Learning Pentaho Data Integration 8 CE - Third Edition

Creating a Simple Job

In this tutorial, we will create a very simple Job that will create a folder. This will be enough for getting an idea of what jobs are about:

1. Open Spoon.
2. Navigate to File | New | Job or press Ctrl + Alt + N. A new Job will be created.
3. Press Ctrl + J. The Job properties window will appear. Give the Job a name and a description.
4. Press Ctrl + S to save the Job.
5. To the left of the screen, there is a tree with Job entries. Expand the General category of Job entries, select the START entry, and drag it to the work area, as shown next:

 Drag and drop a Job entry

Don't forget to start your sequence of Job entries with START ...