Job Entry Reference
Overview
Index for supported Pentaho Data Integration job entry documentation.
This page contains the index supported Pentaho Data Integration job entry documentation.
A-F
| Name | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Abort job | Utility | Abort the job |
| Add filenames to result | File management | Add filenames to result |
| Amazon EMR Job Executor | Big Data | Execute MapReduce jobs in Amazon EMR |
| Amazon Hive Job Executor | Big Data | Execute Hive jobs in Amazon EMR |
| BulkLoad from Mysql into file | Bulk loading | Load from a mysql table into a file |
| BulkLoad into MSSQL | Bulk loading | Load data from a file into a MSSQL table |
| BulkLoad into Mysql | Bulk loading | Load data from a file into a Mysql table |
| Check Db connections | Conditions | Check if we can connect to one or several databases. |
| Check files locked | Conditions | Check if one or several files are locked by another process |
| Check if a folder is empty | Conditions | Check if a folder is empty |
| Check if connected to repository | Repository | Return true if we are connected to a repository |
| Check if XML file is well formed | XML | Check if one or several XML files is/are well formed |
| Check webservice availability | Conditions | Check if a webservice is available |
| Checks if files exist | Conditions | Checks if files exists |
| Columns exist in a table | Conditions | Check if one or several columns exist in a table on a specified connection |
| Compare folders | File management | compare two folders (or two files) |
| Convert file between Windows and Unix | File management | Convert file content between Windows and Unix. Converting to Unix will replace CRLF (Carriage Return and line Feed) by LF (Line Feed) |
| Copy Files | File management | Copy Files |
| Copy or Move result filenames | File management | Copy or Move result filenames (since version 5.0, this job entry has been renamed to Process result filenames and handles Delete as well) |
| Create a folder | File management | Create a folder |
| Create file | File management | Create (an empty) file |
| Decrypt files with PGP | File encryption | Decrypt files encrypted with PGP (Pretty Good Privacy). This job entry need GnuPG to work properly. |
| Delete file | File management | Delete a file |
| Delete filenames from result | File management | Delete filenames from result |
| Delete files | File management | Delete files |
| Delete folders | File management | Delete specified folders. Attention : if a the folder contains files, PDI will delete them all! |
| Display Msgbox Info | Utility | Display a simple Message box Information |
| DTD Validator | XML | DTD Validator |
| Dummy | General | Use the Dummy job entry to do nothing in a job. |
| Encrypt files with PGP | File encryption | Encrypt files with PGP (Pretty Good Privacy). This job entry need GnuPG to work properly. |
| Evaluate files metrics | Conditions | Evaluate files size or files count |
| Evaluate rows number in a table | Conditions | Evaluate the content of a table. You can also specify a SQL query. |
| Example plugin | General | This is an example test job entry for a plugin |
| Export repository to XML file | Repository | Export repository to XML file |
| File Compare | File management | Compare 2 files |
| File Exists | Conditions | Checks if a file exists |
| FTP Delete | File transfer | Delete files in a remote host |
G-L
| Name | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Get a file with FTP | File transfer | Get files using FTP (File Transfer Protocol) |
| Get a file with FTPS | File transfer | Get a file with FTP secure |
| Get a file with SFTP | File transfer | Get files using Secure FTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol) |
| Get mails (POP3/IMAP) | Get mails (POP3/IMAP) server and save into a local folder | |
| Hadoop Copy Files | Big Data | |
| Hadoop job executor | Big Data | Execute a map/reduce job contained in a jar file |
| HL7 MLLP Acknowledge | Utility | |
| HL7 MLLP Input | Utility | |
| HTTP | File management | Gets or uploads a file using HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) |
| JavaScript | Scripting | Evaluates the result of the execution of a previous job entry |
| Job | General | Executes a job |
M-R
| Name | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sends an e-Mail | ||
| Mail validator | Check the validity of an email address ( SNMP trap to a target host | |
| Move Files | File management | Move Files |
| MS Access Bulk Load | Deprecated | Load data into a Microsoft Access table from CSV file format. ATTENTION, at the moment only the insertion is available! If target table exists, a new one will be created and data inserted. |
| Oozie Job Executor | Big Data | |
| Palo Cube Create | Palo | Creates a cube on a Palo server |
| Palo Cube Delete | Palo | Deletes a cube on a Palo server |
| Pentaho MapReduce | Big Data | Execute Transformation Based MapReduce Jobs in Hadoop |
| Pig Script Executor | Big Data | Execute a Pig script on a Hadoop cluster |
| Ping a host | Utility | Ping a host |
| Put a file with FTP | File transfer | Put a file with FTP |
| Process result filenames | File management | Copy, Move or Delete result filenames |
| Put a file with SFTP | File transfer | Put files using SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol) |
S-Z
| Name | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Send information using Syslog | Utility | Sends information to another server using the Syslog protocol. |
| Send Nagios passive check | Utility | Send Nagios passive checks |
| Send SNMP trap | Utility | Send SNMP trap to a target host |
| Set variables | General | Set one or several variables. |
| Shell | Scripting | Executes a shell script |
| Simple evaluation | Conditions | Evaluate one field or variable |
| SQL | Scripting | Executes SQL on a certain database connection |
| Sqoop Export | Big Data | Export data from the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) into a relational database (RDBMS) using Apache Sqoop |
| Sqoop Import | Big Data | Import data from a relational database (RDBMS) into the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) using Apache Sqoop |
| Start | General | Start is where the job starts to execute and is required before the job can be executed. |
| Start a PDI Cluster on YARN | Big Data | Starts a PDI Cluster on YARN |
| Stop a PDI Cluster on YARN | Big Data | Stops a PDI Cluster on YARN |
| Success | General | Success |
| Table exists | Conditions | Checks if a table exists on a database connection |
| Talend Job Execution | Utility | This job entry executes an exported Talend Job |
| Transformation | General | Executes a transformation |
| Truncate tables | Utility | Truncate one or several tables. |
| Unzip file | File management | Unzip file in a targer folder |
| Upload files to FTPS | File transfer | Upload files to a FTP secure |
| Verify file signature with PGP | File encryption | Verify file signature with PGP (Pretty Good Privacy). This job entry need GnuPG to work properly. |
| Wait for | Conditions | Wait for a delay |
| Wait for file | File management | Wait for a file |
| Wait for SQL | Utility | Scan a database and success when a specified condition on returned rows is true. |
| Write to file | File management | Write text content to file. |
| Write To Log | Utility | Write message to log |
| XSD Validator | XML | XSD Validator |
| XSL Transformation | XML | Make an XSL Transformation |
| Zip file | File management | Zip files from a directory and process files |
Overview
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This page contains the index for the documentation on all the standard job entries in Pentaho Data Integration.
A-F
| Name | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Abort job | Utility | Abort the job |
| Add filenames to result | File management | Add filenames to result |
| Amazon EMR Job Executor | Big Data | Execute MapReduce jobs in Amazon EMR |
| Amazon Hive Job Executor | Big Data | Execute Hive jobs in Amazon EMR |
| BulkLoad from Mysql into file | Bulk loading | Load from a mysql table into a file |
| BulkLoad into MSSQL | Bulk loading | Load data from a file into a MSSQL table |
| BulkLoad into Mysql | Bulk loading | Load data from a file into a Mysql table |
| Check Db connections | Conditions | Check if we can connect to one or several databases. |
| Check files locked | Conditions | Check if one or several files are locked by another process |
| Check if a folder is empty | Conditions | Check if a folder is empty |
| Check if connected to repository | Repository | Return true if we are connected to a repository |
| Check if XML file is well formed | XML | Check if one or several XML files is/are well formed |
| Check webservice availability | Conditions | Check if a webservice is available |
| Checks if files exist | Conditions | Checks if files exists |
| Columns exist in a table | Conditions | Check if one or several columns exist in a table on a specified connection |
| Compare folders | File management | compare two folders (or two files) |
| Convert file between Windows and Unix | File management | Convert file content between Windows and Unix. Converting to Unix will replace CRLF (Carriage Return and line Feed) by LF (Line Feed) |
| Copy Files | File management | Copy Files |
| Copy or Move result filenames | File management | Copy or Move result filenames (since version 5.0, this job entry has been renamed to Process result filenames and handles Delete as well) |
| Create a folder | File management | Create a folder |
| Create file | File management | Create (an empty) file |
| Decrypt files with PGP | File encryption | Decrypt files encrypted with PGP (Pretty Good Privacy). This job entry need GnuPG to work properly. |
| Delete file | File management | Delete a file |
| Delete filenames from result | File management | Delete filenames from result |
| Delete files | File management | Delete files |
| Delete folders | File management | Delete specified folders. Attention : if a the folder contains files, PDI will delete them all! |
| Display Msgbox Info | Utility | Display a simple Message box Information |
| DTD Validator | XML | DTD Validator |
| Dummy | General | Use the Dummy job entry to do nothing in a job. |
| Encrypt files with PGP | File encryption | Encrypt files with PGP (Pretty Good Privacy). This job entry need GnuPG to work properly. |
| Evaluate files metrics | Conditions | Evaluate files size or files count |
| Evaluate rows number in a table | Conditions | Evaluate the content of a table. You can also specify a SQL query. |
| Example plugin | General | This is an example test job entry for a plugin |
| Export repository to XML file | Repository | Export repository to XML file |
| File Compare | File management | Compare 2 files |
| File Exists | Conditions | Checks if a file exists |
| FTP Delete | File transfer | Delete files in a remote host |
G-L
| Name | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Get a file with FTP | File transfer | Get files using FTP (File Transfer Protocol) |
| Get a file with FTPS | File transfer | Get a file with FTP secure |
| Get a file with SFTP | File transfer | Get files using Secure FTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol) |
| Get mails (POP3/IMAP) | Get mails (POP3/IMAP) server and save into a local folder | |
| Hadoop Copy Files | Big Data | |
| Hadoop job executor | Big Data | Execute a map/reduce job contained in a jar file |
| HL7 MLLP Acknowledge | Utility | |
| HL7 MLLP Input | Utility | |
| HTTP | File management | Gets or uploads a file using HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) |
| JavaScript | Scripting | Evaluates the result of the execution of a previous job entry |
| Job | General | Executes a job |
M-R
| Name | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sends an e-Mail | ||
| Mail validator | Check the validity of an email address ( SNMP trap to a target host | |
| Move Files | File management | Move Files |
| MS Access Bulk Load | Bulk loading | Load data into a Microsoft Access table from CSV file format. ATTENTION, at the moment only the insertion is available! If target table exists, a new one will be created and data inserted. |
| Oozie Job Executor | Big Data | |
| Palo Cube Create | Palo | Creates a cube on a Palo server |
| Palo Cube Delete | Palo | Deletes a cube on a Palo server |
| Pentaho MapReduce | Big Data | Execute Transformation Based MapReduce Jobs in Hadoop |
| Pig Script Executor | Big Data | Execute a Pig script on a Hadoop cluster |
| Ping a host | Utility | Ping a host |
| Put a file with FTP | File transfer | Put a file with FTP |
| Process result filenames | File management | Copy, Move or Delete result filenames |
| Put a file with SFTP | File transfer | Put files using SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol) |
S-Z
| Name | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Send information using Syslog | Utility | Sends information to another server using the Syslog protocol. |
| Send Nagios passive check | Utility | Send Nagios passive checks |
| Send SNMP trap | Utility | Send SNMP trap to a target host |
| Set variables | General | Set one or several variables. |
| Shell | Scripting | Executes a shell script |
| Simple evaluation | Conditions | Evaluate one field or variable |
| SQL | Scripting | Executes SQL on a certain database connection |
| Sqoop Export | Big Data | Export data from the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) into a relational database (RDBMS) using Apache Sqoop |
| Sqoop Import | Big Data | Import data from a relational database (RDBMS) into the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) using Apache Sqoop |
| SSH2 Get | Deprecated | Get files using SSH2 (Deprecated in 5.0 in favor of the SFTP job entry) |
| SSH2 Put | Deprecated | Put files in a remote host using SSH2 (Deprecated in 5.0 in favor of the SFTP job entry) |
| Start | General | Start is where the job starts to execute and is required before the job can be executed. |
| Start a PDI Cluster on YARN | Big Data | Starts a PDI Cluster on YARN |
| Stop a PDI Cluster on YARN | Big Data | Stops a PDI Cluster on YARN |
| Success | General | Success |
| Table exists | Conditions | Checks if a table exists on a database connection |
| Talend Job Execution | Utility | This job entry executes an exported Talend Job |
| Transformation | General | Executes a transformation |
| Truncate tables | Utility | Truncate one or several tables. |
| Unzip file | File management | Unzip file in a targer folder |
| Upload files to FTPS | File transfer | Upload files to a FTP secure |
| Verify file signature with PGP | File encryption | Verify file signature with PGP (Pretty Good Privacy). This job entry need GnuPG to work properly. |
| Wait for | Conditions | Wait for a delay |
| Wait for file | File management | Wait for a file |
| Wait for SQL | Utility | Scan a database and success when a specified condition on returned rows is true. |
| Write to file | File management | Write text content to file. |
| Write To Log | Utility | Write message to log |
| XSD Validator | XML | XSD Validator |
| XSL Transformation | XML | Make an XSL Transformation |
| Zip file | File management | Zip files from a directory and process files |
Replacements for Deprecated or Removed Job Entries
The following table lists deprecated or removed entries and their suggested replacements.
| Removed or Deprecated Entry | Replacement Entry |
|---|---|
| MS Access Bulk Load Entry | Microsoft Access Output Step |
| SSH2 Get Entry | Get a file with FTPS Entry |
| SSH2 Put Entry | Upload files to FTPS Entry |