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Last Updated: 2025-11-28
Reference: Data Change Task Source Settings

Reference: Data Change Task Source Settings

Workday displays the
Source Settings
option in the
Source
step of
Create Data Change Task
when you select
Azure Blob
and
Google Cloud Storage
as the source type.
The Source Settings help you define how to parse an uploaded file. You can click
Add Setting
in
Source Settings
to override the source settings. Workday will persist the overridden values when running the data change task.
When you click
Add Setting
, Workday will display 1 source setting for you to override the existing value. These are the different source settings available for you to override the values:
Setting
Description
First Row as Headers
Select
True
to use the first row of your file as column names. If you select
False
, columns will be numbered. Example:
Column 1
,
Column 2
etc.
Field Delimiter
The character or hexadecimal value used to separate fields within a row.
Row Delimiter
The character or hexadecimal value used to separate rows. Leave this field empty to automatically detect any newline character.
Skip Rows from Top
The number of rows to ignore at the very beginning of the file.
Skip Header Comments
Select
True
to ignore lines starting with # at the top of the file.
Quote Escape Character
The character used to escape a quote character within a field value.
Quote Character
The character used to enclose field values, especially those containing delimiters.
Trim Field Whitespace
Controls how whitespace is handled for field values.
Trim Whitespace from Quoted Values
If the
Trim Field Whitespace
field has an option to trim any whitespace, select
True
to trim whitespace from values enclosed in quotes.
Ignore Incomplete Rows
Select an option to either include or ignore the rows that don’t have the expected number of fields.