Replacing FIXLEN_DATA_WRITER

CloverDX Platform
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Heya,

We have a set of graphs that use the old FIXLEN_DATA_WRITER, which I understand is decprecated. We managed to replace our DELIMITED_DATA_WRITER nodes with DATA_WRITER, but I am unsure if we can do the same for FIXLEN_DATA_WRITER becuase I cannot see a way to set leftAlign to false (which is our default). For example, our graph has


<Node id="OUTPUT_0" type="FIXLEN_DATA_WRITER" fileURL="/home/user/out.txt" fieldFiller=" " leftAlign="false" />

Can you tell me if/where I can set that attribute? It doesn’t seem to be shifted to the metadata, but it is not an attribute of the UniversalDataWriter from what I can see. I can see the attribute buried in the java code in the formatter classes…

Thanks,
Anna

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Heya,

I am checking in to see if there’s any reponse to my query? Any pointers to resources where I can find an answer?

Thanks,
Anna

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Hi Anna,

This is unfortunately not possible at the moment. In some cases, you can use Reformat with CTL function lpad.
http://doc.cloveretl.com/documentation/ … #ctl2-lpad

To be able to do this in any situation, I have raised the following issue in our bug tracker:
https://bug.javlin.eu/browse/CLO-5195

I hope this helps.