Flat File Data Object Overview Properties

The Data Integration Service uses overview properties when it reads data from or writes data to a flat file. Overview properties include general properties, which apply to the flat file data object. They also include column properties, which apply to the columns in the flat file data object. The Developer tool displays overview properties for flat files in the Overview view.

Property	Description
Name	Name of the flat file data object.
Description	Description of the flat file data object.

Property	Description
Name	Name of the column or the file name column port.
Native type	Native datatype of the column.
Bytes to process (fixed-width flat files)	Number of bytes that the Data Integration Service reads or writes for the column.
Precision	Maximum number of significant digits for numeric datatypes, or maximum number of characters for string datatypes. For numeric datatypes, precision includes scale.
Scale	Maximum number of digits after the decimal point for numeric values.
Format	Column format for numeric and datetime datatypes. For numeric datatypes, the format defines the thousand separator and decimal separator. Default is no thousand separator and a period (.) for the decimal separator. For datetime datatypes, the format defines the display format for year, month, day, and time. It also defines the field width. Default is "A 19 YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS."
Visibility	Determines whether the Data Integration Service can read data from or write data to the column. For example, when the visibility is Read, the Data Integration Service can read data from the column. It cannot write data to the column. For flat file data objects, this property is read-only. The visibility is always Read and Write.
Description	Description of the column.