Expand Stage

The Expand stage is a processing stage that converts a previously compressed data set back into a sequence of records from a stream of raw binary data.

The Expand stage is a processing stage. It can have a single input link and a single output link.

The Expand stage uses the UNIX uncompress or GZIP utility to expand a data set. It converts a previously compressed data set back into a sequence of records from a stream of raw binary data. The complement to the Expand stage is the Compress stage which is described in Compress stage.

The stage editor has three pages:

• Stage Page. This is always present and is used to specify general information about the stage.
• Input Page. This is where you specify details about the data set being expanded.
• Output Page. This is where you specify details about the expanded data being output from the stage.