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May 25, 2006: How to Configure Kettle's Spoon For a Pentaho Solution, from James Dixon, Pentaho Chief Geek |
This technical tip shows how to configure Kettle so that input files such as XML, CSV and Excel files can be loaded from a Pentaho solution folder.
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As always, you will want to gather the necessary resources before you start the hands on part of this article. This article's tip will NOT work with PCI (the Pentaho demo) versions PRIOR to release milestone 1.1.6.
- Pentaho Pre-Configured Install, version 1.1.6 build 279 or later
- Pentaho Getting Started Guide, version 1.1.6 build 279 or later
- Kettle, version 2.2.2 or later
- Our sample XML file, the CD collection (cdcollection.xml) - you can download that file here. Use your browser's right-click | Save As... option to right-click on the link and save the this file to your hard drive in a spot you will remember.
In order to keep this tip short and to the point, I'll assume you have a working knowledge of Kettle. It is an intuitive application to use, so if you are not familiar with it, you can get up to speed rather quickly.
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