Options

Cassandra Input dialog

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.