# tXSLT Helps to transform data structure to another structure. This component refers to an XSL stylesheet, to transform an XML source file into a defined output file. ## tXSLT Standard properties These properties are used to configure tXSLT running in the Standard Job framework. The Standard tXSLT component belongs to the XML family. The component in this framework is available in all Talend products. ## Basic settings | Properties | Description | | --- | --- | | XML file/stream | File path to the XML file or data flow to be validated. Note
that in the case of stream, the data must be added to the flow for the
component to fetch the data through the corresponding variable.

The data flow to be processed must be added to the flow in
order for this component to fetch these data via the corresponding
representative variable.

This variable can be already pre-defined in Talend Studio or provided by the context or the components you are using along with this
component; otherwise, you can define it manually and use it according to the
design of your Job, for example, using tJava or tJavaFlex.

In order to avoid the inconvenience of hand writing, you could
select the variable of interest from the auto-completion list (Ctrl+Space) to fill the current field on
condition that this variable has been properly defined.

For further information about how to use a stream, see [Reading data from a remote file in streaming mode](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/delimited/tfileinputdelimited-tfilefetch-tsleep-tlogrow-reading-data-from-remote-file-in-streaming-mode-standard-component-this).

Information noteNote: This field is not available if you select the Use column instead
of file/stream for XML option. | | XSL file/stream | File path to the reference XSL transformation file or
transformation data flow. Note that in the case of stream, the data must be
added to the flow for the component to fetch the data through the corresponding
variable.

The data flow to be processed must be added to the flow in order for this
component to fetch these data via the corresponding representative
variable.

This variable can be already pre-defined in Talend Studio or provided by the context or the components you are using along with this
component; otherwise, you can define it manually and use it according to the
design of your Job, for example, using tJava or
tJavaFlex.

In order to avoid the inconvenience of hand writing, you could
select the variable of interest from the auto-completion list
(Ctrl+Space) to fill the
current field on condition that this variable has been properly
defined.

For further information about how to use a stream, see [Reading data from a remote file in streaming mode](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/delimited/tfileinputdelimited-tfilefetch-tsleep-tlogrow-reading-data-from-remote-file-in-streaming-mode-standard-component-this).

Information noteNote: This field is not available if you select the Use column instead
of file/stream for XSL option. | | Output file | File path to the output file. If the file does not exist, it will
be created. The output file can be any structured or unstructured
file such as html, xml, txt or even pdf or edifact depending on your
xsl.

Information noteNote: This field is not available if you select the Use column instead
of File for Result option. | | Parameters | Click the plus button to add new lines in the Parameters list and define the
transformation parameters of the XSLT file. Click in each line and
enter the key in the *name* list and its
associated value in the *value* list. | | Use column instead of file/stream for XML | Select this option to use the data of a specified column as the input. You need to specify the column to which the input data is passed to in the Input column for XML drop-down list. | | Use column instead of file/stream for XSL | Select this option to use the data of a specified column as the XSL. You need to specify the column to which the XSL data is passed to in the Input column for XSL drop-down list. | | Use column instead of File for Result | Select this option to output the transformed data to a specified column. You need to specify the
column to which the transformed data is passed to in the Input
column for result drop-down list. | | Schema and Edit
Schema | A schema is a row description, it defines the
number of fields to be processed and passed on to the next component. The
schema is either Built-in or stored remotely in the Repository.



This component offers the advantage of the
dynamic schema feature. This allows you to retrieve unknown columns from source
files or to copy batches of columns from a source without mapping each column
individually. For further information about dynamic schemas, see [Dynamic schema](https://help.qlik.com/talend/r/en-US/8.0/studio-user-guide/dynamic-schema).

This
dynamic schema feature is designed for the purpose of retrieving unknown columns of a
table and is recommended to be used for this purpose only; it is not recommended for the
use of creating tables.

Click Edit
schema to make changes to the schema. If the current schema is of the Repository type, three options are available:

| | Sync columns | Click to synchronize the output file schema with the input file
schema. The Sync function only displays once the Row connection is
linked with the Output component. | ## Advanced settings | Properties | Description | | --- | --- | | tStatCatcher Statistics | Select this check box to gather the processing metadata at the Job
level as well as at each component level. | ## Global Variables | Variables | Description | | --- | --- | | Global Variables | 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 checkbox is
cleared, if the component has this checkbox.


OUTPUT\_FILEPATH: the output file path. This is a Flow variable and it
returns a string.


OUTPUT\_FILENAME: the output file name. This is a Flow
variable and it returns a string.

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](https://help.qlik.com/talend/r/en-US/8.0/studio-user-guide/contexts-and-variables). | ## Usage | Usage guidance | Description | | --- | --- | | **Usage rule** | This component can be used as standalone component. | | Limitation | Due to license incompatibility, one or more JARs required to use this component
are not provided. You can install the missing JARs for this particular component by
clicking the Install button on the Component tab view. You can also find out and add all missing
JARs easily on the Modules tab in the Integration perspective of Talend Studio. For
details, see [Installing external modules](https://help.qlik.com/talend/r/en-US/8.0/studio-user-guide/installing-external-modules). | **Related concepts** * [Transforming stream into HTML using an XSL stylesheet](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/xml/transforming-stream-to-html-using-xsl-stylesheet-standard-component "The tXSLT component provides support for streams. It can receive XML files or XSL files passed to it in the form of stream and, in addition to sending the output to files, it can send the output to the subsequent component through a Row > Main connection. The tXSLT component in this scenario receives the XML file from a tFileInputRaw component in the form of stream and sends its output to a tLogRow component through a predefined column.") * [Transforming XML into HTML using an XSL stylesheet](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/xml/txslt-tmsgbox-transforming-xml-to-html-using-xsl-stylesheet-standard-component "This scenario describes a two-component Job that converts XML data into an HTML document using an XSL stylesheet. It also defines a transformation parameter of the XSL stylesheet to change the background color of the header of the HTML document created.")