[Text DataSources] Property File

Reporting Design Cookbook Data Design
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This recipe demonstrates how to read data from a Property file using tabular datasource.

Steps taken:

  1. Create a tabular datasource (Property.ds).
  2. Enter the file path of the Property file into the “Define Text Datasource > File URL” field. Set the Encoding to “UTF-8”. Set Date, Time and Timestamp formats properly. Set the “Access Type” to “Regular Expression”.
  3. On the next page, enter the following in the “Regular Expression” field:(.)=(.)Infer schema to load data. Click “Finish”.

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