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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

Time for action – inserting new products or updating existent ones


So far, you created the Jigsaw Puzzles database and loaded a list of puzzles manufacturers. It's time to start loading information about the products you will sell— puzzles.

Suppose, in order to show you what they are selling, the suppliers provide you with the lists of products made by the manufacturers themselves. Fortunately, they don't give you the lists in the form of papers, but they give you either plain files or spreadsheets. In this tutorial, you will take the list of products offered by the manufacturer Classic DeLuxe and load it into the puzzles table.

  1. From the Packt website, download the sample lists of products.

  2. Open Spoon and create a new transformation.

  3. Add a Text file input step and configure it to read the productlist_LUX_200908.txt file.

    Pay attention to the each field. It's the price of the product and must be configured as a Number with format $0.00.

  4. Preview the file. You should see the following:

  5. In the Selected...

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