I need to read an uploaded file in Google Drive and perform X transformation with it. As per my reading, the single way to do it is by downloading the file to my local machine with the Talend component and then, reading from there.
If it is correct, I cannot figure what would be the file name assuming that I don't want to use the exact name of the file.
I found http://meowbi.com/2018/02/23/getting-google-sheet-gdrive-talend/ and it is exactly what I need - read from Google Drive, check the file name and proceed if the file name is X. What is unclear for me is what they used in tJava.
The output schema of tGoogleDriveList component's Main row contains a field name that is the file name you're looking for. Using Iterate row is less straightforward as you need to extract values from GlobalMap. In the article you cited they get file name by "tGoogleDriveList_1_TITLE" key of the GlobalMap.
Main row between tGoogleDriveList and tJava
For more details please look into the Talend Reference for Google Drive components. The Listing files and folders in Google Drive section should be particularly topical for your case.
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We're migrating a large number of files from a document management system into SharePoint online. We have important metadata associated with a good number of the files. The export process renames the files as nnnnn_yyyyy_oldfilename with nnnnn being a cabinet number and yyyyy being a folder number. It also creates a file that associates all existing metadata by these two pieces of information. Is it practical to script renaming the files back to their original names while storing the two pieces of information in new custom metadata fields (cabinet, ofolder) for each file? If we can save those pieces of information, we'll then be able to use a similar script to push the saved information into other custom metadata fields later on.
I have 4000 files each averaging 30Kb in size landing in a folder on our on premise file system each day. I want to apply conditional logic (several and/or conditions) against details in their file names to only move files matching the conditions into another folder. I have tried linking a meta data activity which gets all files in the source folder with a filter activity which applies the conditional logic with a for each activity with an embedded copy activity. This works but it is taking hours to process the files. When running the pipeline in debug the output window appears to list each file copied as a line item. I’ve increased the batch count setting in the for each to 50 but it hasn’t improved things. Is there a way to link the filter activity directly to the copy activity without using for each activity? Ie pass the collection from the filter straight into copy’s source. Alternatively, some of our other pipelines just use the copy activity pointing to a source folder and we configure its filefilter setting with a simple regex using a combination of * and ?, which is extremely fast. However, in this particular scenario, my conditional logic is more complex and I need to compare attributes in each file’s name with values to decide if the file should be moved. The filefilter setting allows dynamic content so I could remove the filter activity completely, point the copy to the source folder and put the conditional logic in the filefilter’s dynamic content area but how would I get a reference to the file name to do the conditional checks?
Here is one solution:
Write array output as text to a .json in Blob Storage (or wherever). Here are the steps to make that work:
Copy Data Source:
Copy Data Sink:
Write the json (array output) to a text file that has the name of the files you want to copy.
Copy Activity Source (to get it from JSON to .txt):
Sink will be .txt file in your Blob.
Use that text file in your main copy activity and use the following setting:
This should copy over all the files that you identified in your Filter Activity.
I realize this is a work around, but really is the only solution for what you are asking. Otherwise there is no way to link a filter activity straight to a copy activity.
I am copying data from sql to adls dynamically, i want to rename the file name after copied into ADLS. How to achieve it? Requesting you suggest.
Thanks in Advance.
Regards,
Ashok
My first question would be "why bother renaming parquet files?" Hopefully you aren't generating a single parquet file, which would seem to defeat the purpose of using Parquet. Instead, my focus would be on the folder name.
OPTION 1
If I did care about the file names, I would use Data Flow and configure the Sink to use patterned naming:
You could then pass the desired file name in as Data Flow Parameter:
And set it dynamically using an expression:
[NOTE: I haven't tested this syntax, but I recommend you always use the Expression Builder to enter these expressions].
OPTION 2
If none of that suits your purposes, then aonther option would be brute force. Use a COPY activity with binary data sets to copy the file to a new file with the desired name, then a DELETE activity to remove the old one.
I'm looking for the 'AppTimeStamp' information so this can be used to verify that the code is not updated/changed by service personel.
Detect code changes on Beckhoff PLC using C#
At this location I already find part of my information, but I was not able to add a comment due to the 'new user' limitations
You can find the AppTimestamp in the _AppInfo instance.
So just call _AppInfo.AppTimestamp in your program to know the time of the last application start.
Make sure you also check the number of online changes since last download with the OnlineChangeCnt counter which you will also find in the _AppInfo instance.
There are many possibilities where this value is saved. The TwinCAT saves data to the C:\TwinCAT\3.1\Boot folder, different files are explained here.
The ProjectName can be found for example from the configuration data (CurrentConfig.xml), from the end of the file (TcBootProject/ProjectInfo/ProjectName). The same file contains one date (<TcBootProject CreateTime="2019-06-10T13:14:17">), but it seems to be the build time of the boot project created.
I couldn't find the date of AppTimestamp in any files, but perhaps the TwinCAT uses the creation time of the files in those folders? Or perhaps it's hidden in the binary somewhere.
When you update the software without updating the boot project, the file Port_851_act.tizip is updated. So you can check its timestamp. When you update the boot project too, Port_851_boot.tizip and other files are also updated.
So basically, to check if the code is updated by someone, check that modified dates of the files under Boot directory. I suppose only .bootdata files should update as they contain saved persistent data. Of course, you can easily change the dates with 3rd party program. So one solution is to compare the Port_851.crc file contents since it contains the CRC check value of the code. It will always change when boot project is updated.
I have a azure blob container where some json files with data gets put every 6 hours and I want to use Azure Data Factory to copy it to an Azure SQL DB. The file pattern for the files are like this: "customer_year_month_day_hour_min_sec.json.data.json"
The blob container also has other json data files as well so I have filter for the files in the dataset.
First question is how can I set the file path on the blob dataset to only look for the json files that I want? I tried with the wildcard *.data.json but that doesn't work. The only filename wildcard I have gotten to work is *.json
Second question is how can I copy data only from the new files (with the specific file pattern) that lands in the blob storage to Azure SQL? I have no control of the process that puts the data in the blob container and cannot move the files to another location which makes it harder.
Please help.
You could use ADF event trigger to achieve this.
Define your event trigger as 'blob created' and specify the blobPathBeginsWith and blobPathEndsWith property based on your filename pattern.
For the first question, when an event trigger fires for a specific blob, the event captures the folder path and file name of the blob into the properties #triggerBody().folderPath and #triggerBody().fileName. You need to map the properties to pipeline parameters and pass #pipeline.parameters.parameterName expression to your fileName in copy activity.
This also answers the second question, each time the trigger is fired, you'll get the fileName of the newest created files in #triggerBody().folderPath and #triggerBody().fileName.
Thanks.
I understand your situation. Seems they've used a new platform to recreate a decades old problem. :)
The patter I would setup first looks something like:
Create a Storage Account Trigger that will fire on every new file in the source container.
In the triggered Pipeline, examine the blog name to see if it fits your parameters. If no, just end, taking no action. If so, binary copy the blob to a account/container your app owns, leaving the original in place.
Create another Trigger on your container that runs the import Pipeline.
Run your import process.
Couple caveats your management has to understand. You can be very, very reliable, but cannot guarantee compliance because there is no transaction/contract between you and the source container. Also, there may be a sequence gap since a small file can usually process while a larger file is processing.
If for any reason you do miss a file, all you need to do is copy it to your container where your process will pick it up. You can load all previous blobs in the same way.