tAccessOutputBulk Standard properties

Select the desired database type from the list and click Apply.

Property type

Either Built-in or Repository .

• Built-in: No property data stored centrally.
• Repository: Select the repository file in which the properties are stored. The fields that follow are completed automatically using the data retrieved.

File Name

Name and path to the file to be created and/or the variable to be used.

For further information about how to define and use a variable in a Job, Using contexts and variables.

Create directory if does not exist

Select this check box to create the as yet non-existant file directory that specified in the File Name field.

Append

Select this check box to add any new rows to the end of the file.

Schema and Edit schema

A schema is a row description. It defines the number of fields (columns) to be processed and passed on to the next component. When you create a Spark Job, avoid the reserved word line when naming the fields.

Built-In: You create and store the schema locally for this component only.

Repository: You have already created the schema and stored it in the Repository. You can reuse it in various projects and Job designs.

When the schema to be reused has default values that are integers or functions, ensure that these default values are not enclosed within quotation marks. If they are, you must remove the quotation marks manually.

For more information, see Retrieving table schemas.

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

• View schema: choose this option to view the schema only.

• Change to built-in property: choose this option to change the schema to Built-in for local changes.

• Update repository connection: choose this option to change the schema stored in the repository and decide whether to propagate the changes to all the Jobs upon completion.

  If you just want to propagate the changes to the current Job, you can select No upon completion and choose this schema metadata again in the Repository Content window.

Include header

Select this check box to include the column header in the file.

Select this check box to enclose the text with characters. You can specify the character used to enclose the text in the Field enclosure field.

Encoding

Select the encoding from the list or select Custom and define it manually. This field is compulsory for DB data handling.

tStat Catcher Statistics

Select this check box to collect log data at the component level.

Global Variables 

NB_LINE: the number of rows processed. This is an After variable and it returns an integer.

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 check box is cleared, if the component has this check box.

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.

Usage rule

This component is to be used along with tAccessBulkExec component. Used together they offer gains in performance while feeding an Access database.

Component family

Databases/Access

Limitation

If you are using an ODBC driver, you need to work with Java 7, and make sure that your JVM and ODBC versions match up: both 64-bit or 32-bit.

When working with Java 8, this component supports only the General collation mode of Access.