You might have noticed that most of the output PDI steps have a checkbox named Add filenames to result, which is checked by default. What this checkbox does, as the name implies, is it adds the name of the generated file to the filelist in memory.
Besides this automatic behavior, there are other ways to add files to the list, and also to remove them. The following table summarizes the steps used to add files to the list:
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Transformation step |
Description |
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All of the steps that generate files, for example, Text file output and Microsoft Excel Output |
By default, PDI adds the generated file to the result filelist. In order to avoid that behavior, you have to uncheck the Add filenames to result option. |
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