Write data to properties file

Description

The Properties Output transform outputs a set of rows of data to a Java properties files.

The data needs to be structured in a key/value format to be usable for a properties file.

More information on this file format is available on Wikipedia

Supported Engines

Hop Engine

Supported

Spark

Maybe Supported

Flink

Maybe Supported

Dataflow

Maybe Supported

Options

General Tab

Option	Description
Transform name	Name of the transform this name has to be unique in a single pipeline.
Key field	The input field name that will contain the key part to be written to the properties file.
Value field	The input field name that will contain the value part to be written to the properties file.
Comment	Short comment that is going to be copied into the properties file (at the top).NOTE: Only the first line is commented out. The next ones need to be commented by the user.

Option

Description

Transform name

Name of the transform this name has to be unique in a single pipeline.

Key field

The input field name that will contain the key part to be written to the properties file.

Value field

The input field name that will contain the value part to be written to the properties file.

Comment

Short comment that is going to be copied into the properties file (at the top).NOTE: Only the first line is commented out. The next ones need to be commented by the user.

Content

Option	Description
Filename	The filename without the file extension.
Append	Check this option to update an existing property file. Properties in the file that are not processed by the transform will remain unchanged.
Create parent folder	Check this option if you want to automatically create the parent folder.
Accept file name from field?	Check this option if the file name is specified in an input stream field.
File name field	Specifies the field that contains the name of the file to write to.
Extension	Specify the file extension. Usually this is "properties".
Include transform number in filename	Includes the transform number (when running in multiple copies) in the output filename.
Include date in filename	Includes the date in the output filename with format yyyyMMdd (20081231).
Include time in filename	Includes the date in the output filename with format HHmmss (235959).
Show filenames(s)…	Displays the path of the file to be written to.
Result filename	Add files to result filename : Adds the generated filenames read to the result of this pipeline. A unique list is being kept in memory that can be used in the next workflow action in a workflow, for example in another pipeline.

Option

Description

Filename

The filename without the file extension.

Append

Check this option to update an existing property file. Properties in the file that are not processed by the transform will remain unchanged.

Create parent folder

Check this option if you want to automatically create the parent folder.

Accept file name from field?

Check this option if the file name is specified in an input stream field.

File name field

Specifies the field that contains the name of the file to write to.

Extension

Specify the file extension. Usually this is "properties".

Include transform number in filename

Includes the transform number (when running in multiple copies) in the output filename.

Include date in filename

Includes the date in the output filename with format yyyyMMdd (20081231).

Include time in filename

Includes the date in the output filename with format HHmmss (235959).

Show filenames(s)…

Displays the path of the file to be written to.

Result filename

Add files to result filename : Adds the generated filenames read to the result of this pipeline. A unique list is being kept in memory that can be used in the next workflow action in a workflow, for example in another pipeline.