A flat file data object can be delimited or fixed-width. You can create flat file data objects from fixed-width and delimited flat files that do not contain binary data.

You can configure a flat file data object to handle the changes in the flat file data source at run time. You can also generate column names for the flat file data object by using the information from the flat file or from the control file. The control file contains information on the column name, precision, scale, and the number of bytes to process.

After you create a flat file data object, use the following views to configure flat file properties:

When you add flat file data objects to mappings as Read or Write transformations, you can view the format and run-time properties for the flat file data object in the

Properties

view. You cannot edit the flat file properties within a mapping.