Data Operation - Template

Template

template is an intermediate step that creates a data resource from a template.

The template:

accepts one or several record of a content data resource as source
and creates a data resource as output.

Arguments

The template operations accept the following arguments.

template-selectors - a list of data selectors that selects templates data resources.
template-inline - a inline template with the following properties:
- logical-name: the logicalName (used to match the template to a source data resource)
- type: the mediaType type of the template
- content: the template text
template-email: define if an html template is an email template. It defaults to false, if true, the css rules will be in-lined for html template. If you use bootstrap, the bootstrap email css stylesheet is used instead.
engine - the templating engine (default to native)
step-granularity: defines the granularity of the execution
- record: the template will be processed for each record (default)
- resource: the template will be processed on all records (only available for a json template)
table-variables: template variables that defines tabular data. A map of:
- name: a variable name
- selectors: a data selector
- parameters: a map of SQL parameters applied to the selected data query resources
  - name: the parameter name
  - value: the parameter value (you can reference value of the input data using the $ sign)
output-logical-name: a pattern that defines the logical name of:
- the resources (for a template output)
- or of the columns (for a extended-records)
output:
- templates: the templates output
- extended-records: the source records with extra columns that stores the templates output

Engine

The engine is the process that is responsible to transform a template in a document.

Tabulify supports the following value as engine:

native (default) - the built-in tabulify engine
thymeleaf - the the thymeleaf engine (natural template)
pebble - the pebble engine (ninja syntax)

Type

type is the media type of the template. The type default to the type of the template.

Template Match

If the operation has:

only one template defined, the template will be applied to all source data resource.
several templates defined, the template will be the template that has the same logicalName than the source data resource

Syntax

This operation is a intermediate pipeline operation

Template Selectors

-   name: "Json"
    op: "template"
    args:
        template-selectors:
            - pattern@connection
            - pattern2@connection2

Inline Json Template

-   name: "Json"
    op: "template"
    args:
        template-inline:
            type: json
            content: |
                {
                    "${group}": {
                        "${item_code}": {
                            "price": "${price}",
                            "description": "${description}"
                        }
                }