Getting the results of the execution of the job

The Job Executor doesn't cause the Transformation to abort if the Job that it runs has errors. To verify this, run the sample transformation again. As the folders already exist, you expect that each individual execution fails. However, the Job Executor ends without error. In order to capture the errors in the execution of the Job, you have to get the execution results. This is how you do it:

  1. Drag a step to the work area where you want to redirect the results. It could be any step. For testing purposes, we will use a Text file output step.
  2. Create a hop from the Job Executor toward this new step. You will be prompted for the kind of hop. Choose the This output will contain the execution results ...

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