Big Data File stage: Input link properties tab

The Properties tab allows you to specify properties for the input link.

These dictate how incoming data is written and to what files. Some of the properties are mandatory, although many have default settings. Properties without default settings appear in the warning color (red by default) and turn black when you supply a value for them.

The following table gives a quick reference list of the properties and their attributes. A more detailed description of each property follows.

Table 1. Properties
Category/Property	Values	Default	Mandatory?	Repeats?	Dependent of
Target/File	Path name	N/A	Y	Y	N/A
Target/File/Host	Path name to a cluster host	N/A	N	Y	N/A
Target/File/Port Number	Port number to access a cluster host	N/A	N	Y	N/A
Target/File/User	User name used to access files	N/A	N	Y	N/A
Target/File Update Mode	Create/Overwrite	Overwrite	Y	N	N/A
Target/Write Method	`Specific File`/Generate Multiple Files	`Specific File`	Y	N	N/A
Target/Write Method/Generate Multiple Files	Override Default Connection Options	N/A	N	N	N/A
Options/Cleanup On Failure	True/False	True	Y	N	N/A
Options/First Line is Column Names	True/False	False	N	N	N/A
Options/Reject Mode	Continue/Fail/Save	Continue	Y	N	N/A
Options/Schema File	Pathname	N/A	N	N	N/A
Options/Max File Size	Target file size	N/A	N	N	N/A