If we have a fixed width Flat file, we can read it via Sequential File stage only, no need to use Import Stage. For reading a Fixed Width Flat file, you should know the format of Fixed width data. How are the data splitting into two or more output columns.
Here, I demonstrate How to read a Fixed Width Flat file from Sequential File Stage
A. Input File :
Below is the Input file which we are going to use in our job. This file contains a column RollNo which is concatenation of 4 fixed width columns which we have to split and read.