Parsing CSV/TSV Files

TIBCO Clarity can parse the source data from a CSV or TSV file according to the configured parsing rules.

1. Click Character encoding to specify the encoding method applied to your source file.
   By default, UTF-8 is selected.
2. Define how your columns are separated:
   • Click Commas (CSV) to separate the columns with commas.
   • Click Tabs (TSV) to separate the columns with tabs.
   • Click Spaces to separate the columns with spaces.
   • Click Custom character and enter the character used to separate columns.
     Note: Escape special characters with a backslash (\).
3. Define which data is parsed and how it is parsed with the following options:

   Option	Description
   Ignore first line(s) at beginning of file	Select this check box and enter the number of lines to be ignored at the beginning of the file when parsing the source data. You can use this operation to omit the column header.
   Parse next line(s) as column headers	Select this check box to parse the specified line as the column header. By default, this check box is selected, the value is 1, which means the first row in your raw data is parsed as the column header.
   Discard first row(s) of data	Select this check box and enter the number of rows to be discarded. This operation does not discard the column header you have specified.
   Skip last rows from end of data	Select this check box and enter the number of rows to be omitted from the end of data.
   Store file source (file names, URLs) in each row	Select this check box to create a new column that stores the name or URL of the source file.
   Use quotation marks to enclose cells that have column separators	Select this check box to use quotation marks to enclose cells that have column separators.
   Store blank cells as nulls	Select this check box to store blank cells as nulls. This check box is selected by default.
   Store blank rows	Select this check box to store blank rows. This check box is selected by default.
   Escape character	Specify the escape character. The default value is a backslash (\).
   Custom quote character	Select this check box and enter an customized quote character. The default value is a single quotation mark (').
   Ignore leading white space	Select this check box to ignore the leading white space. This check box is selected by default.
   Process quotes	Select this check box to process the uploaded data enclosed in the quote characters as cell data. This check box is selected by default.
   Strict quotes	Select this check box to identify only the uploaded data enclosed in the quote characters as valid data.

4. Click Next. Preview the source file information.
5. Optional: On the "Get data from" page, select a way to upload another source file.
   See Uploading Data for more details.
6. Click Done adding.

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