CSVRecordSetWriter

Description

Writes the contents of a RecordSet as CSV data. The first line written will be the column names (unless the ‘Include Header Line’ property is false). All subsequent lines will be the values corresponding to the record fields.

Tags

csv, delimited, record, recordset, result, row, separated, serializer, set, tab, tsv, writer

Properties

In the list below required Properties are shown with an asterisk (*). Other properties are considered optional. The table also indicates any default values, and whether a property supports the NiFi Expression Language.

Display Name

API Name

Default Value

Allowable Values

Description

CSV Format *

CSV Format

custom

  • Custom Format

  • RFC 4180

  • Microsoft Excel

  • Tab-Delimited

  • MySQL Format

  • Informix Unload

  • Informix Unload Escape Disabled

Specifies which “format” the CSV data is in, or specifies if custom formatting should be used.

Comment Marker

Comment Marker

The character that is used to denote the start of a comment. Any line that begins with this comment will be ignored.

Date Format

Date Format

Specifies the format to use when reading/writing Date fields. If not specified, Date fields will be assumed to be number of milliseconds since epoch (Midnight, Jan 1, 1970 GMT). If specified, the value must match the Java java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter format (for example, MM/dd/yyyy for a two-digit month, followed by a two-digit day, followed by a four-digit year, all separated by ‘/’ characters, as in 01/01/2017).

Escape Character *

Escape Character

The character that is used to escape characters that would otherwise have a specific meaning to the CSV Parser. If the property has been specified via Expression Language but the expression gets evaluated to an invalid Escape Character at runtime, then it will be skipped and the default Escape Character will be used. Setting it to an empty string means no escape character should be used.

Include Header Line *

Include Header Line

true

  • true

  • false

Specifies whether or not the CSV column names should be written out as the first line.

Include Trailing Delimiter *

Include Trailing Delimiter

false

  • true

  • false

If true, a trailing delimiter will be added to each CSV Record that is written. If false, the trailing delimiter will be omitted.

Null String

Null String

Specifies a String that, if present as a value in the CSV, should be considered a null field instead of using the literal value.

Quote Character *

Quote Character

The character that is used to quote values so that escape characters do not have to be used. If the property has been specified via Expression Language but the expression gets evaluated to an invalid Quote Character at runtime, then it will be skipped and the default Quote Character will be used.

Quote Mode *

Quote Mode

MINIMAL

  • Quote All Values

  • Quote Minimal

  • Quote Non-Numeric Values

  • Do Not Quote Values

Specifies how fields should be quoted when they are written

Record Separator *

Record Separator

n

Specifies the characters to use in order to separate CSV Records

Schema Reference Writer *

Schema Reference Writer

Service implementation responsible for writing FlowFile attributes or content header with Schema reference information

Schema Write Strategy *

Schema Write Strategy

no-schema

  • Do Not Write Schema

  • Set ‘schema.name’ Attribute

  • Set ‘avro.schema’ Attribute

  • Schema Reference Writer

Specifies how the schema for a Record should be added to the data.

Time Format

Time Format

Specifies the format to use when reading/writing Time fields. If not specified, Time fields will be assumed to be number of milliseconds since epoch (Midnight, Jan 1, 1970 GMT). If specified, the value must match the Java java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter format (for example, HH:mm:ss for a two-digit hour in 24-hour format, followed by a two-digit minute, followed by a two-digit second, all separated by ‘:’ characters, as in 18:04:15).

Timestamp Format

Timestamp Format

Specifies the format to use when reading/writing Timestamp fields. If not specified, Timestamp fields will be assumed to be number of milliseconds since epoch (Midnight, Jan 1, 1970 GMT). If specified, the value must match the Java java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter format (for example, MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss for a two-digit month, followed by a two-digit day, followed by a four-digit year, all separated by ‘/’ characters; and then followed by a two-digit hour in 24-hour format, followed by a two-digit minute, followed by a two-digit second, all separated by ‘:’ characters, as in 01/01/2017 18:04:15).

Trim Fields *

Trim Fields

true

  • true

  • false

Whether or not white space should be removed from the beginning and end of fields

Value Separator *

Value Separator

,

The character that is used to separate values/fields in a CSV Record. If the property has been specified via Expression Language but the expression gets evaluated to an invalid Value Separator at runtime, then it will be skipped and the default Value Separator will be used.

CSV Writer *

csv-writer

commons-csv

  • Apache Commons CSV

  • FastCSV

Specifies which writer implementation to use to write CSV records. NOTE: Different writers may support different subsets of functionality and may also exhibit different levels of performance.

Character Set *

csvutils-character-set

UTF-8

The Character Encoding that is used to encode/decode the CSV file

Schema Access Strategy *

schema-access-strategy

inherit-record-schema

  • Inherit Record Schema

  • Use ‘Schema Name’ Property

  • Use ‘Schema Text’ Property

Specifies how to obtain the schema that is to be used for interpreting the data.

Schema Branch

schema-branch

Specifies the name of the branch to use when looking up the schema in the Schema Registry property. If the chosen Schema Registry does not support branching, this value will be ignored.

Schema Cache

schema-cache

Specifies a Schema Cache to add the Record Schema to so that Record Readers can quickly lookup the schema.

Schema Name

schema-name

${schema.name}

Specifies the name of the schema to lookup in the Schema Registry property

Schema Reference Reader *

schema-reference-reader

Service implementation responsible for reading FlowFile attributes or content to determine the Schema Reference Identifier

Schema Registry

schema-registry

Specifies the Controller Service to use for the Schema Registry

Schema Text

schema-text

${avro.schema}

The text of an Avro-formatted Schema

Schema Version

schema-version

Specifies the version of the schema to lookup in the Schema Registry. If not specified then the latest version of the schema will be retrieved.

State management

This component does not store state.

Restricted

This component is not restricted.

System Resource Considerations

This component does not specify system resource considerations.