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  1. Preface
  2. Introduction to Informatica Data Engineering Integration
  3. Mappings
  4. Mapping Optimization
  5. Sources
  6. Targets
  7. Transformations
  8. Python Transformation
  9. Data Preview
  10. Cluster Workflows
  11. Profiles
  12. Monitoring
  13. Hierarchical Data Processing
  14. Hierarchical Data Processing Configuration
  15. Hierarchical Data Processing with Schema Changes
  16. Intelligent Structure Models
  17. Blockchain
  18. Stateful Computing
  19. Appendix A: Connections Reference
  20. Appendix B: Data Type Reference
  21. Appendix C: Function Reference

Overview of Hierarchical Data Processing with Schema Changes

Overview of Hierarchical Data Processing with Schema Changes

You can use dynamic complex ports to manage schema changes to hierarchical data. You use dynamic ports to receive new and changed hierarchical data columns from a dynamic complex file source. Then, to manage schema or metadata changes of a complex port, you use dynamic complex ports.
To process hierarchical data on the Spark engine, you use complex ports in transformations. To handle metadata changes at run time, you create dynamic mappings with dynamic ports. A dynamic port can propagate hierarchical data through a generated port of a complex data type. However, if the schema of the hierarchical data changes at run time, you must use dynamic complex ports to pass hierarchical data in the mapping.
Complex ports require you to specify the type configuration based on the data type of the elements in an array or a map or the schema of a struct. With dynamic complex ports, you do not have to specify the type configuration for a hierarchical column. For example, you do not have to specify a complex data type definition for a dynamic struct.
With dynamic complex ports, you can perform the following tasks in a dynamic mapping:
  • Receive new or changed elements of a complex port if the schema of the complex port changes at run time.
  • Modify hierarchical data or filter elements of hierarchical data with input rules for a dynamic complex port.
  • Extract elements of hierarchical data that might have schema changes at run time using complex operators.
  • Generate arrays and structs with dynamic expressions that use complex functions.
For more information about dynamic mappings, see the
Informatica Developer Mapping Guide
.
You cannot perform midstream parsing in a dynamic mapping.

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