(GLUE-1806) Create Variant

The extractor can be used only when there is a variant created for it.

To create a variant:

Right-click on existing extractor and select Create Variant (Create variant for extract) or click on the Create Variant button in the Extractor toolbar (Create variant for extractor from toolbar).

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2. Fill in following fields:

Variant name – technical name of the variant
Description
Extractor name – technical name of the extractor for which the variant is being created. If the popup for triggered by right-clicking on specific extractor, this field is pre-filled.

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3. The variant screen is open with the basic information about it, displayed in the Variant Details section.
In the Options section, you can specify the size of the Package. This defines the number of records which are transported to Hadoop in a single package. If higher number of records is about to be transported, they are divided into multiple packages.

You can also set up a filtering of the data in the Variant Selection section. Only the filtered data is then transferred to Hadoop.

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Once the variant is created and activated, you can trigger a job to perform data extraction. Use this link for more information.