Sandbox Reader

This task can read the data from the Network pool of Sandbox.

Configuring the Meta Information tab fields

Drag the Sandbox reader task to the Workspace and click on it to open the related configuration tabs for the same. The Meta Information tab opens by default.

  • Storage Type: This field is pre-defined.

  • Sandbox File: Select the file name from the drop-down.

  • File Type: Select the file type from the drop down.

  • There are four(5) types of file extensions are available under it:

    • CSV: The Header and Infer Schema fields get displayed with CSV as the selected File Type. Enable Header option to get the Header of the reading file and enable Infer Schema option to get true schema of the column in the CSV file.

    • JSON: The Multiline and Charset fields get displayed with JSON as the selected File Type. Check-in the Multiline option if there is any multiline string in the file.

    • PARQUET: No extra field gets displayed with PARQUET as the selected File Type.

    • AVRO: This File Type provides two drop-down menus.

      • Compression: Select an option out of the Deflate and Snappy options.

      • Compression Level: This field appears for the Deflate compression option. It provides 0 to 9 levels via a drop-down menu.

    • XML: Select this option to read XML file. If this option is selected, the following fields will get displayed:

  • Query: Provide Spark SQL query in this field.

Please Note: Please click the Save Task In Storage icon to save the configuration for the dragged reader task.