diff --git a/src/main/java/com/increff/commons/sheet/AbstractDataFile.java b/src/main/java/com/increff/commons/sheet/AbstractDataFile.java
index 05987ad..aea2efc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/increff/commons/sheet/AbstractDataFile.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/increff/commons/sheet/AbstractDataFile.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 import java.io.*;
 import java.util.*;
+import java.util.function.Function;
 
 public abstract class AbstractDataFile<T> implements IDataFile<T> {
 
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDataFile<T> implements IDataFile<T> {
     private ArrayList<T> data;
 
     /**
-     * @params This function takes a string 's' as a delimeter.
+     * @param s  This function takes a string 's' as a delimeter.
      *          By default it is '\t'
      *          To use any different delimeter, please override this function
      */
@@ -155,6 +156,14 @@ public void setProgressMonitor(IProgressMonitor progress) {
     protected abstract void write(DataRow rec, T t);
 
     protected abstract String[] getHeaders();
+    @Override
+    public  String[] getPartitioningColumns(){
+        return new String[0];
+    }
+    @Override
+    public <K> Function<T, K> getPartitioningFunction(){
+        return null;
+    }
 
     protected static void validateHeaders(Set<String> headers, Set<String> expectedHeaders) throws SheetException {
         Set<String> missingHeaders = new HashSet<>(expectedHeaders);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/increff/commons/sheet/AbstractParquetFile.java b/src/main/java/com/increff/commons/sheet/AbstractParquetFile.java
index fff240f..b8d64e9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/increff/commons/sheet/AbstractParquetFile.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/increff/commons/sheet/AbstractParquetFile.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.time.LocalDate;
 import java.util.*;
+import java.util.function.Function;
 
 import org.apache.avro.Schema;
 import org.apache.avro.generic.GenericData;
@@ -175,7 +176,14 @@ public void setProgressMonitor(IProgressMonitor progress) {
     protected abstract T read(GenericRecord rec) throws Exception;
     protected abstract void write(GenericRecord rec, T t);
     protected abstract Type[] getSchema();
-
+    @Override
+    public String[] getPartitioningColumns(){
+        return new String[0];
+    }
+    @Override
+    public <K> Function<T, K> getPartitioningFunction(){
+        return null;
+    };
     protected static void validateHeaders(Schema incomingSchema, Schema expectedSchema) throws SheetException {
 
         Map<String, Schema> fieldInfo1 = extractFieldInfo(incomingSchema);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/increff/commons/sheet/IDataFile.java b/src/main/java/com/increff/commons/sheet/IDataFile.java
index e3c1b8c..9d208f7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/increff/commons/sheet/IDataFile.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/increff/commons/sheet/IDataFile.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.function.Function;
 
 public interface IDataFile<T> {
     public String getFileExtension();
@@ -29,6 +30,10 @@ public interface IDataFile<T> {
 
     public void read(InputStream is) throws Exception;
 
+    public String[] getPartitioningColumns();
+
+    public <K> Function<T, K> getPartitioningFunction();
+
     public void setProgressMonitor(IProgressMonitor progress);
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/increff/commons/sheet/TsvFile.java b/src/main/java/com/increff/commons/sheet/TsvFile.java
index 33af90f..fa5f04f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/increff/commons/sheet/TsvFile.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/increff/commons/sheet/TsvFile.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.function.Function;
 
 /**
  * Implementation of the AbstractDataFile to handle .tsv files
@@ -21,6 +22,16 @@ public class TsvFile extends AbstractDataFile<DataRow> {
 
     private String[] headers = {};
 
+    @Override
+    public String[] getPartitioningColumns() {
+        return new String[0];
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Function<DataRow, String> getPartitioningFunction() {
+        return (DataRow r) -> "";
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected DataRow read(DataRow rec) {
         DataRow dataRow = new DataRow(rec.getColumns());
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/increff/commons/sheet/ChannelStockFile.java b/src/test/java/com/increff/commons/sheet/ChannelStockFile.java
index 6f875a8..1238bee 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/increff/commons/sheet/ChannelStockFile.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/increff/commons/sheet/ChannelStockFile.java
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 
 package com.increff.commons.sheet;
 
+import java.util.function.Function;
+
 public class ChannelStockFile extends AbstractDataFile<ChannelStockRow> {
 
     public ChannelStockFile() {
@@ -39,4 +41,14 @@ protected void write(DataRow r, ChannelStockRow o) {
 
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String[] getPartitioningColumns() {
+        return new String[]{"channel", "day"};
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Function<ChannelStockRow, String> getPartitioningFunction() {
+        return (ChannelStockRow r) -> r.channel + "_" + r.day;
+    }
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/increff/commons/sheet/DemoParquetFile.java b/src/test/java/com/increff/commons/sheet/DemoParquetFile.java
index ea72272..cbc1c57 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/increff/commons/sheet/DemoParquetFile.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/increff/commons/sheet/DemoParquetFile.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import java.time.LocalDate;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.function.Function;
 
 public class DemoParquetFile extends AbstractParquetFile<DemoParquetRow>{
 
@@ -64,4 +65,14 @@ protected void write(GenericRecord r, DemoParquetRow o) {
         r.put("seasons", String.join("#", o.seasons));
         r.put("store_codes", String.join("#", o.store_codes));
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public String[] getPartitioningColumns() {
+        return new String[]{"channel", "day"};
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public <K> Function<DemoParquetRow, K> getPartitioningFunction() {
+        return (DemoParquetRow r) -> (K) (r.channel + "_" + r.day);
+    }
 }