File

Directory

All the source files in the directory must contain the same metadata.

All the files must have data in the same format. For example, delimiters, header fields, and escape characters must be same.

All the files under a specified directory are parsed. To parse the files in the subdirectories, use recursive read.

When you run a mapping that reads data from a directory, the agent creates a single file in the target. When you create a mapping in advanced mode, the agent creates multiple files in the target.