The Content tab contains the following options for
describing the content written to the output text file:
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Append | Append lines to the end of the specified file. |
| Separator | Specify the character that separates the fields in a single line of text. Typically, it is a semicolon (;) or a tab. Click Insert TAB to place a tab in the Separator field. |
| Enclosure | Specify to enclose fields with a pair of specified strings. It allows for separator characters in fields. This setting is optional and can be left blank. The default value is double quotes (") |
| Force the enclosure around fields? | Specify to force all field names to be enclosed with the character specified in the Enclosure option. |
| Header | Indicate if the output text file has a header row (first line in the file). |
| Footer | This field is either not used by the Spark engine or not implemented for Spark on AEL. |
| Format | On the Spark engine, specify the UNIX format. UNIX files have lines separated by line feeds. |
| Compression | This field is either not used by the Spark engine or not implemented for Spark on AEL. |
| Encoding | This field is either not used by the Spark engine or not implemented for Spark on AEL. |
| Right pad fields | This option is supported on the Spark engine when you select the Minimal width button on the Fields tab. |
| Fast data dump (no formatting) | On the Spark engine, select this option if for fixed length file types. |
| Split every ... rows | This field is either not used by the Spark engine or not implemented for Spark on AEL. |
| Add Ending line of file | This field is either not used by the Spark engine or not implemented for Spark on AEL. |