Local File Connection

Connection files stored in the local file system.

Examples

complex_localfileconnection_example.yaml

connection:
  local_file:
    root: /specific/root/directory

localfileconnection_config.yaml

connection:
  local_file:
    root: /path/to/local/directory

localfileconnection_setup.yaml

connection:
  local_file:
    root: /path/to/your/root/directory

LocalFileConnection

info

LocalFileConnection is defined beneath the following ancestor nodes in the YAML structure:

• Connection

Below are the properties for the LocalFileConnection. Each property links to the specific details section further down in this page.

Property	Default	Type	Required	Description
name		string	No	The name of the model
description		string	No	A brief description of what the model does.
metadata		ResourceMetadata	No	Meta information of a resource. In most cases it doesn't affect the system behavior but may be helpful to analyze project resources.
local_file		LocalFileConnectionOptions	Yes	The local file connection options.

Property Details

Connection

A connection to a data source/sink.

Property	Default	Type	Required	Description
connection		One of:   S3Connection   GcsConnection   AbfsConnection   LocalFileConnection   SnowflakeConnection   BigQueryConnection   MSSQLConnection   MySQLConnection   OracleConnection   PostgresConnection   HttpConnection   DuckDBConnection   CustomPythonConnection   SynapseConnection	Yes	The connection to the data system.

LocalFileConnectionOptions

Local file connection options.

Property	Default	Type	Required	Description
root		string	Yes	The root directory for the local file connection.

ResourceMetadata

Meta information of a resource. In most cases it doesn't affect the system behavior but may be helpful to analyze project resources.

Property	Default	Type	Required	Description
source		ResourceLocation	No	The origin or source information for the resource.
source_event_uuid		string	No	UUID of the event that is associated with creation of this resource.

ResourceLocation

The origin or source information for the resource.

Property	Default	Type	Required	Description
path		string	Yes	Path within repository files where the resource is defined.
first_line_number		integer	No	First line number within path file where the resource is defined.