The Add a Checksum step has the following options:
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Step name | Specify the unique name of the Add a Checksum step on the canvas. You can customize the name or leave it as the default. |
| Type |
Specify the type of checksum you want to calculate. The available
types include:
|
| Result type |
If you specified MD5, SHA-1, or SHA-256 in the Type option above, you can select one of these result types:
|
| Result field | Specify the name of the field that contains the checksum. |
| Compatibility Mode | Select for backward compatibility of the step with transformations created before PDI version 4.2.0 and its inherent hexadecimal encoding issue. |
| Old Checksum Behaviour Mode |
If checked, the incoming fields will be treated as strings Note: A binary field type will produce the string representation of a
byte array.
If unchecked, all incoming fields will be treated as byte arrays. |
| Field | In the table, specify which fields you want read into the transformation from the CSV file. |
| Get Fields | Click Get Fields to have the step populate the table with fields derived from the source file. All fields identified by this step will be added to the table. |