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    LotusReader

    Short Description
    Ports
    Metadata
    LotusReader Attributes
    Details
    See also

    Short Description

    LotusReader reads data from a Lotus Domino server. Data is read from Views, where each view entry is read as a single data record.

    Component Data source Input ports Output ports Each to all outputs Different to different outputs Transformation Transf. req. Java CTL Auto-propagated metadata
    LotusReaderLotus Domino01
    no
    no
    no
    no
    no
    no
    no

    Ports

    Port typeNumberRequiredDescriptionMetadata
    Output0
    yes
    for read data records 

    Metadata

    LotusReader does not propagate metadata.

    LotusReader has no metadata template.

    LotusReader Attributes

    AttributeReqDescriptionPossible values
    Basic
    Domino connection
    yes
    ID of the connection to the Lotus Domino database. 
    View
    yes
    The name of the View in Lotus database from which the data records will be read. 
    Advanced
    Multi-value read mode
    no
    Reading strategy that will be used for reading Lotus multi-value fields. Either only the first field of the multi-value will be read or all values will be read and then separated by a user-specified separator.Read all values (default) | Read first value only
    Multi-value separator
    no
    A string that will be used to separate values from multi-value Lotus fields.";" (default) | "," | ":" | "|" | "\t" | other character or string

    Details

    LotusReader is a component which can read data records from Lotus databases. The reading is done by connecting to a database stored on a Lotus Domino server.

    The data is read from what is in Lotus called a View. Views provide tabular structure to the data in Lotus databases. Each row of a view is read by the LotusReader component as a single data record.

    The user of this component needs to provide the Java library for connecting to Lotus. The library can be found in the installations of Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino. The LotusReader component is not able to communicate with Lotus unless the path to this library is provided or the library is placed on the user's classpath. The path to the library can be specified in the details of Lotus connection (see Lotus Connections).

    Notes and Limitations

    LotusReader cannot read binary OLE objects from Lotus.