Configuring the Reader component

This task describes how to configure the Reader component to read in the source data.

This procedure assumes that you have created a graph and added the UniversalDataReader component. It also assumes that you have added the data source file to the project's data-in folder.

The Reader Edit Component dialog is where you configure the Reader as to how it should handle the source data:

To configure the Reader component:

  1. In the Graph Editor, double-click the UniversalDataReader component to bring up the Reader Edit Component dialog.
  2. For the File URL property:
    1. Click inside its Value field, which displays a ... browse button.
    2. Click the browse button.
    3. Click the Workspace view tab and then double-click the data-in folder.
    4. Select the source data file and click OK.
  3. Check the Quoted strings box so that its value changes to true. If set to true, delimiter characters inside the quoted strings are ignored (not treated as delimiters) and the quotes are removed.
  4. Leave the Number of skipped records field as 0.
  5. Optionally, you can use the Component name field to provide a customized name (such as "Sales Facts") for this component.
  6. Click OK to apply your configuration changes to the Reader component.
  7. Save the graph.