Despite the ktr and kjb extensions, PDI transformations and jobs are just XML files. As such, you are able to explore them and recognize different XML elements. Look at the following sample code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><transformation> <info> <name>hello_world</name> <description>My First Transformation</description> <extended_description>Learning Pentaho Data Integration 7Chapter 1</extended_description>... </info></transformation>
This is an extract from the hello_world.ktr file created in Chapter 1, Getting Started with Pentaho Data Integration. Here, you can see the root element named transformation and some inner elements, for example, info and name. Other common nodes for transformations ...
