Mass Ingestion Guide > Create > Definition

Definition

The definition describes the type of mass ingestion specification that you want to create.

In the definition, you specify a name and a description and select the scenario for the specification. The scenario determines how the specification ingests data. You can configure the specification to ingest data from a relational database to Hive or from a relational database to HDFS. The scenario that you specify defines the properties that you can configure in the rest of the specification.

The following image shows the Definition page of the mass ingestion specification:

This screenshot shows the Definition page of the mass ingestion specification. On the Definition page, you can configure the following properties: Name, Description, and Scenario. In the top-right corner, you have the option Next to go to the next page, or the button X to discard the specification.

The following table describes the properties that you can configure in the definition:

Property	Description
Name	Required. Name of the mass ingestion specification. The name is not case sensitive and must be unique.
Description	Optional. Description of the specification.
Ingestion Scenario	Required. The scenario where data ingestion takes place. You can ingest data from a relational database to Hive or from a relational database to HDFS. You cannot edit the ingestion scenario after you create the mass ingestion specification.