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The file input adapter reads the tail of a given file and feeds that to the product engine. It only supports text input mapping type.

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1. Log in to the product's management console, and click Configure.
2. Click Input Event Adaptors in the Event Processor Configs menu, and then click Add Input Event Adaptor.   
3. Enter details as shown in the below example. 
   

4.  Click Add Event Adaptor.

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The configured input event adapters are used in event builders. With input event adapter message properties, event builders are able to extract data from the incoming events to build the event streams. Following are the specific message properties of input file event adapter.

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The message properties of the input file . Message properties specific to input event adapters of the file type can be configured as follows.

1. Log into the BAM Management Console. For detailed instructions, see Running the Product.
2. In the Main tab, click Event Streams to open the Available Event Streams page.
3. Click the Inflows link of the event stream to which the relevant input event adapter is connected. As a result, Event In-Flows (<Input_Event_Adapter_Name>) opens.

4. Click on the relevant event builder name to open the Event Builder Details page.
   Image AddedThe message properties of a file input event adapter are described below. Change the property values as required. 

   Property	Description
   File path	Path of the file to be used as the source to generate events
   Input Mapping Type	The incoming event type to be mapped. The input file event adapter only supports text input mapping type.