Sequential File stage: Output link properties tab

The Properties tab allows you to specify properties for the output link. These dictate how incoming data is read from the sequential files.

Some of the properties are mandatory, although many have default settings. Properties without default settings appear in the warning color (red by default) and turn black when you supply a value for them.

The following table gives a quick reference list of the properties and their attributes. A more detailed description of each property follows.

Category/Property	Values	Default	Mandatory?	Repeats?	Dependent of
Source/File	pathname	N/A	Y if Read Method = Specific Files(s)	Y	N/A
Source/File Pattern	pathname	N/A	Y if Read Method = Field Pattern	N	N/A
Source/Read Method	Specific File(s)/File Pattern	Specific Files(s)	Y	N	N/A
Options/First Line is Column Names	True/False	False	Y	N	N/A
Options/Missing File Mode	Error/OK/Depends	Depends	Y if File used	N	N/A
Options/Keep file Partitions	True/False	False	Y	N	N/A
Options/Reject Mode	Continue/ Fail/Save	Continue	Y	N	N/A
Options/Report Progress	Yes/No	Yes	Y	N	N/A
Options/Filter	command	N/A	N	N	N/A
Options/File Name Column	column name	N/A	N	N	N/A
Options/Read first rows	number	N/A	N	N	N/A
Options/Row number column	column name	N/A	N	N	N/A
Options/Number Of Readers Per Node	number	1	N	N	N/A
Options/Schema File	pathname	N/A	N	N	N/A
Options/Strip BOM	True/False	FALSE	N	N	N/A