Configuring a Text Data Provider Component

Add and configure a Text Data Provider component.

1. Drag the Text Data Provider to the Design window.
2. In the Text Data Provider component window, select the text file to use as a datasource.
   Define the structural properties of data at the output port.

   • File Content pane – displays the contents of the source document.

   • Properties pane – the file description properties. You can modify the file description properties, if required.

   • Output Port Content pane – a tabular view of data at the output port. In the Output Port Content pane, click Regenerate the column definition icon to regenerate column definitions. If you want the column names to be read from a data file, click the Read column names from a data file icon.

• Reading Column Names from a Data File
  Use the Text Data Provider component window to read the column names from a data file.
• Skipping Row Delimiters
  The line containing the column headings is not automatically skipped when the data is processed.
• Delimiter Considerations
  Considerations for using quote characters, row and, column delimiters.