# Sandbox Reader

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

## Configuring the Meta Information tab fields <a href="#configuring-the-over-all-meta-information-tab-fields" id="configuring-the-over-all-meta-information-tab-fields"></a>

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.&#x20;
* 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.  &#x20;
  * ***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.

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*<mark style="color:green;">Please Note:</mark> Please click the **Save Task In Storage** icon to save the configuration for the dragged reader task.*
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