Funnel stage: Properties section

Use the Properties section on the Stage tab to specify how the Funnel stage operates.

The Properties section allows you to specify properties which determine what the stage actually does.

The following table gives a quick reference list of the properties and their attributes. A more detailed description of each property follows.

Table 1. Properties
Category/Property	Values	Default	Mandatory?	Repeats?	Dependent of
Options/Funnel Type	Continuous Funnel/ Sequence/ Sort funnel	Continuous Funnel	Y	N	N/A
Sorting Keys/Key	Input Column	N/A	Y (if Funnel Type = Sort Funnel)	Y	N/A
Sorting Keys/Sort Order	Ascending/ Descending	Ascending	Y (if Funnel Type = Sort Funnel)	N	Key
Sorting Keys/Nulls position	First/Last	First	Y (if Funnel Type = Sort Funnel)	N	Key
Sorting Keys/Case Sensitive	True/False	True	N	N	Key
Sorting Keys/Sort as EBCDIC	True/False	False	N	N	Key