In this article

1 Overview
- 1.1 Snap Type
- 1.2 Prerequisites
- 1.3 Support for Ultra Pipelines
- 1.4 Limitations and Known Issues
2 Snap Views
3 Snap Settings
4 Schema
5 Examples
- 5.1 Transform document data into Parquet format and vice-versa
- 5.2 Downloads
6 Snap Pack History

Overview

You can use this Snap to read both the input document data and write the data in the binary (Parquet) format to the output.

Snap Type

The Parquet Formatter Snap is a Format-type Snap.

Prerequisites

None.

Support for Ultra Pipelines

Does not work in Ultra Pipelines.

Limitations and Known Issues

None.

Snap Views

Type	Format	Number of Views	Examples of Upstream and Downstream Snaps	Description

Type

Format

Number of Views

Examples of Upstream and Downstream Snaps

Description

Input

Document

Min: 1
Max: 2

Mapper
Copy

Requires document data as input.

You can override the schema setting by inserting an object like this into the second input view.

Output

Binary

Min: 1
Max: 1

Parquet Writer
Parquet Parser

Writes the document data in the binary (Pprquet) format to the output.

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 when 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.

Snap Settings

Asterisk ( * ): Indicates a mandatory field.
Suggestion icon (): Indicates a list that is dynamically populated based on the configuration.
Expression icon ( ): Indicates the value is an expression (if enabled) or a static value (if disabled). Learn more about Using Expressions in SnapLogic.
Add icon ( ): Indicates that you can add fields in the field set.
Remove icon ( ): Indicates that you can remove fields from the field set.
Upload icon ( ): Indicates that you can upload files.

Field Name	Field Type	Description

Field Name

Field Type

Description

Label*

Default Value: Parquet Formatter
Example: Transform Parquet Formatter

String

Specify the name for the Snap. You can modify this to be more specific, especially if you have more than one of the same Snap in your pipeline.

Edit Schema

Button

Specify a valid Parquet schema that describes the data.

The following is an example of a schema using all the primitive and some examples of logical types:

message document {
  # Primitive Types
  optional int64 32_num;
  optional int64 64_num;
  optional boolean truth;
  optional binary message;
  optional float pi;
  optional double e;
  optional int96 96_num;
  optional fixed_len_byte_array (1) one_byte;
  # Logical Types
  optional binary snowman (UTF8);
  optional int32 8_num (INT_8);
  optional int32 16_num (INT_16);
  optional int32 u8_num (UINT_8);
  optional int32 u16_num (UINT_16);
  optional int32 u32_num (UINT_32);
  optional int64 u64_num (UINT_64);
  optional int32 dec_num (DECIMAL(5,2));
  optional int32 jan7 (DATE);
  optional int32 noon (TIME_MILLIS);
  optional int64 jan7_epoch (TIMESTAMP_MILLIS);
  optional binary embedded (JSON);
}

"Generate template" does not support nested structures like MAP and LIST type.

Compression

Default Value: NONE

Example: SNAPPY

Dropdown list

Choose the type of compression to use when writing the file. The available options are:

NONE
SNAPPY
GZIP

Decimal rounding mode

Default Value: Half up

Example: Up

Dropdown list

Choose the required rounding method for decimal values when they exceed the required number of decimal places. The following are the available options:

Half up
Half down
Half even
Up
Down
Ceiling
Floor
Truncate

Snap execution

Default Value: Validate & Execute
Example: Execute only

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.

Schema

{
   "schema": "message document 
   {\n  optional binary AUTOSYNC_PRIMARYKEY (STRING);
   \n  optional binary AUTOSYNC_VALUEHASH (STRING);
   \n  optional binary AUTOSYNC_CURRENTRECORDFLAG (STRING);
   \n  optional int64 AUTOSYNC_EFFECTIVEBEGINTIME (TIMESTAMP(MILLIS,true));
   \n  optional int64 AUTOSYNC_EFFECTIVEENDTIME (TIMESTAMP(MILLIS,true));
   \n  optional double ID1;\n  optional binary ID2 (STRING);
   \n  optional binary ID3 (STRING);
   \n  optional binary ID4 (STRING);\n  optional binary ID5 (STRING);
   \n  optional binary ID6 (STRING);\n  optional binary ID7 (STRING);
   \n  optional binary ID8;\n  optional double ID9;
   \n  optional double ID10;
   \n  optional double ID11;\n  optional double ID12;
   \n  optional double ID13;\n  optional double ID14;
   \n  optional int32 ID15 (DATE);\n  optional int64 ID16 (TIMESTAMP(MILLIS,true));
   \n  optional int64 ID17 (TIMESTAMP(MILLIS,true));
   \n  optional int64 ID18 (TIMESTAMP(MILLIS,true));
   \n  optional double ID100;
   \n}
   \n"
}

Examples

Transform document data into Parquet format and vice-versa

This example demonstrates how to convert the input document data to parquet and parquet data back to document output.

Download this pipeline.

Step 1: Configure the JSON Generator Snap with input data.

Step 2: Configure the Parquet Formatter Snap with the schema for the input document data.

Step 3: Configure the Parquet Parser Snap. On validation, the Snap reverts the Parquet data to document data.

Parquet Parser Configuration	Parquet Parser Output

Parquet Parser Configuration	Parquet Parser Output

Downloads

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SnapLogic Documentation

Parquet Formatter

Overview

Snap Type

Prerequisites

Support for Ultra Pipelines

Limitations and Known Issues

Snap Views

Snap Settings

Schema

Examples

Transform document data into Parquet format and vice-versa

Downloads

Snap Pack History

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