Getting started with Export

This document explains how you can get started with the ScalarDB Data Loader Export function.

Features

The ScalarDB Data Loader allows you to export data in the following formats:

• JSON
• JSONLines
• CSV

Each export will run a ScalarDB scan operation based on the provided CLI arguments when running data loader.

Usage

The data loader export function can be started with the following minimal configuration:

./scalardb-data-loader export --config scalardb.properties --namespace namespace --table tableName

• --config: the path to the scalardb connection properties file
• --namespace: the namespace of the table that contains the data
• --table: name of the table that contains the data

By default, the data loader will create the output file in the working directory if the --output-file argument is omitted as well.

Command-line flags

Here is a list of flags (options) that can be used with the scalardb data loader.

Flag	Description	Usage
--config	The path to the scalardb.properties file. If omitted the tool looks for a file named scalardb.properties in the current folder	scalardb-data-loader --config scalardb.properties
--namespace	Namespace to export table data from. Required.	scalardb-data-loader --namespace namespace
--table	Name of table to export data from. Required.	scalardb-data-loader --table tableName
--key	Export data of specific Partition key. By default, it exports all data from the specified table.	scalardb-data-loader --key columnName=value
--sort	Specify a column to sort on. The column needs to be a clustering key. The argument can be repeated to provide multiple sortings. This flag is only applicable to --key.	scalardb-data-loader --sort columnName=desc
--projection	Limit the columns that are exported by providing a projection. The argument can be repeated to provide multiple projections.	scalardb-data-loader --projection columnName
--start	Clustering key to mark scan start. This flag is only applicable to --key.	scalardb-data-loader --start columnName=value
--start-exclusive	Is the scan start exclusive or not. If omitted, the default value is false. This flag is only applicable to --key	scalardb-data-loader --start-exclusive
--end	Clustering key to mark scan end. This flag is only applicable to --key.	scalardb-data-loader --end columnName=value
--end-exclusive	Is the scan start exclusive or not. If omitted, the default value is false. This flag is only applicable to --key	scalardb-data-loader --end-exclusive
--limit	Limit the results of the scan. If omitted, the default value is 0 which means their is no limit.	scalardb-data-loader --limit 1000
--output-file	The name and path of the output file. If omitted, the tool will save the file in the current folder with the following name format: export_namespace.tableName_timestamp.json or export_namespace.tableName_timestamp.csv The ouput folder needs to exists. The dataloader does not create the output folder for you.	scalardb-data-loader --output-file ./out/output.json
--format	The output format. By default json is selected.	scalardb-data-loader --format json
--metadata	When set to true the transaction metadata is included in the export. By default this is set to false	scalardb-data-loader --metadata
--delimiter	The delimiter used in CSV files. Default value is ;	scalardb-data-loader --delimiter ;
--no-headers	Exclude header row in CSV file. Default is false	scalardb-data-loader --no-headers
--threads	Thread count for concurrent processing	scalardb-data-loader --threads 500