|  | ## Retrieve

#### Synopsis

Reads an object from the data repository.

#### Description

This operator can be used to access the repositories introduced in RapidMiner 5. It should replace all file access, since it provides full meta data processing, which eases the usage of RapidMiner a lot. In contrast to accessing a raw file, it will provide the complete meta data of the data, so that all meta data transformations are possible.

The single parameter "repository_entry" references an entry in the repository which will be returned as the output of this operator. Repository locations are resolved relative to the repository folder containing the current process. Folders in the repository are separated by a forward slash (/), a ".." references the parent folder. A leading forward slash references the root folder of the repository containing the current process. A leading double forward slash is interpreted as an absolute path starting with the name of a repository.

- "MyData" looks up an entry "MyData" in the same folder as the current process.
- "../input/MyData looks up an entry "MyData" located in a folder "input" next to the folder containing the current process.
- "/data/Model" looks up an entry "Model" in a top-level folder "data" in the repository holding the current process
- "//Samples/data/Iris" looks up the Iris data set in the "Samples" repository.

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#### Input

#### Output

- output:

#### Parameters

- repository entry: Repository entry.

#### ExampleProcess