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Defining Job properties in a Job script

Unless you are creating a standard Talend Job without any context parameters in a Job script, you need first to define your Job type and context parameters.

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To create a Big Data Job, you need to subscribe to the relevant Big Data capable Talend product.

Job properties

Function/parameter Description Mandatory?
JobType

Specify the type of the Job. Acceptable values:

  • Standard
  • Big_Data_Batch
  • Big_Data_Streaming

You can skip this parameter if you are creating a standard Job.

Yes for Big Data Jobs

Framework

Specify a Big Data framework. Acceptable values:

  • For a Big Data Batch Job:
    • Spark
  • For a Big Data Streaming Job:
    • Spark_Streaming

Skip this parameter if you are creating a standard Job.

Yes for Big Data Jobs

DEFAULT_CONTEXT

Specify the default context.

For more information, see Defining contexts and variables in a Job script.

No

ContextType {}

Define a context and its parameters.

For more information, see Defining contexts and variables in a Job script.

No

Example

The following Job script example shows how to define a Big Data Spark Batch Job to run on the Spark framework.

JobType= Big_Data_Batch,
Framework= Spark,

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