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1. To install the plugin, launch Sppon and go to the menu Help -> Marketplace
2. Search for z/os and you should see the LegStar z/OS File reader Plugin
3. Click the Install this Plugin button
4. You need to add tools.jar to your PDI classpath, a simple way to do this is copy tools.jar from JDK_HOME/lib to data-integration/lib
5. Restart Spoon
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1. Start PDI on your desktop. Choose File -> New -> Transformation from the menu.
2. Add a z/OS File Input step (if you don't see this step check the pre-requisites for how to install through the Marketplace). Your transformation should look like this:
3. Edit the z/OS File Input step. For z/OS filename you will select your Mainframe file. If using the sample data, this is under mf-files/ZOS.FCUSTDAT.bin. This file contains messages of a variable length, so check that box as well. This uses the IBM01140 character set. You will need to know what codepage your EBCDIC file uses: {+}http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBCDIC+
4. Configure the COBOL copybook. Go to the COBOL tab to place your copybook. The copybook is used to "translate" the Mainframe file into fields. If you are using the sample files, you can select Import COBOL and browse to copybooks/CUSTDATCC. Note that in the file browser you must change the drop-down to All files so this will show up in the list. You should now see your copybook has been loaded.
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