB_LINE: the number of rows read by an input component or transferred to an output component. This is an After variable and it returns an integer.

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 more information about variables, see Using contexts and variables.