Input 

Document

Binary

• Min: 0

• Max: 1

• Mapper

• AlloyDB Execute

A table name and record details. By default the input view accepts the rows to insert into the table. A second input view can be added that accepts the table metadata document from a database Select Snap.  The table metadata is used to create the target table in the database.

Output

Document

Binary

• Min: 0

• Max: 1

• Filter

• JSON Formatter

Inserts a record.

Error

Error handling is a generic way to handle errors without losing data or failing the Snap execution. You can handle the errors that the Snap might encounter while running the Pipeline by choosing one of the following options from the When errors occur list under the Views tab:

• Stop Pipeline Execution: Stops the current pipeline execution if the Snap encounters an error.

• Discard Error Data and Continue: Ignores the error, discards that record, and continues with the remaining records.

• Route Error Data to Error View: Routes the error data to an error view without stopping the Snap execution.

Learn more about Error handling in Pipelines.

Label*

Default Value: AlloyDB Insert
Example: AlloyDB Insert

String

Specify a unique name for the Snap.

Schema

Default Value: N/A
Example: SYS

String/Expression

Specify the database schema name. Selecting a schema filters the Table name list to show only those tables within the selected schema.

Table name*

Default Value: N/A
Example: users 

String/Expression

Specify the table that the rows will be inserted into.

Create table if not present

Default Value: Deselected 

Checkbox

Select this checkbox to automatically create the target table if it does not exist.

• If a second input view is configured for the Snap and it contains a document with schema (metadata) of the source table, the Snap creates the new (target) table using the same schema (metadata). However, if the schema comes from a different database, the Snap might fail with an Unable to create table: "<table_name>" error due to data type incompatibility.

• In the absence of a second input view (the schema/metadata document), the Snap creates a table based on the data types of the columns generated from the first row of the input document (first input view).

Preserve case sensitivity

Default Value: Deselected

Checkbox

Select this checkbox to preserve the case sensitivity of the column names while performing the insert operation.

If you do not select this option, then Snap converts the column names in the input document to match the column names in the target database table before inserting the values. The Snap checks for the following three conditions:

• If the column name in the table is in lower case, it modifies the column label to lower case.

• If the column name in the table is in the upper case, it modifies the column label to upper case.

• If the conditions mentioned above are not met, it takes the column label as is.

On the contrary, if you select this checkbox, the Snap does not convert the case of the column names and inserts the names as-is in the target database. Therefore, ensure that the column labels in the input document match the column labels in the target database table. Else, the Snap does not insert the values and displays an error. For example, if the column names (ID, Name) in the input document do not match the column names (Id, name) in the database, then the Snap does not insert the values and displays an error.

Number of retries

Default value: 0
Example: 3

Integer/Expression

Specify the maximum number of attempts to be made to receive a response. The request is terminated if the attempts do not result in a response.

Retry interval (seconds)

Default value: 1
Example: 10

Integer/Expression

Specify the time interval between two successive retry requests. A retry happens only when the previous attempt results in an exception. 

Snap Execution

Default Value: Execute only
Example: Validate & Execute

Dropdown list

Select one of the following three modes in which the Snap executes:

• Validate & Execute: Performs limited execution of the Snap, and generates a data preview during Pipeline validation. Subsequently, performs full execution of the Snap (unlimited records) during Pipeline runtime.

• Execute only: Performs full execution of the Snap during Pipeline execution without generating preview data.

• Disabled: Disables the Snap and all Snaps that are downstream from it.