March 1, 2013

Pentaho Data Integration - Create Tables' Structures and Copy Data (#013)


Select "File", "New" and "Transformation" option. When the transformation is open click "Tools", "Wizard" and "Copy tables".


When the wizard is open select a source and target database connection to use.


Choose tables that need to be created and click "Next".


Choose a proper job name, point directory to the “create_tables_structures“ folder and click "Finish".


The job is created.



After job is run, tables will be created and data copied to a new schema.

Pentaho Data Integration - Create Table's Structure and Copy Data (#012)


Edit the repository and create a new folder called "create_tables_structures"


Select "File", "New" and "Transformation" option, when the transformation is opened click "Tools", "Wizard" and "Copy table".


When the wizard is opened select a source and target database connections.


Choose a table that needs to be copied and click "Finish".


Pentaho automatically creates a new transformation.


Click "File" and "Save as..."
Point the "Directory:" to "create_tables_structures".


Run the transformation and check the results.