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Data Shaper
Data Shaper
  • 🚀GETTING STARTED
    • What is Primeur Data Shaper
      • What is the Data Shaper Designer
      • What is the Data Shaper Server
      • What is the Data Shaper Cluster
    • How does the Data Shaper Designer work
      • Designer Views and Graphs
      • Data Shaper Graphs
      • Designer Projects and Sandboxes
      • Data Shaper Designer Reference
    • How do the Data Shaper Server and Cluster work
      • Data Shaper Server and Cluster
      • Data Shaper Server Reference
    • VFS Graph Components
      • DataOneFileDescriptor (DOFD) metadata
      • Passing parameters from Data One Contract to Data Shaper graph
      • Inheriting Data One context attributes in Data Shaper graph
  • DATA SHAPER DESIGNER
    • Configuration
      • Runtime configuration
        • Logging
        • Master Password
        • User Classpath
      • Data Shaper Server Integration
      • Execution monitoring
      • Java configuration
      • Engine configuration
      • Refresh Operation
    • Designer User Interface
      • Graph Editor with Palette of Components
      • Project Explorer Pane
      • Outline Pane
      • Tabs Pane
      • Execution Tab
      • Keyboard Shortcuts
    • Projects
      • Creating Data Shaper projects
      • Converting Data Shaper projects
      • Structure of Data Shaper projects
      • Versioning of server project content
      • Working with Data Shaper Server Projects
      • Project configuration
    • Graphs
      • Creating an empty graph
      • Creating a simple graph
        • Placing Components
        • Placing Components from Palette
        • Connecting Components with Edges
    • Execution
      • Successful Graph Execution
      • Run configuration
      • Connecting to a running job
      • Graph states
    • Common dialogs
      • URL file dialog
      • Edit Value dialog
      • Open Type dialog
    • Import
      • Import Data Shaper projects
      • Import from Data Shaper server sandbox
      • Import graphs
      • Import metadata
    • Export
      • Export graphs to HTML
      • Export to Data Shaper Server sandbox
      • Export image
      • Export Project as Library
    • Graph tracking
      • Changing record count font size
    • Search functionality
    • Working with Data Shaper server
      • Data Shaper server project basic principles
      • Connecting via HTTP
      • Connecting via HTTPS
      • Connecting via Proxy Server
    • Graph components
      • Adding components
      • Finding components
      • Edit component dialog box
      • Enable/disable component
      • Passing data through disabled component
      • Common properties of components
      • Specific attribute types
      • Metadata templates
    • Edges
      • Connecting Components with Edges
      • Types of Edges
      • Assigning Metadata to Edges
      • Colors of Edges
      • Debugging Edges
      • Edge Memory Allocation
    • Metadata
      • Records and Fields
        • Record Types
        • Data Types in Metadata
        • Data Formats
        • Locale and Locale Sensitivity
        • Time Zone
        • Autofilling Functions
      • Metadata Types
        • Internal Metadata
        • External (Shared) Metadata
        • SQL Query Metadata
        • Reading Metadata from Special Sources
      • Auto-propagated Metadata
        • Sources of Auto-Propagated Metadata
        • Explicitly Propagated Metadata
        • Priorities of Metadata
        • Propagation of SQL Query Metadata
      • Creating Metadata
        • Extracting Metadata from a Flat File
        • Extracting Metadata from an XLS(X) File
        • Extracting Metadata from a Database
        • Extracting Metadata from a DBase File
        • Extracting Metadata from Salesforce
        • SQL Query Metadata
        • User Defined Metadata
      • Merging Existing Metadata
      • Creating Database Table from Metadata and Database Connection
      • Metadata Editor
        • Opening Metadata Editor
        • Basics of Metadata Editor
        • Record Pane
        • Field Name vs. Label vs. Description
        • Details Pane
      • Changing and Defining Delimiters
      • Editing Metadata in the Source Code
      • Multi-value Fields
        • Lists and Maps Support in Components
        • Joining on multivalue fields (Comparison Rules)
    • Connections
      • Database Connections
        • Internal Database Connections
        • External (Shared) Database Connections
        • Database Connections Properties
        • Encryption of Access Password
        • Browsing Database and Extracting Metadata from Database Tables
        • Windows Authentication on Microsoft SQL Server
        • Snowflake Connection
        • Hive Connection
        • Troubleshooting
      • JMS Connections
      • QuickBase Connections
      • Hadoop Connections
      • Kafka Connections
      • OAuth2 Connections
      • MongoDB Connections
      • Salesforce Connections
    • Lookup Tables
      • Lookup Tables in Cluster Environment
      • Internal Lookup Tables
      • External (Shared) Lookup Tables
      • Types of Lookup Tables
    • Sequences
      • Persistent Sequences
      • Non Persistent Sequences
      • Internal Sequences
      • External (Shared) Sequences
      • Editing a Sequence
      • Sequences in Cluster Environment
    • Parameters
      • Internal Parameters
      • External (Shared) Parameters
      • Secure Graph Parameters
      • Graph Parameter Editor
      • Secure Graph Parameters
      • Parameters with CTL2 Expressions (Dynamic Parameters)
      • Environment Variables
      • Canonicalizing File Paths
      • Using Parameters
    • Internal/External Graph Elements
    • Dictionary
      • Creating a Dictionary
      • Using a Dictionary in Graphs
    • Execution Properties
    • Notes in Graphs
      • Placing Notes into Graph
      • Resizing Notes
      • Editing Notes
      • Formatted Text
      • Links from Notes
      • Folding Notes
      • Notes Properties
    • Transformations
      • Defining Transformations
      • Transform Editor
      • Common Java Interfaces
    • Data Partitioning (Parallel Running)
    • Data Partitioning in Cluster
      • High Availability
      • Scalability
      • Graph Allocation Examples
      • Example of Distributed Execution
      • Remote Edges
    • Readers
      • Common Properties of Readers
      • ComplexDataReader
      • DatabaseReader
      • DataGenerator
      • DataOneVFSReader
      • EDIFACTReader
      • FlatFileReader
      • JSONExtract
      • JSONReader
      • LDAPReader
      • MultiLevelReader
      • SpreadsheetDataReader
      • UniversalDataReader
      • X12Reader
      • XMLExtract
      • XMLReader
      • XMLXPathReader
    • Writers
      • Common Properties of Writers
      • DatabaseWriter
      • DataOneVFSWriter
      • EDIFACTWriter
      • FlatFileWriter
      • JSONWriter
      • LDAPWriter
      • SpreadsheetDataWriter
      • Trash
      • UniversalDataWriter
      • X12Writer
      • XMLWriter
    • Transformers
      • Common Properties of Transformers
      • Aggregate
      • Concatenate
      • DataIntersection
      • DataSampler
      • Dedup
      • Denormalizer
      • ExtSort
      • FastSort
      • Filter
      • Map
      • Merge
      • MetaPivot
      • Normalizer
      • Partition
      • Pivot
      • Rollup
      • SimpleCopy
      • SimpleGather
      • SortWithinGroups
      • XSLTransformer
    • Joiners
      • Common Properties of Joiners
      • Combine
      • CrossJoin
      • DBJoin
      • ExtHashJoin
      • ExtMergeJoin
      • LookupJoin
      • RelationalJoin
    • Others
      • Common Properties of Others
      • CheckForeignKey
      • DBExecute
      • HTTPConnector
      • LookupTableReaderWriter
      • WebServiceClient
    • CTL2 - Data Shaper Transformation Language
    • Language Reference
      • Program Structure
      • Comments
      • Import
      • Data Types in CTL2
      • Literals
      • Variables
      • Dictionary in CTL2
      • Operators
      • Simple Statement and Block of Statements
      • Control Statements
      • Error Handling
      • Functions
      • Conditional Fail Expression
      • Accessing Data Records and Fields
      • Mapping
      • Parameters
      • Regular Expressions
    • CTL Debugging
      • Debug Perspective
      • Importing and Exporting Breakpoints
      • Inspecting Variables and Expressions
      • Examples
    • Functions Reference
      • Conversion Functions
      • Date Functions
      • Mathematical Functions
      • String Functions
      • Mapping Functions
      • Container Functions
      • Record Functions (Dynamic Field Access)
      • Miscellaneous Functions
      • Lookup Table Functions
      • Sequence Functions
      • Data Service HTTP Library Functions
      • Custom CTL Functions
      • CTL2 Appendix - List of National-specific Characters
    • Tutorial
      • Creating a Transformation Graph
      • Filtering the records
      • Sorting the Records
      • Processing Speed-up with Parallelization
      • Debugging the Java Transformation
  • DATA SHAPER SERVER
    • Introduction
    • Administration
      • Monitoring
    • Using Graphs
      • Job Queue
      • Execution History
      • Job Inspector
    • Cluster
      • Sandboxes in Cluster
      • Troubleshooting
  • Install Data Shaper
    • Install Data Shaper
      • Introduction to Data Shaper installation process
      • Planning Data Shaper installation
      • Data Shaper System Requirements
      • Data Shaper Domain Master Configuration reference
      • Performing Data Shaper initial installation and master configuration
        • Creating database objects for PostgreSQL
        • Creating database objects for Oracle
        • Executing Data Shaper installer
        • Configuring additional firewall rules for Data Shaper
  • DATA SHAPER + DATA MOVER
    • Data Mover in a bundle with Data Shaper
    • Monitoring
    • Execution History
    • Sandboxes
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Common dialogs

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URL file dialog
Edit Value dialog
Open Type dialog