Parameter | Description |
Column | Name of the column to be changed; Source: Source table Data type: Date, Number, or Text Specification: Mandatory |
New type | New column data type Default value: Text Specification: Mandatory |
Format (Date type) | Time format for conversion from Date type to Text type and vice versa. The following formatting symbols are available when converting date into text: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The following formatting symbols are available when converting text to date: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Default value: yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss; Permitted separators in both cases: Dash/minus (-), underscore (_), slash (/), period (.), colon (:), comma (,), tab character, and space. Specification: Mandatory |
Language | Language if the target format is of the Date type. Available languages: de and en. Specification: Mandatory when using names of months and names of days of the week |
Decimal separator | Separator for the decimal places, if the target format is of the Number type. Default value: Comma (,) Specification: Mandatory |
Format (Number source format) | Number format for the conversion of the Number type to the Text type. You can select predefined formats or set your own format manually. With manual entry, the numbers before the decimal separator must have four digits ascending and then descending, e.g., 1,234.321. After this, you can add text (such as the unit "hours" or km/h). Default value: 1234 Permitted separators: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Leading zeros | Number of leading zeros. The maximum number of leading zeros is the number of digits before the decimal separator. Example: Format: 1,234.12 and leading zeros: 5 Number -> Text 10,245 -> 00010,25 12000,4 -> 12000,4 89,7 -> 00089,70 |
Specify type | Automatically specifies the data type of the source values. If the content of a column does not correspond to its assigned data type, a row is created in the operator which specifies the data type determined for this column Vice-versa, settings (lines) are removed from the operator, which would reset the data type of a column already typified correctly. |
Encoding (Text source format) | Specifies the encoding of special characters, for the conversion of the Text type to the Text type, e. g. "/", "&", "?". Apply UTF-8 encoding: encodes the entire text, using UTF-8 codes Decode UTF-8: decodes the entire text, using UTF-8 codes Apply URL encoding: keeps the URL specific characters For UTF-8 encoding/decoding the special characters must be masked in a valid URL. Only select this option if you are sure that all sections that make up the URL are already masked. |