Exploded Format in CSV Entities Export

The exploded parameter describes how the entities with multiple values are displayed in the CSV.

The default value of the parameter is false. This indicates each entity will be in one row. Attributes with multiple values will be organized in multiple columns.

Note: A limit of 100K rows is possible to explode per entity.

If the parameter is specified and is set to true, then all attribute values for the same attribute must be within one column. Multiple rows will be used for an entity. This means that if the parameter is set to true, then each entity is represented as a set of CSV lines, where the set is a cartesian product of the entity's attributes.

Note: Using this file format option during export may result in low performance and lead to large export files. There is more risk if many entities in the job have multiple values for their attributes. Reltio recommends using the CSV Flattened or JSON file format options under most circumstances.

Examples

Consider the following three entities:

FhUppwQ
FhUpuCg
FhUpySw

The FhUppwQ has two values for FirstName and MiddleName attributes.

Entities JSON

[
    {
        "uri": "entities/FhUppwQ",
        "type": "configuration/entityTypes/HCP",
        "attributes": {
            "FirstName": [
                {
                    "value": "Billy"
                },
                {
                    "value": "William"
                }
            ],
            "LastName": [
                {
                    "value": "Thornton"
                }
            ],
            "MiddleName": [
                {
                    "value": "Bobby"
                },
                {
                    "value": "Bob"
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    {
        "uri": "entities/FhUpuCg",
        "type": "configuration/entityTypes/HCP",
        "attributes": {
            "FirstName": [
                {
                    "value": "John"
                }
            ],
            "LastName": [
                {
                    "value": "Butler"
                }
            ],
            "MiddleName": [
                {
                    "value": "Justin"
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    {
        "uri": "entities/FhUpySw",
        "type": "configuration/entityTypes/HCP",
        "attributes": {
            "FirstName": [
                {
                    "value": "Peter"
                }
            ],
            "LastName": [
                {
                    "value": "Pan"
                }
            ],
            "MiddleName": [
                {
                    "value": "Paul"
                }
            ]
        }
    }
]

exploded=false(default)

In the exported CSV file the fields are listed in Table 1: CSV files generated when exploded is set to False

Table 1. CSV files Generated when `exploded` is set to `False`
ID	Type	Attributes.FirstNam	Attributes.FirstName2	Attributes.LastName	Attributes.MiddleName	Attributes.MiddleName2
`FhUppwQ`	`HCP`	William	Billy	Thornton	Bob	Bobby
FhUpuCg	HCP	John		Butler	Justin
FhUpySw	HCP	Peter		Pan	Paul

exploded=true

In the exported CSV file the following fields are listed in Table 2: CSV file generated when exploded is set to True.

Table 2. CSV file generated when `exploded` is set to `True`
ID	Type	Attributes.FirstName	Attributes.LastName	Attributes.MiddleName
`FhUppwQ`	HCP	William	Thornton	Bob
`FhUppwQ`	HCP	Billy	Thornton	Bob
`FhUppwQ`	HCP	William	Thornton	Bobby
`FhUppwQ`	HCP	Billy	Thornton	Bobby
`FhUpuCg`	HCP	John	Butler	Justin
`FhUpySw`	HCP	Peter	Pan	Paul

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Exploded Format in CSV Entities Export

Examples

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