# tExtractPositionalFields

Extracts data and generates multiple columns from a formatted string using positional fields.

tExtractPositionalFields generates multiple columns from one column using positional fields.

### In this section

* [tExtractPositionalFields Standard properties](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/processing/textractpositionalfields-standard-properties)
* [tExtractPositionalFields properties for Apache Spark Batch](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/processing/textractpositionalfields-properties-for-apache-spark-batch)
* [tExtractPositionalFields properties for Apache Spark Streaming (deprecated)](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/processing/textractpositionalfields-properties-for-apache-spark-streaming)