Binary

The e6 Ingestion Engine scalar functions are based on Apache DataFusion and these docs are derived from the DataFusion function reference.

Function	Description	Example	Result
encode(data, fmt)	Encode to text	encode('hello', 'base64')	'aGVsbG8='
decode(str, fmt)	Decode from text	decode('aGVsbG8=', 'base64')	'hello'
encode(data, 'hex')	Encode to hex	encode('hello', 'hex')	'68656c6c6f'

encode

Encode binary data into a textual representation.

encode(expression, format)

Arguments

• expression: Expression containing string or binary data
• format: Supported formats are: base64, hex

Related functions: decode

decode

Decode binary data from textual representation in string.

decode(expression, format)

Arguments

• expression: Expression containing encoded string data
• format: Same arguments as encode

Related functions: encode