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# Options

![Cassandra Input dialog](/files/QKnS4yldA3oPBdIFGtGE)

The following options are available for the Cassandra Input transformation step:

| Option                                  | Description                                                                                                               |
| --------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Step name**                           | Specify the unique name of the Cassandra Input step on the canvas. You can customize the name or leave it as the default. |
| **Cassandra host**                      | Specify the host name for the connection to the Cassandra server.                                                         |
| **Cassandra port**                      | Specify the port number for the connection to the Cassandra server.                                                       |
| **Socket timeout**                      | Set an optional connection timeout period, specified in milliseconds.                                                     |
| **Transport max length**                | Set an optional maximum object size that can be sent.                                                                     |
| **Username**                            | Specify the username of the target keyspace and/or table authentication details.                                          |
| **Password**                            | Specify the password of the target keyspace and/or table authentication details.                                          |
| **Keyspace**                            | Specify the keyspace (database) name.                                                                                     |
| **Use query compression**               | Select if you want to compress the text of the CQL query before sending it to the server.                                 |
| **Execute query for each incoming row** | Select to execute a query for each input row.                                                                             |
| **Show schema**                         | Click to open a dialog box that shows metadata for the table named in the CQL `SELECT` query.                             |
| **Preview**                             | Click to display the rows generated by this step.                                                                         |


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