Fields tab

Parquet Output step

In the Fields tab, you can define properties for the fields being exported. The table below describes each of the options for configuring the field properties.

Property	Description
Parquet Path	Specify the name of the column in the Parquet file.
Name	Specify the name of the PDI field.
Parquet Type	Specify the data type used to store the data in the Parquet file.
Precision	Specify the total number of significant digits in the number (only applies to the Decimal Parquet type). The default value is 20.
Scale	Specify the number of digits after the decimal point (only applies to the Decimal Parquet type). The default value is 10.
Default value	Specify the default value of the field if it is null or empty.
Null	Specify if the field can contain null values.

Note: To avoid a transformation failure, make sure the Default value field contains values for all fields where Null is set to No.

You can define the fields manually, or you can click Get Fields to automatically populate the fields. When the fields are retrieved, a PDI type is converted into an appropriate Parquet type, as shown in the table below. You can also change the selected Parquet type by using the Type drop-down or by entering the type manually.

PDI Type	Parquet Type
InetAddress	UTF8
String	UTF8
TimeStamp	TimestampMillis
Binary	Binary
BigNumber	Decimal
Boolean	Boolean
Date	Date
Integer	Int64
Number	Double