Discovering a file structure and creating an intelligent structure model
Discovering a file structure and creating an
intelligent structure model
Create an
intelligent structure model
to parse data in a semi-structured or unstructured file. Use a simplified sample file to generate the model.
Click
New
Components
Intelligent Structure Model
, and then click
Create
.
On the
Intelligent Structure Model
page, enter a name for the
intelligent structure model
.
The name can contain alphanumeric characters and underscores.
Select a location. Navigate to the project and folder where you want to save the
intelligent structure model
, or use the default folder.
You can change the name or location after you save the
intelligent structure model
using the
Explore
page.
Browse for a file on which to base the model and click
Discover Structure
.
Intelligent Structure Discovery
deciphers the data in the sample file and discovers the patterns expressed in the data. The following image shows a sample discovered structure on the
Visual Model
tab:
Intelligent Structure Discovery
creates nodes with unique names. If
Intelligent Structure Discovery
discovers instances of the same type of data, for example a timestamp in two tables, it will assign node names with a number suffix to distinguish between the names, for example
timestamp1
and
timestamp2
.
To refine the
intelligent structure
and customize the nodes in the output data, right-click a node and select an action. The menu includes the actions that are relevant for the node. When you perform an action on a node, the action affects the output group that contains the node.