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:description: The De-serialize From File transform reads rows of data from a binary Hop file containing rows and metadata.

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== Description

The De-serialize From File transform reads rows of data from a binary Hop file containing rows and metadata.

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== Supported Engines
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!Hop Engine! image:check_mark.svg[Supported, 24]
!Spark! image:question_mark.svg[Maybe Supported, 24]
!Flink! image:question_mark.svg[Maybe Supported, 24]
!Dataflow! image:question_mark.svg[Maybe Supported, 24]
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== Options

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|Option|Description
|Transform Name|Name of the transform; this name has to be unique in a single pipeline.
|Filename|The name of the Hop cube file to be generated.
|Limit|Allows you to limit the number of rows written to
|Size|the cube file.
A value of zero (0) indicates no size limit (optional).
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