https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/NiFi-Applying-an-Avro-Schema-in-ConvertCSVToAvro/m-p/148554#M111080 <P>If you are using Maven to build your project there is a plugin that you can use to auto generate your schema.</P><P><A href="https://avro.apache.org/docs/1.8.0/gettingstartedjava.html">https://avro.apache.org/docs/1.8.0/gettingstartedjava.html</A></P><PRE>&lt;plugin&gt; &lt;groupId&gt;org.apache.avro&lt;/groupId&gt; &lt;artifactId&gt;avro-maven-plugin&lt;/artifactId&gt; &lt;version&gt;${avro.version}&lt;/version&gt; &lt;executions&gt; &lt;execution&gt; &lt;phase&gt;generate-sources&lt;/phase&gt; &lt;goals&gt; &lt;goal&gt;idl-protocol&lt;/goal&gt; &lt;goal&gt;schema&lt;/goal&gt; &lt;goal&gt;protocol&lt;/goal&gt; &lt;/goals&gt; &lt;configuration&gt; &lt;sourceDirectory&gt;${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/avro/idl&lt;/sourceDirectory&gt; &lt;outputDirectory&gt;${project.basedir}/src/main/java/&lt;/outputDirectory&gt; &lt;stringType&gt;String&lt;/stringType&gt; &lt;/configuration&gt; &lt;/execution&gt; &lt;/executions&gt; </PRE> Fri, 20 May 2016 22:58:28 GMT dholtzhouser 2016-05-20T22:58:28Z