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Processing Hierarchical Data in Streaming Mappings

Data objects in a streaming mapping can process hierarchical data through complex data types. If you want to project data as complex data types, you must enable the write data operation to project data as complex data types.
The following table shows the format and complex data types that targets in a Streaming mapping support:
Format
Data Type
Amazon Kinesis Firehose
Azure Data Lake Store
Azure Event Hub
Complex File
JMS
Kafka
MapRStreams
Avro
Flat
Not supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Not supported
Supported
Supported
Avro
Hierarchical
Not supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Not supported
Supported
Supported
JSON
Flat
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
JSON
Hierarchical
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
XML
Flat
Not supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
XML
Hierarchical
Not supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
For more information about processing hierarchical data, see the Informatica Big Data Management User Guide.