[NIFI-4916] Flowfiles created by ConvertExcelToCSVProcessor do not inherit attributes

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.5.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.6.0
• Component/s: Extensions
• Environment: NiFi 1.5.0
• Assignee: Pierre Villard
• Reporter: Fabio Coutinho
• Created: 28/Feb/18 13:30
• Updated: 02/Mar/18 14:34
• Resolved: 02/Mar/18 13:48

Description

When converting a flowfile containing an XLS file to CSV, the newly generated flowfiles do not inherit the attributes from the original one.

Without the original flowfile's attributes, important information retrieved before conversion (for example, file metadata) cannot be used after the file is converted. I have attached 2 image files showing the attributes before and after conversion. Please note that the input file has a lot of metadata retrieved from Amazon S3 that does not exist on the new flowfile.

I believe that like most other NiFi processors, the original attributes should be copied to new flowfiles.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #2500