Get System Info
This step retrieves system information from the Kettle environment. The step includes a table where you can designate a name and assign it to any available system info type you want to retrieve. This step generates a single row with the fields containing the requested information.
It can also accept any number of input streams, aggregate any fields defined by this step, and send the combined results to the output stream.
General
Step name: Specify the unique name of the Get System Info step on the canvas. You can customize the name or leave it as the default.
The table includes the following columns:
| Column | Description |
| Name | The name you want to give a specific data type |
| Type | A list of the available system data types |
Click Preview rows to inspect the names and their associated data types.
Data types
The Get System Info step includes a full range of available system data types that you can use within your transformation.
Metadata injection support
All fields of this step support metadata injection. You can use this step with ETL metadata injection to pass metadata to your transformation at runtime.