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Blackhole connector

The Blackhole connector can be used a sink where you can write any type of data into. The Blackhole connector works out of the box, no mandatory field is required to use the connector. The Blackhole connector is useful when you want to experiment and try out SQL Stream Builder or to test your SQL queries using random data.

Template: blackhole
You do not need to provide any type of information when using the Blackhole connector and template.
Type: sink

Using the Blackhole connector

You can access and import the templates of the Blackhole connector from Streaming SQL Console:

  1. Navigate to the Streaming SQL Console.
    1. Navigate to Management Console > Environments, and select the environment where you have created your cluster.
    2. Select the Streaming Analytics cluster from the list of Data Hub clusters.
    3. Select Streaming SQL Console from the list of services.

      The Streaming SQL Console opens in a new window.

  2. Select Console from the main menu.
  3. Click Templates under the SQL window.
  4. Select the Blackhole template.

    The template is imported to the SQL window.

  5. Click Execute.