Schedule perspective in the PDI client
When you are finished designing your PDI jobs and transformations and have saved them in the PDI Server, you can schedule them to run at specific times.
Schedule a transformation or job
Procedure
Connect to the Pentaho Repository.
Open a job or transformation from the Pentaho Repository, then select Schedule window appears.
. TheIn the Start section, either click Now to schedule a transformation or job to run immediately, or click Date and enter a date and time to run it later.
In the Repeat section, either select Run Once to run the transformation or job once or select Seconds, Minutes, Weekly, Hourly, Monthly, or Yearly to run it at regular intervals.
In the End section, either click No end to indicate that the schedule will never expire, or click Date to enter a schedule expiration date.
To run the scheduled transformation or job in safe mode, select the Enable Safe Mode checkbox.
Safe mode checks every row that passes through the stream to ensure that all layouts are the same as the first row. If the layout differs, an error is generated and reported.Select the Log Level.
Logging levels are addressed in detail in the Logging levels article.If you have specified parameters, variables, or arguments in a transformation or job, they appear in the bottom part of the window. Adjust values as needed.
When done, click OK.
NoteIf you want to access a Google Drive via your scheduled transformation, copy the StoredCredential token into the pentaho-server/pentaho-solutions/system/kettle/plugins/pentaho-googledrive-vfs/credentials directory on your Pentaho Server. See Access to a Google Drive for information on how to obtain a StoredCredential token.
Edit a scheduled run of a transformation or job
Procedure
Select the Schedule perspective from the Perspectives menu in the Spoon toolbar.
Select the schedule, then click the Edit button.
Stop a schedule from running
Procedure
Select the Schedule perspective from the Perspectives menu in the Spoon toolbar.
Select the schedule that you want to stop, then click the Stop button.
Enable or disable a schedule from running
Procedure
Select the Schedule perspective from the Perspectives menu in the Spoon toolbar.
Select the schedule you want to enable, then click the Enable button.
If you want to disable the schedule, click the Disable button.
Delete a scheduled run of a transformation or job
Procedure
Select the Schedule perspective from the Perspectives menu in the Spoon toolbar.
Select the schedule you want to delete, then click the Delete button.
Refresh the schedule list
Procedure
Select the Schedule perspective from the Perspectives menu in the Spoon toolbar.
Click the Refresh button to update the list.