Creating a generic schema from the existing metadata

Any schema can be easily converted into a generic schema to enable it to be re-used. The following recipe shows two methods of creating generic schemas; the first from a pre-existing schema in the metadata repository and the second from a built-in schema.

How to do it…

From repository schema

1. Open repository schema fd_cook_0020_customerDelimited that can be found in the delimited schemas section under Chapter2, ensuring that you click the metadata, rather than the parent schema.
   
2. Right-click metadata, and then select copy to Generic schema. This creates a schema fd_cook_0020_customerDelimited.
3. Move the new schema to the chapter 2 folder and double click it to edit it.
4. Change the name to sc_cook_0020_genericCustomer1.

From a built-in schema

1. Open the Talend Job jo_cook_ch02_0020_builtInSchema and open the tFileOutput Delimited component.
2. Click the highlighted button, shown in the following screenshot:
   
3. This will open a windows file save dialogue...