Parameters | Description |
Source | Text file, with values consistently separated using the same separators. URL: HTTP address for the source file If another operator dynamically applies the URL, the URL cannot be edited here. Local file: loads file from a resource directory. Files must be located in a defined resource directory on the Business Analytics server. Path prefix (alias): Alias of the resource directory with the path to a directory on the Business Analytics server. Select an alias of the local resource directory. At least one resource directory must exist. See Manage resource directories for details. |
Insert parameter () | Inserts user defined input parameters at cursor position. The button is only clickable if at least one user input parameter, e.g. Text user input, has already been inserted in the feed definition. |
Parameter options () | Enables you to set input parameter options |
Refresh rate () | Specifies the time until the source file is read in again. Default value is 30 sec. |
Authentication | Specifies a HTTP basic access authentication or an existing authentication defined in the Business Analytics administration. 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. Available are comma (,), semicolon (;), space, tab and pipe ((l)), default is comma. |
Get column names from row | Specifies a particular 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 particular row from that 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, e. g., "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, then the masking characters will remain as part of the result data. Sanitize names: Transforms column names such that they can be used as XML names, in the same way as EMML treats them. This affects names containing spaces or other special characters. If this option is deactivated, then the names are kept as is. Trim whitespace: Removes all leading and trailing whitespace from column values. If this option is deactivated, then any whitespace will be part of the result data. EMML parsing: Parses values in the same way as they are parsed in EMML. This affects parsing of numeric and date values. It affects whether a particular value is understood as a date or numeric value, because different sets of date patterns and locales are used. If this option is deactivated, then dates without an explicit time zone are assigned to the server's default time zone, while when this option is deactivated, they are assigned GMT. |
Configure columns | Configures the columns list. Unselect a column for excluding it from the result data. Entering a New name for a column will cause that to be used instead of the original column name in the result. Clicking Reset columns will reload the column list from the data source and undo all changes in the list. |