Transcoder

Overview

This Snap transcodes a binary stream from a selected character set to another character set. For example, it can be used to convert an "ISO Latin 1" text file into an "UTF-8" text file.

Prerequisites

The input binary data should be a text of a known character set. The Snap cannot automatically detect the character set of the input data.

Snap views

View Description Examples of upstream and downstream Snaps
Input This Snap has exactly one binary input view. JSON Generator
Output This Snap has exactly one binary output view. Group By Fields

Mapper
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. The available options are:

  • Stop Pipeline Execution Stops the current pipeline execution when an error occurs.
  • 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

Legend:
  • Expression icon (): Allows using JavaScript syntax to access SnapLogic Expressions to set field values dynamically (if enabled). If disabled, you can provide a static value. Learn more.
  • SnapGPT (): Generates SnapLogic Expressions based on natural language using SnapGPT. Learn more.
  • Suggestion icon (): Populates a list of values dynamically based on your Snap configuration. You can select only one attribute at a time using the icon. Type into the field if it supports a comma-separated list of values.
  • Upload : Uploads files. Learn more.
Learn more about the icons in the Snap settings dialog.
Field / Field set Type Description
Label String

Required. Specify a unique name for the Snap. Modify this to be more appropriate, especially if more than one of the same Snaps is in the pipeline.

Default value: Transcoder

Example: Transcode Snap
Input character-set String/Expression Required. The character set to convert from. Click the 'Suggest' bubble for available character sets.Please select 'ISO-8859-x' for 'ISO Latin x'. 'ISO-8859-x' is an official name for 'ISO Latin x' character set.

Default value: UTF-8

Example: ISO-8859-1
Output character-set String/Expression Required. The character set to convert to. Click the Suggest bubble for available character sets.

Default value: UTF-8

Example: UTF-8
Snap execution Dropdown list
Choose one of the three modes in which the Snap executes. Available options are:
  • 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.

Default value: Validate & Execute

Example: Execute only