# tExtractDelimitedFields properties for Apache Spark Batch

These properties are used to configure tExtractDelimitedFields running in the Spark Batch Job framework.

The Spark Batch tExtractDelimitedFields component belongs to the Processing family.

The component in this framework is available in all subscription-based Talend products with Big Data and Talend Data Fabric.

[Preview](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/cloud-services/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Introduction/feature-preview-program-overview.htm)

Information noteNote: This component is not supported with the Databricks Serverless runtime.

## Basic settings

| Properties | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Schema and Edit<br>Schema | <ul> <li> <p>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 <kbd>line</kbd> when naming the            fields.</p> <p>Click <span>Edit schema</span> to make changes to                  the schema. If you make changes, the schema automatically becomes built-in. </p> </li> <li> <p> <span>Built-In</span>: You create and store the schema locally for this component                only.</p> </li> <li> <p> <span>Repository</span>: You have already created the schema and stored it in the                Repository. You can reuse it in various projects and Job designs.</p> </li> </ul> |
| Prev.Comp.Column list | Select the column you need to extract data from. |
| Die on error | Select the checkbox to stop the execution of the Job when an error<br>occurs. |
| Field separator | Enter a character, a string, or a regular expression to separate<br>fields for the transferred data. |
| CSV options | Select this check box to include CSV specific parameters such as<br>Escape char and Text enclosure.<br><br>Information noteImportant: With Spark version 2.0<br>and onward, special characters must be escaped, that is "\\" and<br>"\"" instead of "\" and<br>""". |

## Advanced settings

| Properties | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Custom Encoding | You may encounter encoding issues when you process the stored data. In that<br>situation, select this check box to display the Encoding list.<br><br>Then select the encoding to be used from the list or select Custom and define it manually. |
| Advanced separator (for number) | Select this check box to change the separator used for numbers. By default, the thousands separator is a comma (*,*) and the decimal separator is a period (*.*). |
| Trim all columns | Select this check box to remove the leading and trailing whitespaces from all<br>columns. When this check box is cleared, the Check column to<br>trim table is displayed, which lets you select particular columns to<br>trim. |
| Check column to trim | This table is filled automatically with the schema being used. Select the check<br>box(es) corresponding to the column(s) to be trimmed. |
| Check each row structure against<br>schema | Select this check box to check whether the total number of columns<br>in each row is consistent with the schema. If not consistent, an<br>error message will be displayed on the console. |
| Check date | Select this check box to check the date format strictly against the input schema. |
| Decode String for long, int, short, byte<br>Types | Select this check box if any of your numeric types (long, integer, short, or byte type), will<br>be parsed from a hexadecimal or octal string. |

## Usage

| Usage guidance | Description |
| --- | --- |
| **Usage rule** | This component is used as an intermediate step.<br><br>This component, along with the Spark Batch component Palette it belongs to,<br>appears only when you are creating a Spark Batch Job.<br><br>Note that in this documentation, unless otherwise explicitly stated, a<br>scenario presents only Standard Jobs, that is to<br>say traditional<br>Talend<br>data integration Jobs. |
| Spark Connection | In the Spark<br>Configuration tab in the Run<br>view, define the connection to a given Spark cluster for the whole Job. In<br>addition, since the Job expects its dependent jar files for execution, you must<br>specify the directory in the file system to which these jar files are<br>transferred so that Spark can access these files:<br><br><ul> <li> <div> <span>Yarn mode</span> (Yarn client or Yarn cluster):<ul> <li> <p>When using Google Dataproc, specify a bucket in the                                            <span>Google Storage staging bucket</span>                                        field in the <span>Spark configuration</span>                                        tab.</p> </li> <li> <p>When using HDInsight, specify the blob to be used for Job                                        deployment in the <span>Windows Azure Storage                                            configuration</span> area in the <span>Spark                                            configuration</span> tab.</p> </li> <li>When using Altus, specify the S3 bucket or the Azure                                    Data Lake Storage for Job deployment in the <span>Spark                                        configuration</span> tab.</li> <li> <p>When using on-premises distributions, use                                        the configuration component corresponding to the file system                                        your cluster is using. Typically, this system is HDFS and so                                        use <a href="https://help.qlik.com/talend/r/en-US/8.0/components/hdfs/thdfsconfiguration">tHDFSConfiguration</a>.</p> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li> <p> <span>Standalone mode</span>: use the                            configuration component corresponding to the file system your cluster is                            using, such as <a href="https://help.qlik.com/talend/r/en-US/8.0/components/hdfs/thdfsconfiguration-properties-for-apache-spark-batch">tHDFSConfiguration Apache Spark Batch</a> or <a href="https://help.qlik.com/talend/r/en-US/8.0/components/amazon-s3/ts3configuration-properties-for-apache-spark-batch">tS3Configuration Apache Spark Batch</a>.</p> <p>If you are using Databricks without any configuration component present                            in your Job, your business data is written directly in DBFS (Databricks                            Filesystem).</p> </li> </ul><br><br>This connection is effective on a per-Job basis. |