Flow Elements

The following sections drill down to the details of using each element of a flow. Below you can find procedures to connect to specific data sources and gain more granular control over data processing.

• Streams: Connect multiple input streams, convert stream types, and parse datetimes and other data types.
• Stream Definitions: Create streams to process data in different formats.
• Variables: Set variables at different scopes and save flow data to a file.
• Mappers: Process individual data fields.
• Connections: Clear connection pools and find other guides to working with connections.
• Connection Definitions: Connect to external data sources: RDB, HTTP, FTP, SMTP, POP3, IMAP4, Queue, JNDI, and General connections.
• Transactions: Manage transactions.
• Checkpoints and Retries: Use the checkpoint functionality.
• Recovering Flows in Multi-Server Environments: Configure failover for flows in a multiserver environment.

See Also

• Basic Flow > Flow Elements: Introduces the 3 graphical flow elements you connect together to build flows -- components, streams and mappers.
• Designing Flows > Flow Elements: Shows how to solve data integration problems, using specialized flow elements.