PDI can take data from several types of files, with almost no limitations. There are several steps which allow you to take a file as the input data. All those steps are in the Input step category; Text file input, Fixed file input, and Microsoft Excel Input are some of them. Despite the obvious differences that exist between these types of files, the ways to configure the correspondent steps have much in common. The next subsections explain how to proceed.
Learning to read all kind of files
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