Creating Text Input Data Source

The Text connector allows the retrieval and processing of delimited Text files (such as CSV, TSV, and so on), either from a disk or from a defined URL.

Steps:

1.     In the New Data Source page, select Input > Text in the Connector drop-down list.

2.     Select the Text File Source.

 

NOTE	The Upload File button, when clicked, allows the user to choose files from their own computer. To choose files that resides on the Panopticon Server machine, use the Link to File option and fill in the Text File Path.

 

The standard settings controlling how the text file is parsed, is listed.

These include:

Property	Description
Skip First N Rows	Specifies the number of rows that will be skipped.
Data Type Discovery	Specifies how many rows from the text file should be used when automatically determining the data types of the resulting columns.
Text Qualifier	Specifies if fields are enclosed by text qualifiers, and if present to ignore any column delimiters within these text qualifiers.
Column Delimiter	Specifies the column delimiter to be used when parsing the text file.
First Row Headings	Determines if the first row should specify the retrieved column headings, and not be used in data discovery.

 

3.     Click  to the fetch the schema based on the connection details. Consequently, the list of columns with the data type found from inspecting the first ‘n’ rows of the input data source is populated and the Save button is enabled.

By default, all the generated columns are enabled. You can uncheck the Select All box, then check the boxes of the columns that will be enabled.

4.     You can also opt to load or save a copy of the column definition.

5.     You can opt to click . A new column entry displays. Enter or select the following properties:

Property	Description
Name	The column name of the source schema.
Column Index	The column index controls the position of a column. Must be >= 0.
Type	The data type of the column. Can be a Text, Numeric, or Time
Date Format	The format when the data type is Time.
Enabled	Determines whether the message should be processed.

 

To delete a column, check its  or all the column entries, check the topmost , then click .

6.     Click . The new data source is added in the Data Sources list.