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.

Shows an Expand stage expanding a previously compressed data set

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.