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Pentaho Data Integration 4 Cookbook

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Pentaho Data Integration 4 Cookbook

Overview of this book

Pentaho Data Integration (PDI, also called Kettle), one of the data integration tools leaders, is broadly used for all kind of data manipulation such as migrating data between applications or databases, exporting data from databases to flat files, data cleansing, and much more. Do you need quick solutions to the problems you face while using Kettle? Pentaho Data Integration 4 Cookbook explains Kettle features in detail through clear and practical recipes that you can quickly apply to your solutions. The recipes cover a broad range of topics including processing files, working with databases, understanding XML structures, integrating with Pentaho BI Suite, and more. Pentaho Data Integration 4 Cookbook shows you how to take advantage of all the aspects of Kettle through a set of practical recipes organized to find quick solutions to your needs. The initial chapters explain the details about working with databases, files, and XML structures. Then you will see different ways for searching data, executing and reusing jobs and transformations, and manipulating streams. Further, you will learn all the available options for integrating Kettle with other Pentaho tools. Pentaho Data Integration 4 Cookbook has plenty of recipes with easy step-by-step instructions to accomplish specific tasks. There are examples and code that are ready for adaptation to individual needs.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Pentaho Data Integration 4 Cookbook
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Putting files on a remote server


This recipe is similar to the previous one, Getting files from a remote server, but in this case, you want to copy the text files from a local machine to a remote machine using the FTP network protocol and the Put a file with FTP job entry.

Getting ready

You need write access to an FTP server.

How to do it...

Carry out the following steps:

  1. Create a new job. Drop a Start entry into the canvas.

  2. Add a Put a file with FTP job entry from File trans fer category.

  3. Under the General tab, type the server name (or its IP address) in the FTP server name / IP address textbox.

  4. Type the port number in the Port textbox. Usually, it is the port 21.

  5. In the Username: and Password: textboxes, type the credentials to log into the FTP server.

    Tip

    You can verify if the connection settings are valid by clicking on the Test conne ction button.

  6. Type the source folder in the Local directory textbox inside the source (local) files frame located under the Files tab. In this example: c:\sourceDir...