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Predefined Semantic Types

When you add a dataset, Talend Data Preparation automatically suggests one of the supported semantic types for each column.

If you export and reimport a semantic type, or if you edit it, it becomes a custom semantic type and it won't be updated when Talend improves it.

The table below lists all the supported semantic types.

Native data types
Standard type Description
Text String text
Integer Numeric value
Decimal Decimal numeric value
Date Date including day, month and year
Time Time of the day
Timestamps Date and time
Boolean Answers with the value True or False
Semantic types
Semantic type Description Origin of data Example
Academic and professional suffix Academic and professional suffix Talend Ph.D.
Academic and professional title Academic and professional title Talend Professor
Address Line Street number and name

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Talend 101 Independence Avenue
Airport Airport Talend Charles de Gaulle Airport
Airport Code Airport code Talend CDG
Amex Card American Express card Talend 3759 875543 21000
Animal Animal Talend cat
Answer Answers with the value True or False Talend Yes
AT VAT Number Austrian VAT number Talend AT12345678
Bank Routing Transit Number Bank routing transit number Talend 801234567
BE Postal Code Belgian postal code Talend 1000
Beverage Type of beverage YAGO tea
BG VAT Number Bulgarian VAT number Talend BG1234567891
CA Province Territory Canadian province Stadoids Quebec
CA Province Territory Code Canadian province code Stadoids QC
Christian religious title Christian religious title Talend Brother
Civility Civility Talend MRS
Color Hex Code Color hexadecimal code Talend #Ab1Cd2
Company Company name YAGO Talend
Continent Continent name Talend europe
Continent Code Continent code Talend EUR
Country Country name ISO OBP France
Country Code ISO2 2-letter country code ISO OBP FR
Country Code ISO3 3-letter country code ISO OBP FRA
Currency Code Currency code ISO OBP Currency codes EUR
Currency Name Currency name ISO OBP Currency codes Euro
Data URL URL starting with the word data Talend data:text/html,%3Cscript%3Ealert%28%27hi%27%29%3B%3C%2Fscript%3E
DE Postal Code German postal code Talend 20038
DE Phone German phone number Talend 00492 23456789
Email Email address Talend username@email.com
EN Month Month in English Talend January
EN Month Abbrev English month abbreviation Talend Jan
EN Weekday Week day or their abbreviation Talend Wednesday
First Name First name Talend John
File URL File URL Talend file://host/path
Formal title Formal title Talend Madam
FR Postal Code French postal code Talend 44000
FR VAT Number French VAT number Talend FRAB 123456789
FR Phone French phone number Talend 0601020304
FR Insee Code French Insee code of cities with Corsica and colonies Insee FRA-53970
FR Commune French municipality Insee Laval
FR Departement French department Insee Mayenne
FR Region French region Insee Pays de la Loire
FR Region Legacy Former French regions, prior to the 2016 territorial reform. Insee Nord-Pas-De-Calais
FR Social Security Number French social security number Talend 1 23 45 67 891 234 56
Full Name Full name

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Talend John Doe
Gender Gender Talend Female
Generic URL Generic URL (Web, HDFS, MailTo, data, file) Talend data:text/html,%3Cscript%3Ealert%28%27hi%27%29%3B%3C%2Fscript%3E
Geographic Coordinate Geographic coordinate, longitude or latitude coordinates with at least meter precision Talend -171.12345
Geographic Coordinates Geographic coordinates, Google Maps style GPS Decimal format Talend 47.986206, -0.782563
Geographic Coordinates (degree) Geographic coordinates (degrees), Latitude and longitude coordinates separated by a comma. Talend N 0:59:59.99,E 0:59:59.99
HDFS URL HDFS URL Talend hdfs://data/users.csv
HR Department HR department Talend marketing
Industry Industry name Talend Real Estate
Industry Group Industry group Talend Media
Inherited suffix Inherited suffix Talend Jr.
Islamic religious title Islamic religious title Talend Sharif
IBAN International Bank Account Number Talend AB12 1234 ABCD 1AB2 B2A1A1B2
IPv4 Address IPv4 address Talend 255.0.0.0
IPv6 Address IPv6 address Talend 2001:db8:3333:4444:5555:6666:7777:8888
ISBN-10 International standard book number 10 digits Talend ISBN-10: 1-2345-6789-1
ISBN-13 International standard book number 13 digits Talend ISBN-13: 979-1-23456-789-6
Job Title Job title Talend translator
Judaic religious title Judaic religious title Talend Rabbi
Language Language Wikipedia French
Language Code ISO2 2-letter language code Wikipedia fr
Language Code ISO3 3-letter language code Wikipedia fra
Last Name Last name United States Census Bureau Doe
Measure Unit Measure unit Talend Celsius
MailTo URL MailTo URL Talend mailto:word@mail.com?subject=sender@mail.com&sender2@mail.com
Military suffix Military suffix Talend USN
Money Amount (EN) Amount of money in English format Talend $12.34
Money Amount (FR) Amount of money in French format Talend 12,34 €
MAC Address MAC address Talend 1a:2b:3C:4D:5e:A1
MasterCard Mastercard credit card Talend 5412345678912345
Month Month Talend July
Museum Museum name YAGO Museum of London
MX Estado Mexican state http://www.statoids.com/ Chihuahua
MX Estado Code Mexican state code Statoids CHH
Name Suffix Name suffix (Inherited, academic, professional or military) Talend BA
North American state US state and Canadian province Talend New York
North American state code US state code and Canadian province code Talend NY
Organization Organization YAGO Kenya Wildlife Service
Sector Sector Talend Health Care
Passport Passport number Talend 1234567891AAA1234567A1234567ABCDEFGHIJKLMN12
Phone number Phone number (DE, FR, UK, US) Talend 0201020304
Religious title Religious title (Christian, Islamic, Judaic) Talend Pastor
SE Social Security Number Swedish person number Talend 19960110-5678
SEDOL Stock exchange daily official list Talend 0123456
Street Type Street type Talend Avenue
Title Title (Civility, academic, professional, formal, religious) Talend Mister
UK Phone UK phone number Talend tel:+44 123 456 7891
UK Postal Code UK postal code Talend SO15 2GB
UK Social Security Number National identification number, national identity number, or national insurance number generally called NI number Talend AT123456A
US Phone US phone number Talend +1-650-513-0514
US Postal Code US postal code Talend 12345-6789
US Social Security Number US social security number Talend 123-45-6789
URL Web site URL Talend www.qlik.com
US County US county name Wikipedia Durham
US State US states Talend Alaska
US State Code US state code Talend AL
Visa Card Visa credit card Talend 4970 0021 0394
Web Domain Web site domain Talend www.qlik.com
Weekday Day of the week Talend Saturday

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