The Custom Pattern Formatter is an extension of the Formatter. The Custom Pattern Formatter customizes the Formatter Avro message output based on custom patterns that you define to meet your requirements. You can define patterns in any text-based form, such as comma separated (CSV), JSON, or other text-based format. The custom patterns use tags that are similar to HTML tags. The custom patterns describe the text output.
You can create table-specific custom patterns. For example, you can perform the following actions:
Define patterns that customize the message output for date, time, and timestamp columns. You can override the data type or change the date or time format. For more information, see
Column Attributes.