7.5

The Generic splitter, while seemingly more feature-rich, is slower than the other splitters by an order of magnitude.
Whenever encountering the Generic splitter, it is always recommended to replace it with a more appropriate splitter
instead.
Input
Any data file.
Processing
The file is separated into multiple chunks according to the rules set in the task's properties.
Output
Multiple data files, sent one after the other to the rest of the tasks in the process. Metadata, job infos and user variables are
not modified by this task.
Generic Splitter action task properties are as follows:
General Tab
l Split data file on: Use this box to choose the item on which top split the file. The options available depend on
whether or not the Use emulation box is checked (see below).
l Use emulation: Check to emulate the data before splitting the file. This lets you split the file on a word, a word
change, a page number, a database field value or a database field change. When this option is not checked, you can
only split the file on a form feed, a specific number of lines, or a chain of characters. See below for detailed information
on any of these splitting methods.
l A word :If you choose “A word” in the Split data file on list box (the Use emulation option must be selected), the fol-
lowing boxes are displayed.
l Word: Enter the string of characters to search for as the splitting criteria. In this variable property box, you may enter
static characters, variables, job information elements or any combination of these.
l Get: Click to get a static string of characters from the sample data file. If you use this button, the coordinates of the
data you will select will be added to the Word is between lines and Word is between columns groups below.
l Word is between lines group
l From and To: Enter a vertical search region defined as starting from a given line and ending at a given line. If
you enter 1 in the From box and 1 in the To box, the Generic Splitter will search for the string of characters
entered above only in the first line of every page. If you enter 1 in the From box and 10 in the To box, the
Generic Splitter will search in the ten first lines of every page. Note that the actual search region is a com-
bination of the vertical and horizontal search regions.
l Word is between columns group
l From and To: Enter a horizontal search region defined as starting from a given column and ending at a given
column. If you enter 1 in the From box and 5 in the To box, the Generic Splitter will search for the string of char-
acters only in the first five column (five first characters of every line selected above).
l Consider case: Select to force the Generic Splitter to match the character casing of the string of characters
entered above with the characters found in the file. If this option is selected, “DAY” and “Day” will not be con-
sidered as matching the search string “day”.
l Where to split group
l Pages: Enter exactly where to split the file. Enter 1 to split the file 1 page before or after the string, 2 to split the
file 2 pages before or after the string, or 0 to split the file immediately before or after the string.
l Before or after: In the previous box, you entered exactly where you wanted to split the file, here is where
you specify whether you want the split before or after.