Generate Metadata

Boolean

Yes

Id

String

No

Step identification string.

Columns

List of Text Writer Column

No

Aggregates elements with a description of columns to be written to a file.

Data Format Parameters

Data Format Parameters

No

Contains parameters needed for output data formatting.

Encoding

String

Yes

Specifies what encoding to use when writing to a file.

Field Separator

String

Yes

Specifies the sequence to write as a field separator.

File Name

String

Yes

Name of the file to be written to.

Line Separator

String

Yes

Specifies the string to be recognized as a line delimiter. The line delimiter can be any sequence of letters, although a specific symbol is often used which usually depends on the operating system where the file originated from. The special symbols are: \r = CR, \l = LF, \n = LF.

String Qualifier

String

No

Character to be used as a boundary for text strings in the output data. Not set by default.

String Qualifier Escape

String

No

Escape character to be used for escaping the stringQualifier character, used to preserve the original meaning of this character. Not set by default.

Use String Qualifier On All Columns

Boolean

Yes

Specifies whether to apply the string qualifier to all format columns. Not set by default.

Write All Columns

Boolean

Yes

Specifies whether to write out all columns as defined in the input format. This attribute is exclusive to column definitions. If this value is set to true there must be no columns defined in the columns element, otherwise an error is reported.

Write Header

Boolean

Yes

Specifies whether to write the column's header to the output file. A header line is not written by default.