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File List - the indirect way
File List is a concept that provides you with an easier way to merge the data and load it into
the target. As the name suggests, it is specifically related to flat files. This is an indirect
way of passing the source file. We saw earlier that we can define the source path and the
source file name under the mapping tab in the session task. There is another property in the
session task called the Source File type, where you can select the Direct or Indirect op-
tion, as shown in the following screenshot:
When we select Source filetype as Direct , Informatica directly goes to the defined Source
file directory path and extracts the data from the filename defined in the Source filename
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