The following options are available for the SSTable Output transformation step.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Step name | Specify the unique name of the SSTable Output step on the canvas. You can customize the name or leave it as the default. |
| Cassandra yaml file | Specify the location of YAML file. A cassandra.yaml file is the main configuration file for Cassandra. It defines node and cluster configuration details. |
| Directory | Specify where to write the output. This directory points to the target table to load to and must match the Keyspace and Table fields. |
| Keyspace | Specify the keyspace (database) name of the target table to load. The name specified must match the Directory field. |
| Table | Specifies the table (column family) to upload. It assumes the metadata for this table was previously defined in Cassandra. The table specified must match the Directory field. |
| Incoming fields to use as the key | Specify which incoming row to use as the key. You can use Set Fields to specify the key from the names of incoming PDI transformation fields. |
| Set Fields | Select from a list of incoming PDI transformation fields to specify as the Incoming fields to use as the key. |
| Buffer (MB) | Specify buffer size to use. A new table file is written every time the buffer is full. |