PDI UI configuration settings ..
Configure Spoon before you build transformations and jobs. Set a few defaults that speed up daily work.
You will start Spoon, review the Welcome page, and update UI options.
What You'll Accomplish:
Start Spoon and confirm your install.
Find docs and community links from the Welcome page.
Update General and Look & Feel options.
Switch perspectives and understand what changes.
You will finish with a clean, predictable workspace. You will know where to change these settings later.
Prerequisites: Pentaho Data Integration installed and ready to launch
Estimated Time: 10 minutes
Use Tools > Options to configure Spoon. Start with General and Look & Feel.
The Welcome page has links to:
Documentation
Community Forum
Start Pentaho Data Integration.
Set-Location C:\Pentaho\design-tools\data-integration .\spoon.bat
cd ~/Pentaho/design-tools/data-integration ./spoon.sh
The PDI UI - Spoon will be displayed.
Set a few defaults once. It reduces prompts and visual noise.
In Spoon, click Tools > Options.
Open the General tab.
Uncheck the ‘Show tips at startup?’ checkbox.
Uncheck the ‘Use database cache’ checkbox.
Uncheck the ‘Show repository dialog at startup?’ checkbox.
Uncheck the ‘Ask user when exiting?’ checkbox.
Open the Look & Feel tab.
Review these settings and update as needed:
Grid size and snap behavior.
Canvas look (colors, anti-aliasing).
Preferred language and alternative language.
Use perspectives to switch your workspace. You can move between design and scheduling views.
Switch between:
Designing ETL jobs and transformations
Scheduling jobs and transformations
Click the Perspective icon in the toolbar to switch.
You must connect to a repository to schedule jobs and transformations.
Last updated 22 days ago
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