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Pentaho 3.2 Data Integration: Beginner's Guide

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Product type Book
Published in Apr 2010
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781847199546
Pages 492 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages

Table of Contents (27) Chapters

Pentaho 3.2 Data Integration Beginner's Guide
Credits
Foreword
The Kettle Project
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface
Getting Started with Pentaho Data Integration Getting Started with Transformations Basic Data Manipulation Controlling the Flow of Data Transforming Your Data with JavaScript Code and the JavaScript Step Transforming the Row Set Validating Data and Handling Errors Working with Databases Performing Advanced Operations with Databases Creating Basic Task Flows Creating Advanced Transformations and Jobs Developing and Implementing a Simple Datamart Taking it Further Working with Repositories Pan and Kitchen: Launching Transformations and Jobs from the Command Line Quick Reference: Steps and Job Entries Spoon Shortcuts Introducing PDI 4 Features Pop Quiz Answers Index

Enhancing your processes with the use of variables


For the tutorials in this chapter, you will take as your starting point a Time for action tutorial you did in Chapter 2 that involves updating a file with news about examinations. You are responsible for collecting the results of an annual examination where writing, reading, speaking, and listening skills are evaluated. The professors grade the examinations of their students in the scale 0-100 for each skill, and generate text files with the information. Then they send the files to you for integrating the results in a global list.

In the initial chapters, you were learning the basics of PDI. You were worried about how to do simple stuff such as reading a file or doing simple calculations. In this chapter, you will go beyond that and take care of the details such as making a decision if the filename expected as a command line is not provided or if it doesn't exist.

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