Reads the CSV file and writes the individual values (character strings) to the table columns in the data feed based on the specified parameters. A change of column is identified by the specified separator between the individual values.
The following parameters are available.
Parameters |
Description |
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Source |
Text file, with values that are separated by the same separator.
To configure a Path prefix (alias), see Configure Dashboard server for details. To store data source files in a resource directory, see Upload file based data sources for details.
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Insert parameter ( |
Inserts user defined input parameters at the cursor position. The button is clickable only if at least one user input parameter, for example, Text user input, has been inserted in the feed definition. |
Parameter options ( |
Enables you to set input parameter options. |
Refresh rate () |
Specifies the time until the data source is read in again. Default value is 12 h. |
Authentication |
Specifies the credentials for authenticating to access the source file. Single Sign-On is preset for authentication if you select URL alias to access the source and Single Sign-On is enabled for the selected Path prefix (alias). Click Authentication if you want to change the settings. Single Sign-On: Enables you to access the source file using Single Sign-On (SSO). SSO only works within ARIS Connect and not for files provided by external data sources, such as an external web page. For details on how to configure SSO, see Configure single sign-on. HTTP basic authentication: Specifies an HTTP basic access authentication. User name and password are required for accessing the source file. |
HTTP headers |
Adds HTTP headers to the URL. |
Separator |
Separates the column values in the CSV file. Comma (,), semicolon (;), space, tab and pipe ((l)) are available. Default is comma. |
Get column names from row |
Specifies a specific row that contains the column names. Activate the Get column names from row option and enter the number of the relevant row. |
Data from row |
Specifies a specific row from which the data source values extraction starts. |
Advanced parsing options |
Charset: Character set in which the source file is coded. The default value can be changed manually if the extracted data refers to a different coding type. Default: windows-1252. Masking: Protects the enclosed characters against being split at the separator. If column values contain the specified separator, they can be enclosed in a pair of masking characters, for example, "1,23". Masking characters can be set as required (available masking characters: single-quote ('), double-quote ("), none). Remove quote characters in column value: Removes the characters used for masking from the result data. If this option is deactivated the masking characters will remain as part of the result data. Sanitize names: Transforms column names in such a way that they can be used as XML names, according to EMML standards. This affects the names containing blank spaces or other special characters. If this option is deactivated, the names are left unchanged. Trim whitespace: Removes all leading and trailing whitespace from column values. If this option is deactivated, whitespace can be part of the result data. EMML parsing: Parses values in the same way as they are parsed in EMML. This affects the parsing of numeric and date values. It affects whether a specific value is understood as a date or numeric value, because different sets of date patterns and locales are used. If this option is deactivated, dates without an explicit time zone are assigned to the server's default time zone, if this option is activated, they are assigned to GMT. |
Configure columns |
Configures the columns list. You can unselect a column to exclude it from the result data. If you enter a new name for a column, this name is used in the result instead of the original column name. If you click Reset columns, the column list is reloaded from the data source and all changes in the list are undone. |
If you use an absolute URL, for example, http://myhost.company:1080/documents/rest/links/03388871-367d-4abe-a2c9-37bc9fa44580, an authentication must be set. All requests to the uploaded file are made with the specified user/password combination.
If you use a relative URL, for example, /documents/rest/links/03388871-367d-4abe-a2c9-37bc9fa44580, an authentication is not required. All requests to the uploaded file are made with the current logged in user.