Configuration

This section explains each of the properties in the configuration blade.

General

Property	Description
Collection	This associates this Agent to a specific Collection and defaults to that of the current Data Stream.

Refer to Collections and Stream Hosts to understand more about Collections.

Settings

Property	Description
Json Column	The column or attribute from the input payload that contains the JSON string to deserialize.
Payload Definition (Name, Output Alias, Type)	The input Name, as well as the Output Alias and Type of each property in the JSON string, as they will appear in the output leg. The data types used for the output leg are String, Long, Double, Boolean, DateTime or Integer.
Columns To Keep (Column, Alias)	The column(s) or attribute(s) from the input payload to append to the output payload - along with the attribute name to use.

Before configuring the Transformation, please ensure that its input endpoint is connected to a parent Agent which will be sending data to it.

Endpoints

Name	Description
Input	This endpoint is used to receive data from the parent Agent.
Output	Events received from the parent Agent are made available to this endpoint, but with attributes matching the payload definition and columns to keep.
Error	Errors encountered during the execution of this Agent will be published on this endpoint.