Modifying the data pipeline definition
After you create a pipeline definition, you can modify it
in a variety of ways. The changes you make depend on what pipeline
operation you select, the destination DBMS, and what you are trying
to accomplish by executing the pipeline.
Table 17-1 lists
properties you can modify that apply to the destination table. These
properties display at the top of the Data Pipeline painter workspace.
|
Item |
Description |
Default |
How to edit |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Table |
Name of the destination table. |
If source and destination are different, |
For Create or Replace, enter a name. For Refresh, Append, or Update, select a name from the drop-down |
|
Options |
Pipeline operation: Create, Replace, Refresh, |
Create – Add Table. |
Select an option from the drop–down |
|
Commit |
Number of rows piped to the destination |
100 rows. |
Select a number, All, |
|
Key |
Key name for the table in the destination |
If the source is only one table, the |
(Create or Replace only) Enter a name. |
|
Max Errors |
Number of errors allowed before the pipeline |
100 errors. |
Select a number or No Limit from |
|
Extended Attributes |
(Create and Replace only) Specifies whether |
Not checked. |
Click the check box. |
Table 17-2 lists
properties that you can modify that apply to the destination table’s
columns and keys. These properties display under the properties
that apply to the table itself and most can be modified only for
the Create and Replace pipeline operations.
Column names and datatypes that cannot be modified
You cannot modify the source column names and datatypes that
display at the left of the workspace.
|
Item |
Description |
Default |
How to edit |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Destination Name |
Column name |
Source column name. |
Enter a name. |
|
Type |
Column datatype |
If the DBMS is unchanged, source column |
Select a type from the drop–down |
|
Key |
Whether the column is a key column (check |
Source table’s key columns (if the |
Select or clear check boxes. |
|
Width |
Column width |
Source column width. |
Enter a number. |
|
Dec |
Decimal places for the column |
Source column decimal places. |
Enter a number. |
|
Nulls |
Whether NULL is allowed |
Source column value. |
Select or clear check boxes. |
|
Initial Value |
Column initial value |
Source column initial value. (If no initial |
Select an initial value from the drop-down |
|
Default Value |
Column default value |
None. Default values stored in the source |
Select a default value from the drop-down |