Use a flat file as a source to read incoming real-time data. Configure a flat file connection to read data from flat files that are stored in the same directory.
A
streaming ingestion
task reads each row in a flat file source and ingests the data to a configured target. When a flat file is continuously updated in real time, the
streaming ingestion
task reads only the newly added content instead of reading the complete file again.
Streaming ingestion
can read data from the delimited flat files. The delimiter character must be a carriage return (