Creating Text File Output

Overview

You can create a plain text output file to hold the results of a data job by connecting a Text File Output node to the final node in a data job. Then, you can perform the following tasks:

Configure Text File Output Parameters

You can configure the output parameters for the text file in the Text File Output Properties dialog. For example, the following display shows the parameter configuration for a text file that does not use a text qualifier and specifies comma as the delimiter.

Note that the name and path of the output file are also specified.

Select Text File Output Fields

The available output fields are determined by the data that flows into the Text File Output node. In the example depicted in the display below, all of the fields are moved to the Selected field.

Preview the Text File Output

You can easily preview the text file output that you added to the data job. Right-click the Text File Output node and click Preview in the pop-up menu. A preview is provided in the Details pane, as shown in the following display.