Reader Cookbook - Introduction

These cookbook articles provide step-by-step descriptions for several different reader types.

These take you through different scenarios for writing to different data formats.

Please note there are other reader examples, which can be found either in the training Homework or the training manuals themselves.

CSV Reader

• Hierarchical Data Files
  • The article describes how to setup a CSV Reader to read hierarchical data.

JSON Reader

• Reading Data from Shopify - JSON Reader
  • This article shows you how to read a JSON document and is part of the broader Webservices cookbook.

• Using the Stepped Reader
  • This article shows you how to configure a stepped JSON Reader and again is part of the broader Webservices cookbook.

Xml Reader

• XML Datasources
  • Shows to how to condfigure IMan to read an Xml document.
• Referencing the Value of a Repeating Node
  • Shows to how to read data from within an Xml document using an XPath query. I.e. To Query the node where the desired value is nested in a repeating node but can be distinguished by another nodes value.