This seems a simple question. Sorry if this has been answered elsewhere.

I want to load lines of text from a flat file. The data is delimited, but is not clean. So, I want to load each line as a record, and then use some reformats to clean it up and parse it into fields.

Can I do this with the Universal_data_reader component? It looks like I must set up my metadata with the correct combination of field and record delimiters, maybe?

I keep on getting the error 
" Component [UniversalDataReader:UNIVERSAL_DATA_READER] finished with status ERROR. (Out0: 0 recs)
Parsing error: Field delimiter was not found in record 1, field 1 ("TextLine"), metadata "rawText"; value: 'SimpleDataParser does not provide raw record.'

or 

Component [UniversalDataReader:UNIVERSAL_DATA_READER] finished with status ERROR. (Out0: 0 recs)
Parsing error: Unexpected default field delimiter, probably record has too many fields. in record 1, field 1 ("TextLine"), metadata "rawText"; value: '<Raw record data is not available, please turn on verbose mode.>'