Amazon S3

The Amazon S3 origin reads objects stored in Amazon S3. The object names must share a prefix pattern and should be fully written. To read messages from Amazon SQS, use the Amazon SQS Consumer origin.

With the Amazon S3 origin, you define the region, bucket, prefix pattern, optional common prefix, and read order. These properties determine the objects that the origin processes. You can optionally include Amazon S3 object metadata in the record as record header attributes.

After processing an object or upon encountering errors, the origin can keep, archive, or delete the object. When archiving, the origin can copy or move the object.

When the pipeline stops, the Amazon S3 origin notes where it stops reading. When the pipeline starts again, the origin continues processing from where it stopped by default. You can reset the origin to process all requested objects.

You can configure the origin to decrypt data stored on Amazon S3 with server-side encryption and customer-provided encryption keys. You can optionally use a proxy to connect to Amazon S3.

The origin can generate events for an event stream. For more information about dataflow triggers and the event framework, see Dataflow Triggers Overview.

AWS Credentials

When Data Collector reads data from an Amazon S3 origin, it must pass credentials to Amazon Web Services.

Use one of the following methods to pass AWS credentials:

IAM roles: When Data Collector runs on an Amazon EC2 instance, you can use the AWS Management Console to configure an IAM role for the EC2 instance. Data Collector uses the IAM instance profile credentials to automatically connect to AWS.; When you use IAM roles, you do not need to specify the Access Key ID and Secret Access Key properties in the origin.; For more information about assigning an IAM role to an EC2 instance, see the Amazon EC2 documentation.
AWS access key pairs: When Data Collector does not run on an Amazon EC2 instance or when the EC2 instance doesn’t have an IAM role, you must specify the Access Key ID and Secret Access Key properties in the origin.

Tip: To secure sensitive information such as access key pairs, you can use runtime resources or credential stores.

Common Prefix, Prefix Pattern, and Wildcards

The Amazon S3 origin appends the common prefix to the prefix pattern to define the objects that the origin processes. You can specify an exact prefix pattern or you can use Ant-style path patterns to read multiple objects recursively.

Ant-style path patterns can include the following wildcards:

Question mark (?) to match a single character
Asterisk (*) to match zero or more characters
Double asterisks (**) to match zero or more directories

For example, to process all log files in US/East/MD/ and all nested prefixes, you can use the following common prefix and prefix pattern:

Common Prefix: US/East/MD/
Prefix Pattern: **/*.log

If the unnamed nested prefixes that you want to include appear earlier in the hierarchy, such as US/**/weblogs/, you can include the nested prefixes in the prefix pattern or define the entire hierarchy in the prefix pattern, as follows:

Common Prefix: US/
Prefix Pattern: **/weblogs/*.log

Common Prefix: 
Prefix Pattern: US/**/weblogs/*.log

Record Header Attributes

When the Amazon S3 origin processes Avro data, it includes the Avro schema in an avroSchema record header attribute. You can also configure the origin to include Amazon S3 object metadata in record header attributes.

You can use the record:attribute or record:attributeOrDefault functions to access the information in the attributes. For more information about working with record header attributes, see Working with Header Attributes.

Object Metadata in Record Header Attributes

You can include Amazon S3 object metadata in record header attributes. Include metadata when you want to use the information to help process records. For example, you might include metadata if you want to route records to different branches of a pipeline based on the last-modified timestamp.

Use the Include Metadata property to include metadata in the record header attributes. When you include metadata in record header attributes, the Amazon S3 origin includes the following information:

System-defined metadata

The origin includes the following system-defined metadata:

Name - The object name. Bucket and prefix information is included as follows:
```
<bucket>/<prefix>/<object_name>
```
Cache-Control
Content-Disposition
Content-Encoding
Content-Length
Content-MD5
Content-Range
Content-Type
ETag
Expires
Last-Modified

For more information about Amazon S3 system-defined metadata, see the Amazon S3 documentation.

User-defined metadata

When available, the Amazon S3 origin also includes user-defined metadata in record header attributes.

Amazon S3 requires user-defined metadata to be named with the following prefix: x-amz-meta-.

When generating the record header attribute, the origin omits the prefix.

For example, if you have user-defined metadata called "x-amz-meta-extraInfo", the origin names the record header attribute as follows: extraInfo.

For more information about record header attributes, see Record Header Attributes.

Read Order

The Amazon S3 origin reads objects in ascending order based on the object key name or the last modified timestamp. For best performance when reading a large number of objects, configure the origin to read objects based on the key name.

You can configure one of the following read orders:

Lexicographically Ascending Key Names

The Amazon S3 origin can read objects in lexicographically ascending order based on key names. Note that lexicographically ascending order reads the numbers 1 through 11 as follows:

1, 10, 11, 2, 3, 4... 9

For example, you configure the Amazon S3 origin to read from the following bucket, common prefix, and prefix pattern using lexicographically ascending order based on key names:

Bucket: WebServer
Common Prefix: 2016/
Prefix Pattern: **/web*.log

The origin reads the following objects in the following order:

s3://WebServer/2016/February/web-10.log
s3://WebServer/2016/February/web-11.log
s3://WebServer/2016/February/web-5.log
s3://WebServer/2016/February/web-6.log
s3://WebServer/2016/February/web-7.log
s3://WebServer/2016/February/web-8.log
s3://WebServer/2016/February/web-9.log
s3://WebServer/2016/January/web-1.log
s3://WebServer/2016/January/web-2.log
s3://WebServer/2016/January/web-3.log
s3://WebServer/2016/January/web-4.log

To read these objects in logical and lexicographically ascending order, you might add leading zeros to the file naming convention as follows:

s3://WebServer/2016/February/web-0005.log
s3://WebServer/2016/February/web-0006.log
...
s3://WebServer/2016/February/web-0010.log
s3://WebServer/2016/February/web-0011.log
s3://WebServer/2016/January/web-0001.log
s3://WebServer/2016/January/web-0002.log
s3://WebServer/2016/January/web-0003.log
s3://WebServer/2016/January/web-0004.log

Last Modified Timestamp

The Amazon S3 origin can read objects in ascending order based on the last modified timestamp. When you start a pipeline, the origin starts processing data with the earliest object that matches the common prefix and prefix pattern, and then progresses in chronological order. If two or more objects have the same timestamp, the origin processes the objects in lexicographically increasing order by key name.

To process objects that include a timestamp earlier than processed objects, reset the origin to read all available objects.

For example, you configure the origin to read from the ServerEast bucket, using LogFiles/ as the common prefix and *.log as the prefix pattern. You need to process the following log files from two different servers using ascending order based on the last modified timestamp:

s3://ServerEast/LogFiles/fileA.log        04-30-2016 12:03:23
s3://ServerEast/LogFiles/fileB.log        04-30-2016 15:34:51
s3://ServerEast/LogFiles/file1.log        04-30-2016 12:00:00
s3://ServerEast/LogFiles/file2.log        04-30-2016 18:39:44

The origin reads these objects in order of the timestamp, as follows:

s3://ServerEast/LogFiles/file1.log        04-30-2016 12:00:00
s3://ServerEast/LogFiles/fileA.log        04-30-2016 12:03:23
s3://ServerEast/LogFiles/fileB.log        04-30-2016 15:34:51
s3://ServerEast/LogFiles/file2.log        04-30-2016 18:39:44

If a new object arrives with a timestamp of 04-29-2016 12:00:00, the Amazon S3 origin does not process the object unless you reset the origin.

Buffer Limit and Error Handling

The Amazon S3 origin uses a buffer to read objects into memory to produce records. The size of the buffer determines the maximum size of the record that can be processed.

The buffer limit helps prevent out of memory errors. Decrease the buffer limit when memory on the Data Collector machine is limited. Increase the buffer limit to process larger records when memory is available.

When a record is larger than the specified limit, the origin processes the object based on the stage error handling:

Discard

The origin discards the record and all remaining records in the object, and then continues processing the next object.

Send to Error

With a buffer limit error, the origin cannot send the record to the pipeline for error handling because it is unable to fully process the record.

Instead, the origin displays a message in Monitor mode indicating that a buffer overrun error occurred. The message includes the object and offset where the buffer overrun error occurred. The information displays in the pipeline history and displays as an alert when you monitor the pipeline.

If an error directory is configured for the stage, the origin moves the object to the error directory and continues processing the next object.

Stop Pipeline

The origin stops the pipeline and displays a message in Monitor mode indicating that a buffer overrun error occurred. The message includes the object and offset where the buffer overrun error occurred. The information displays as an alert and in the pipeline history.

Note: You can also check the Data Collector log file for error details.

Server Side Encryption

You can configure the origin to decrypt data stored on Amazon S3 with Amazon Web Services server-side encryption.

When configured for server-side encryption, the origin uses customer-provided encryption keys to decrypt the data. To use server-side encryption, provide the following information:

Base64 encoded 256-bit encryption key
Base64 encoded 128-bit MD5 digest of the encryption key using RFC 1321

For information about implementing customer-provided encryption keys in the origin system, see the Amazon S3 documentation.

Event Generation

The Amazon S3 origin can generate events when it completes processing all available data and the configured batch wait time has elapsed.

Amazon S3 events can be used in any logical way. For example:

With the Pipeline Finisher executor to stop the pipeline and transition the pipeline to a Finished state when the origin completes processing available data.
When you restart a pipeline stopped by the Pipeline Finisher executor, the origin continues processing from the last-saved offset unless you reset the origin.

For an example, see Case Study: Stop the Pipeline.
With a destination to store event information.
For an example, see Case Study: Event Storage.

For more information about dataflow triggers and the event framework, see Dataflow Triggers Overview.

Event Records

Event records generated by the Amazon S3 origin have the following event-related record header attributes. Record header attributes are stored as String values:

Record Header Attribute	Description
sdc.event.type	Event type. Uses the following event type: no-more-data - Generated after the origin completes processing all available objects and the number of seconds configured for Batch Wait Time has elapsed.
sdc.event.version	An integer that indicates the version of the event record type.
sdc.event.creation_timestamp	Epoch timestamp when the stage created the event.

The Amazon S3 origin can generate the following event record:

no-more-data

The Amazon S3 origin generates a no-more-data event record when the origin completes processing all available records and the number of seconds configured for Batch Wait Time elapses without any new objects appearing to be processed.

No-more-data event records generated by the origin have the sdc.event.type set to no-more-data and include the following fields:

Event Record Field	Description
record-count	Number of records successfully generated since the pipeline started or since the last no-more-data event was created.
error-count	Number of error records generated since the pipeline started or since the last no-more-data event was created.
file-count	Number of objects that the origin attempted to process. Can include objects that were unable to be processed or were not fully processed.

Data Formats

The Amazon S3 origin processes data differently based on the data format. The origin processes the following types of data:

Avro

Generates a record for every Avro record. Includes a "precision" and "scale" field attribute for each Decimal field. For more information about field attributes, see Field Attributes.

The origin writes the Avro schema to an avroSchema record header attribute. For more information about record header attributes, see Record Header Attributes.

You can use one of the following methods to specify the location of the Avro schema definition:

Message/Data Includes Schema - Use the schema in the file.
In Pipeline Configuration - Use the schema that you provide in the stage configuration.
Confluent Schema Registry - Retrieve the schema from Confluent Schema Registry. The Confluent Schema Registry is a distributed storage layer for Avro schemas. You can configure the origin to look up the schema in the Confluent Schema Registry by the schema ID or subject specified in the stage configuration.

Using a schema in the stage configuration or retrieving a schema from the Confluent Schema Registry overrides any schema that might be included in the file and can improve performance.

The origin reads files compressed by Avro-supported compression codecs without requiring additional configuration. To enable the origin to read files compressed by other codecs, use the compression format property in the stage.

Delimited

Generates a record for each delimited line. You can use the following delimited format types:

Default CSV - File that includes comma-separated values. Ignores empty lines in the file.
RFC4180 CSV - Comma-separated file that strictly follows RFC4180 guidelines.
MS Excel CSV - Microsoft Excel comma-separated file.
MySQL CSV - MySQL comma-separated file.
Postgres CSV - Postgres comma-separated file.
Postgres Text - Postgres text file.
Tab-Separated Values - File that includes tab-separated values.
Custom - File that uses user-defined delimiter, escape, and quote characters.

You can use a list or list-map root field type for delimited data, optionally including the header information when available. For more information about the root field types, see Delimited Data Root Field Type.

When using a header line, you can allow processing records with additional columns. The additional columns are named using a custom prefix and integers in sequential increasing order, such as _extra_1, _extra_2. When you disallow additional columns when using a header line, records that include additional columns are sent to error.

You can also replace a string constant with null values.

When a record exceeds the user-defined maximum record length, the origin cannot continue processing data in the file. Records already processed from the file are passed to the pipeline. The behavior of the origin is then based on the error handling configured for the stage:

Discard - The origin continues processing with the next file, leaving the partially-processed file in the directory.
To Error - The origin continues processing with the next file. If a post-processing error directory is configured for the stage, the origin moves the partially-processed file to the error directory. Otherwise, it leaves the file in the directory.
Stop Pipeline - The origin stops the pipeline.

JSON

Generates a record for each JSON object. You can process JSON files that include multiple JSON objects or a single JSON array.

When an object exceeds the maximum object length defined for the origin, the origin cannot continue processing data in the file. Records already processed from the file are passed to the pipeline. The behavior of the origin is then based on the error handling configured for the stage:

Discard - The origin continues processing with the next file, leaving the partially-processed file in the directory.
To Error - The origin continues processing with the next file. If a post-processing error directory is configured for the stage, the origin moves the partially-processed file to the error directory. Otherwise, it leaves the file in the directory.
Stop Pipeline - The origin stops the pipeline.

Log

Generates a record for every log line.

When a line exceeds the user-defined maximum line length, the origin truncates longer lines.

You can include the processed log line as a field in the record. If the log line is truncated, and you request the log line in the record, the origin includes the truncated line.

You can define the log format or type to be read.

Protobuf

Generates a record for every protobuf message.

Protobuf messages must match the specified message type and be described in the descriptor file.

When the data for a record exceeds 1 MB, the origin cannot continue processing data in the file. The origin handles the file based on file error handling properties and continues reading the next file.

For information about generating the descriptor file, see Protobuf Data Format Prerequisites.

SDC Record

Generates a record for every record. Use to process records generated by a Data Collector pipeline using the SDC Record data format.

For error records, the origin provides the original record as read from the origin in the original pipeline, as well as error information that you can use to correct the record.

When processing error records, the origin expects the error file names and contents as generated by the original pipeline.

Text

Generates a record for each line of text or for each section of text based on a custom delimiter.

When a line or section exceeds the maximum line length defined for the origin, the origin truncates it. The origin adds a boolean field named Truncated to indicate if the line was truncated.

For more information about processing text with a custom delimiter, see Text Data Format with Custom Delimiters.

Whole File

Streams whole files from the origin system to the destination system. You can specify a transfer rate or use all available resources to perform the transfer.

The origin uses checksums to verify the integrity of data transmission.

The origin generates two fields: one for a file reference and one for file information. For more information, see Whole File Data Format.

XML

Generates records based on a user-defined delimiter element. Use an XML element directly under the root element or define a simplified XPath expression. If you do not define a delimiter element, the origin treats the XML file as a single record.

Generated records include XML attributes and namespace declarations as fields in the record by default. You can configure the stage to include them in the record as field attributes.

You can include XPath information for each parsed XML element and XML attribute in field attributes. This also places each namespace in an xmlns record header attribute.

Note: Field attributes and record header attributes are written to destination systems automatically only when you use the SDC RPC data format in destinations. For more information about working with field attributes and record header attributes, and how to include them in records, see Field Attributes and Record Header Attributes.

Discard - The origin continues processing with the next file, leaving the partially-processed file in the directory.
To Error - The origin continues processing with the next file. If a post-processing error directory is configured for the stage, the origin moves the partially-processed file to the error directory. Otherwise, it leaves the file in the directory.
Stop Pipeline - The origin stops the pipeline.

Use the XML data format to process valid XML documents. For more information about XML processing, see Reading and Processing XML Data.

Tip: If you want to process invalid XML documents, you can try using the text data format with custom delimiters. For more information, see Processing XML Data with Custom Delimiters.

Configuring an Amazon S3 Origin

Configure an Amazon S3 origin to read data from objects in Amazon S3.

In the Properties panel, on the General tab, configure the following properties:

General Property	Description
Name	Stage name.
Description	Optional description.
Produce Events	Generates event records when events occur. Use for event handling.
On Record Error	Error record handling for the stage: Discard - Discards the record. Send to Error - Sends the record to the pipeline for error handling. Stop Pipeline - Stops the pipeline.

On the Amazon S3 tab, configure the following properties:

Amazon S3 Property	Description
Access Key ID	AWS access key ID. Required when not using IAM roles with IAM instance profile credentials.
Secret Access Key	AWS secret access key. Required when not using IAM roles with IAM instance profile credentials.
Region	Amazon S3 region.
Endpoint	Endpoint to connect to when you select Other for the region. Enter the endpoint name.
Bucket	Bucket that contains the objects to be read.
Common Prefix	Optional common prefix that describes the location of the objects. When defined, the common prefix acts as a root for the prefix pattern.
Delimiter	Delimiter used by Amazon S3 to define the prefix hierarchy. Default is slash ( / ).
Include Metadata	Includes system-defined and user-defined metadata in record header attributes.
Prefix Pattern	Prefix pattern that describes the objects to be processed. You can include the entire path to the objects. You can also use Ant-style path patterns to read objects recursively.
Read Order	The order to use when reading objects: Lexicographically Ascending Keys Names - Reads objects in lexicographically ascending order based on key name. Last-Modified Timestamp - Reads objects in ascending order based on the last-modified timestamp. When objects have matching timestamps, reads objects in lexicographically ascending order based on key names. For best performance when reading a large number of objects, use lexicographical order based on key names.
File Pool Size	Maximum number of files that the origin stores in memory for processing after loading and sorting all files present on S3. Increasing this number can improve pipeline performance when Data Collector resources permit. Default is 100.
Buffer Limit (KB)	Maximum buffer size. The buffer size determines the size of the record that can be processed. Decrease when memory on the Data Collector machine is limited. Increase to process larger records when memory is available. Default is 128 KB.
Max Batch Size (records)	Maximum number of records processed at one time. Honors values up to the Data Collector maximum batch size. Default is 1000. The Data Collector default is 1000.
Batch Wait Time (ms)	Number of milliseconds to wait before sending a partial or empty batch.

To use server-side encryption, on the SSE tab, configure the following properties:

SSE Property	Description
Use Server-Side Encryption	Enables the use of server-side encryption.
Customer Encryption Key	A Base64 encoded 256-bit encryption key.
Customer Encryption Key MD5	A Base64 encoded 128-bit MD5 digest of the encryption key using RFC 1321.

On the Error Handling tab, configure the following properties:

Error Handling Property	Description
Error Handling Option	The action taken when an error occurs while processing an object: None - Keeps the object in place. Archive - Copies or moves the object to another prefix or bucket. Delete - Deletes the object. When archiving processed objects, best practice is to also archive objects that cannot be processed.
Archiving Option	The action to take when archiving an object that cannot be processed. You can copy or move the object to another prefix or bucket. When you use another prefix, enter the prefix. When you use another bucket, enter a prefix and bucket. Copying the object leaves the original object in place.
Error Prefix	Prefix for the objects that cannot be processed.
Error Bucket	Bucket for the objects that cannot be processed.

On the Post Processing tab, configure the following properties:

Post Processing Property	Description
Post Processing Option	The action taken after successfully processing an object: None - Keeps the object in place. Archive - Copies or moves the object to another location. Delete - Deletes the object.
Archiving Option	The action to take when archiving a processed object. You can copy or move the object to another prefix or bucket. When you use another prefix, enter the prefix. When you use another bucket, enter a prefix and bucket. Copying the object leaves the original object in place.
Post Process Prefix	Prefix for processed objects.
Post Process Bucket	Bucket for processed objects.

On the Advanced tab, optionally configure proxy information:

Advanced Property	Description
Connection Timeout	Seconds to wait for a response before closing the connection. Default is 10 seconds.
Socket Timeout	Seconds to wait for a response to a query.
Retry Count	Maximum number of times to retry requests.
Use Proxy	Specifies whether to use a proxy to connect.
Proxy Host	Proxy host.
Proxy Port	Proxy port.
Proxy User	User name for proxy credentials.
Proxy Password	Password for proxy credentials. Tip: To secure sensitive information such as usernames and passwords, you can use runtime resources or credential stores.

On the Data Format tab, configure the following property:

Data Format Property	Description
Data Format	Data format for source files. Use one of the following formats: Avro Delimited JSON Log Protobuf SDC Record Text Whole File XML

For Avro data, on the Data Format tab, configure the following properties:

Avro Property	Description
Avro Schema Location	Location of the Avro schema definition to use when processing data: Message/Data Includes Schema - Use the schema in the file. In Pipeline Configuration - Use the schema provided in the stage configuration. Confluent Schema Registry - Retrieve the schema from the Confluent Schema Registry. Using a schema in the stage configuration or in the Confluent Schema Registry can improve performance.
Avro Schema	Avro schema definition used to process the data. Overrides any existing schema definitions associated with the data. You can optionally use the runtime:loadResource function to use a schema definition stored in a runtime resource file.
Schema Registry URLs	Confluent Schema Registry URLs used to look up the schema. To add a URL, click Add. Use the following format to enter the URL: http://<host name>:<port number>
Lookup Schema By	Method used to look up the schema in the Confluent Schema Registry: Subject - Look up the specified Avro schema subject. Schema ID - Look up the specified Avro schema ID. Overrides any existing schema definitions associated with the data.
Schema Subject	Avro schema subject to look up in the Confluent Schema Registry. If the specified subject has multiple schema versions, the origin uses the latest schema version for that subject. To use an older version, find the corresponding schema ID, and then set the Look Up Schema By property to Schema ID.
Schema ID	Avro schema ID to look up in the Confluent Schema Registry.

For delimited data, on the Data Format tab, configure the following properties:

Delimited Property	Description
Compression Format	The compression format of the files: None - Processes only uncompressed files. Compressed File - Processes files compressed by the supported compression formats. Archive - Processes files archived by the supported archive formats. Compressed Archive - Processes files archived and compressed by the supported archive and compression formats.
File Name Pattern within Compressed Directory	File name pattern that represents the files to process within the compressed directory. You can use UNIX-style wildcards, such as an asterisk or question mark. For example, .json. Default is , which processes all files.
Delimiter Format Type	Delimiter format type. Use one of the following options: Default CSV - File that includes comma-separated values. Ignores empty lines in the file. RFC4180 CSV - Comma-separated file that strictly follows RFC4180 guidelines. MS Excel CSV - Microsoft Excel comma-separated file. MySQL CSV - MySQL comma-separated file. Postgres CSV - Postgres comma-separated file. Postgres Text - Postgres text file. Tab-Separated Values - File that includes tab-separated values. Custom - File that uses user-defined delimiter, escape, and quote characters.
Header Line	Indicates whether a file contains a header line, and whether to use the header line.
Allow Extra Columns	When processing data with a header line, allows processing records with more columns than exist in the header line.
Extra Column Prefix	Prefix to use for any additional columns. Extra columns are named using the prefix and sequential increasing integers as follows: `<prefix><integer>`. For example, _extra_1. Default is _extra_.
Max Record Length (chars)	Maximum length of a record in characters. Longer records are not read. This property can be limited by the Data Collector parser buffer size. For more information, see Maximum Record Size.
Delimiter Character	Delimiter character for a custom delimiter format. Select one of the available options or use Other to enter a custom character. You can enter a Unicode control character using the format \uNNNN, where N is a hexadecimal digit from the numbers 0-9 or the letters A-F. For example, enter \u0000 to use the null character as the delimiter or \u2028 to use a line separator as the delimiter. Default is the pipe character ( \| ).
Escape Character	Escape character for a custom file type.
Quote Character	Quote character for a custom file type.
Root Field Type	Root field type to use: List-Map - Generates an indexed list of data. Enables you to use standard functions to process data. Use for new pipelines. List - Generates a record with an indexed list with a map for header and value. Requires the use of delimited data functions to process data. Use only to maintain pipelines created before 1.1.0.
Lines to Skip	Lines to skip before reading data.
Parse NULLs	Replaces the specified string constant with null values.
NULL Constant	String constant to replace with null values.
Charset	Character encoding of the files to be processed.
Ignore Ctrl Characters	Removes all ASCII control characters except for the tab, line feed, and carriage return characters.

For JSON data, on the Data Format tab, configure the following properties:

JSON Property	Description
Compression Format	The compression format of the files: None - Processes only uncompressed files. Compressed File - Processes files compressed by the supported compression formats. Archive - Processes files archived by the supported archive formats. Compressed Archive - Processes files archived and compressed by the supported archive and compression formats.
File Name Pattern within Compressed Directory	File name pattern that represents the files to process within the compressed directory. You can use UNIX-style wildcards, such as an asterisk or question mark. For example, .json. Default is , which processes all files.
JSON Content	Type of JSON content. Use one of the following options: Array of Objects Multiple Objects
Maximum Object Length (chars)	Maximum number of characters in a JSON object. Longer objects are diverted to the pipeline for error handling. This property can be limited by the Data Collector parser buffer size. For more information, see Maximum Record Size.
Charset	Character encoding of the files to be processed.
Ignore Ctrl Characters	Removes all ASCII control characters except for the tab, line feed, and carriage return characters.

For log data, on the Data Format tab, configure the following properties:

Log Property	Description
Compression Format	The compression format of the files: None - Processes only uncompressed files. Compressed File - Processes files compressed by the supported compression formats. Archive - Processes files archived by the supported archive formats. Compressed Archive - Processes files archived and compressed by the supported archive and compression formats.
File Name Pattern within Compressed Directory	File name pattern that represents the files to process within the compressed directory. You can use UNIX-style wildcards, such as an asterisk or question mark. For example, .json. Default is , which processes all files.
Log Format	Format of the log files. Use one of the following options: Common Log Format Combined Log Format Apache Error Log Format Apache Access Log Custom Format Regular Expression Grok Pattern Log4j Common Event Format (CEF) Log Event Extended Format (LEEF)
Max Line Length	Maximum length of a log line. The origin truncates longer lines. This property can be limited by the Data Collector parser buffer size. For more information, see Maximum Record Size.
Retain Original Line	Determines how to treat the original log line. Select to include the original log line as a field in the resulting record. By default, the original line is discarded.
Charset	Character encoding of the files to be processed.
Ignore Ctrl Characters	Removes all ASCII control characters except for the tab, line feed, and carriage return characters.

When you select Apache Access Log Custom Format, use Apache log format strings to define the Custom Log Format.
When you select Regular Expression, enter the regular expression that describes the log format, and then map the fields that you want to include to each regular expression group.
When you select Grok Pattern, you can use the Grok Pattern Definition field to define custom grok patterns. You can define a pattern on each line.
In the Grok Pattern field, enter the pattern to use to parse the log. You can use a predefined grok patterns or create a custom grok pattern using patterns defined in Grok Pattern Definition.

For more information about defining grok patterns and supported grok patterns, see Defining Grok Patterns.

When you select Log4j, define the following properties:

Log4j Property	Description
On Parse Error	Determines how to handle information that cannot be parsed: Skip and Log Error - Skips reading the line and logs a stage error. Skip, No Error - Skips reading the line and does not log an error. Include as Stack Trace - Includes information that cannot be parsed as a stack trace to the previously-read log line. The information is added to the message field for the last valid log line.
Use Custom Log Format	Allows you to define a custom log format.
Custom Format	Use log4j variables to define a custom log format.

For protobuf data, on the Data Format tab, configure the following properties:

Protobuf Property	Description
Compression Format	The compression format of the files: None - Processes only uncompressed files. Compressed File - Processes files compressed by the supported compression formats. Archive - Processes files archived by the supported archive formats. Compressed Archive - Processes files archived and compressed by the supported archive and compression formats.
File Name Pattern within Compressed Directory	File name pattern that represents the files to process within the compressed directory. You can use UNIX-style wildcards, such as an asterisk or question mark. For example, .json. Default is , which processes all files.
Protobuf Descriptor File	Descriptor file (.desc) to use. The descriptor file must be in the Data Collector resources directory, `$SDC_RESOURCES`. For more information about environment variables, see Data Collector Environment Configuration. For information about generating the descriptor file, see Protobuf Data Format Prerequisites.
Message Type	The fully-qualified name for the message type to use when reading data. Use the following format: `<package name>.<message type>`. Use a message type defined in the descriptor file.
Delimited Messages	Indicates if a file might include more than one protobuf message.

For SDC Record data, on the Data Format tab, configure the following properties:

SDC Record Property	Description
Compression Format	The compression format of the files: None - Processes only uncompressed files. Compressed File - Processes files compressed by the supported compression formats. Archive - Processes files archived by the supported archive formats. Compressed Archive - Processes files archived and compressed by the supported archive and compression formats.
File Name Pattern within Compressed Directory	File name pattern that represents the files to process within the compressed directory. You can use UNIX-style wildcards, such as an asterisk or question mark. For example, .json. Default is , which processes all files.

For text data, on the Data Format tab, configure the following properties:

Text Property	Description
Compression Format	The compression format of the files: None - Processes only uncompressed files. Compressed File - Processes files compressed by the supported compression formats. Archive - Processes files archived by the supported archive formats. Compressed Archive - Processes files archived and compressed by the supported archive and compression formats.
File Name Pattern within Compressed Directory	File name pattern that represents the files to process within the compressed directory. You can use UNIX-style wildcards, such as an asterisk or question mark. For example, .json. Default is , which processes all files.
Max Line Length	Maximum number of characters allowed for a line. Longer lines are truncated. Adds a boolean field to the record to indicate if it was truncated. The field name is Truncated. This property can be limited by the Data Collector parser buffer size. For more information, see Maximum Record Size.
Use Custom Delimiter	Uses custom delimiters to define records instead of line breaks.
Custom Delimiter	One or more characters to use to define records.
Include Custom Delimiter	Includes delimiter characters in the record.
Charset	Character encoding of the files to be processed.
Ignore Ctrl Characters	Removes all ASCII control characters except for the tab, line feed, and carriage return characters.

For whole files, on the Data Format tab, configure the following properties:

Whole File Property	Description
Buffer Size (bytes)	Size of the buffer to use to transfer data.
Rate per Second	Transfer rate to use. Enter a number to specify a rate in bytes per second. Use an expression to specify a rate that uses a different unit of measure per second, e.g. ${5 * MB}. Use -1 to opt out of this property. By default, the origin does not use a transfer rate.
Verify Checksum	Verifies the checksum during the read.

Whole File Property

Description

Buffer Size (bytes)

Size of the buffer to use to transfer data.

Rate per Second

Transfer rate to use.

Enter a number to specify a rate in bytes per second. Use an expression to specify a rate that uses a different unit of measure per second, e.g. ${5 * MB}. Use -1 to opt out of this property.

By default, the origin does not use a transfer rate.

Verify Checksum

Verifies the checksum during the read.

For XML data, on the XML tab, configure the following properties:

XML Property	Description
Compression Format	The compression format of the files: None - Processes only uncompressed files. Compressed File - Processes files compressed by the supported compression formats. Archive - Processes files archived by the supported archive formats. Compressed Archive - Processes files archived and compressed by the supported archive and compression formats.
Delimiter Element	Delimiter to use to generate records. Omit a delimiter to treat the entire XML document as one record. Use one of the following: An XML element directly under the root element. Use the XML element name without surrounding angle brackets ( < > ) . For example, msg instead of <msg>. A simplified XPath expression that specifies the data to use. Use a simplified XPath expression to access data deeper in the XML document or data that requires a more complex access method. For more information about valid syntax, see Simplified XPath Syntax.
Include Field XPaths	Includes the XPath to each parsed XML element and XML attribute in field attributes. Also includes each namespace in an xmlns record header attribute. When not selected, this information is not included in the record. By default, the property is not selected. Note: Field attributes and record header attributes are written to destination systems automatically only when you use the SDC RPC data format in destinations. For more information about working with field attributes and record header attributes, and how to include them in records, see Field Attributes and Record Header Attributes.
Namespaces	Namespace prefix and URI to use when parsing the XML document. Define namespaces when the XML element being used includes a namespace prefix or when the XPath expression includes namespaces. For information about using namespaces with an XML element, see Using XML Elements with Namespaces. For information about using namespaces with XPath expressions, see Using XPath Expressions with Namespaces. Using simple or bulk edit mode, click the Add icon to add additional namespaces.
Output Field Attributes	Includes XML attributes and namespace declarations in the record as field attributes. When not selected, XML attributes and namespace declarations are included in the record as fields. Note: Field attributes are automatically included in records written to destination systems only when you use the SDC RPC data format in the destination. For more information about working with field attributes, see Field Attributes. By default, the property is not selected.
Max Record Length (chars)	The maximum number of characters in a record. Longer records are diverted to the pipeline for error handling. This property can be limited by the Data Collector parser buffer size. For more information, see Maximum Record Size.
Charset	Character encoding of the files to be processed.
Ignore Ctrl Characters	Removes all ASCII control characters except for the tab, line feed, and carriage return characters.