You can create a complex file data object from an Avro or Parquet file or on a folder that contains multiple Avro or multiple Parquet files. You can create a complex file data object from an Avro and Parquet data source with file or connection access type and resource format as Binary, Avro, or Parquet. You have to create an HDFS connection before you create a complex file data object from the Avro and Parquet data sources.

You can choose one of the following options when you create a data object from Avro and Parquet files in HDFS: