# Avro Encode

## <img src="/files/bR9G0n9BkOBnLH9UirH2" alt="" data-size="line"> Avro Encode

### Description <a href="#description" id="description"></a>

The Avro Encode transform allows you to encode a new Avro Record field using a selection of Hop fields. The Avro schema will be part of the value metadata for this Avro Record field.

| Hop Engine | <sup>✓</sup> |
| ---------- | ------------ |
| Spark      | <sup>✓</sup> |
| Flink      | <sup>✓</sup> |
| Dataflow   | <sup>✓</sup> |

### Options

| Option                                         | Description                                                                                                                                                                            |
| ---------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Transform name                                 | Name of the transform. Note: This name has to be unique in a single pipeline.                                                                                                          |
| Output field name                              | Choose a name for the Avro Record output field.                                                                                                                                        |
| Schema name                                    | The name of the schema included in the output Avro record                                                                                                                              |
| Namespace                                      | An optional schema namespace                                                                                                                                                           |
| Documentation                                  | An optional schema documentation (doc) element                                                                                                                                         |
| The fields to encode in a generic Avro record: | You can specify the names of the Hop input fields to be included in the output Avro record field. Optionally you can store the values under a different name (key) in the Avro record. |
| Get fields button                              | You can use the "Get fields" button to retrieve the fields to be included in the Avro record.                                                                                          |


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