Generating different kinds of files

After loading and transforming your data in many ways, you will want to send the results to a destination. In particular, you may need to save the data in a plain file. Doing so is a simple task. To illustrate how to do it, we will reuse a transformation that was developed in the Filtering Rows section of  Chapter 4, Transforming Dataand will send the data to a text file:

  1. From the code developed in the last chapter, open the transformation that filtered places with more than three bedrooms or that accommodated more than four people. Save the transformation with a different name.
  2. From the Output folder, drag and drop a Text file output step.
  3. Create a hop from the Filter rows step (or the Java Filter

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