Attach an adapter by inserting it in the diagram, connecting it to a stream or window, and setting properties.
- Open the Input Adapters or Output Adapters compartment in the Palette and use the up and down arrows to scroll through the list of adapters.
- Click an adapter shape in the Palette, then click in the diagram.
- Attach the adapter to a stream or window. Either:
- Generate and attach the stream or window automatically, using schema discovery (best practice for adapters that support it), or,
- Create the stream or window, then attach it:
- Input adapter – click the Connector tool, then click the Adapter shape in the diagram, then click the stream or window.
- Output adapter – click the Connector tool, then click the stream or window in the diagram, then click the Adapter shape.
- (Optional) Edit the adapter name.
- (Optional) Edit the adapter properties. Either:
- Select Use named property set to use a named property set from the project configuration file, and then configure any properties that are not included in the property set, or,
- Select Set properties locally to manually configure the adapter properties.