File tab

File tab in S3 File Output

On the File tab, you can define the basic file properties for the output of this step.

Option	Description
Filename	Specify the name of the output text file. The file name of a file in the S3 Cloud uses the following schema:s3n://s3_bucket_name/absolute_path_to_file
Do not create file at start	Select to only create the file at the end of the processing cycle.
Accept file name from field?	Select to specify file names in a field in the input stream.
File name field	Specify the field that will contain the file names when Accept file name from field is selected.
Extension	Specify the three-letter file extension to append to the file name. The default is .txt.
Include stepnr in filename?	Select to include the copy number in the file name (_0 for example) when you run the step in multiple copies (launching several copies of a step).
Include partition nr in file name?	Select to include the data partition number in the file name.
Include date in file name?	Select to include the system date in the filename (_20181231 for example).
Include time in file name?	Select to include the system time in the filename (_235959 for example).
Specify Date time format	Select to include the date time in the filename using a format from the Date time format dropdown list.
Date time format	Select the date time format.
Show filename(s) (button)	Click to display a list of the files that will be generated. This is a simulation and depends on the number of rows that go into each file.
Add filenames to result	Clear if you do not want to add file names to the output file.