https://community.qlik.com/t5/Talend-Studio/ETL-to-Greenplum/m-p/2246309#M31870 external tables are not used <BR />what is used differs by component <BR />tGreenplumGPLoad call gpload utility and will generate the YAML control file <BR />tGreenplumOutputBulkExec using psql command line utility to bulk load like postgreSQL <BR />I use external tables and do not manage the load process from Talend. Fri, 07 Mar 2014 17:47:39 GMT Anonymous 2014-03-07T17:47:39Z https://community.qlik.com/t5/Talend-Studio/ETL-to-Greenplum/m-p/2246308#M31869 When loading to Greenplum, does Talend use Greenplum's gpload/gpfdist capabilities to load through external tables?<BR />LJW Fri, 07 Mar 2014 16:57:36 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/Talend-Studio/ETL-to-Greenplum/m-p/2246308#M31869 Anonymous 2014-03-07T16:57:36Z https://community.qlik.com/t5/Talend-Studio/ETL-to-Greenplum/m-p/2246309#M31870 external tables are not used <BR />what is used differs by component <BR />tGreenplumGPLoad call gpload utility and will generate the YAML control file <BR />tGreenplumOutputBulkExec using psql command line utility to bulk load like postgreSQL <BR />I use external tables and do not manage the load process from Talend. Fri, 07 Mar 2014 17:47:39 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/Talend-Studio/ETL-to-Greenplum/m-p/2246309#M31870 Anonymous 2014-03-07T17:47:39Z