The following table includes all the job entries used in the book. For a full list of job entries and their descriptions, select Help | Show job entries plug-in information in Spoon's main menu.
You can also visit http://wiki.pentaho.com/display/EAI/Pentaho+Data+Integration+v3.2.+Job+Entries for more information.
There you'll find a full job entries reference and some examples as well.
Icon |
Name |
Purpose |
Time for action |
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Aborts the job |
Updating a file with news about examinations by setting a variable with the name of the file (Chapter 11) | ||
Creates a folder |
Creating a simple Hello world job (Chapter 10) | ||
Deletes a file |
Generating custom files by executing a transformation for every input row (Chapter 11) | ||
Evaluates the content of a table |
Loading the dimensions for the sales datamart (Chapter 12) | ||
Checks if a file exists |
Updating a file with news about examinations by setting a variable with the name of the file (Chapter 11) | ||
Executes a job |
Generating the files with top scores by nesting jobs (Chapter 11); also in Chapter 12 | ||
Sends an e-mail |
Sending a sales report and warning the administrator if something were wrong (Chapter 10) | ||
Start job entry; mandatory at the beginning of a job |
Creating a simple Hello world job (Chapter 10); also in Chapters 11 and 12 | ||
Forces the success of a job execution |
Updating a file with news about examinations by setting a variable with the name of the file (Chapter 11); also in Chapter 12 | ||
Executes a transformation |
Creating a simple Hello world job (Chapter 10); also in Chapters 11 and 12 |