The following topics help to extend your knowledge of PDI beyond basic setup and use:
- Understanding PDI data types and field metadata
Learn how data is treated in PDI to understand data type and field metadata behaviors in transformations and jobs.
- PDI Run Modifiers
Use arguments, parameters, or variables to modify how you run transformation and jobs.
- Reuse Transformation Flows with
Mapping Steps
Learn how to map commonly used steps into their own steps.
- Use Checkpoints to Restart
Jobs
Learn how to restart a job at the last checkpoint before an error occurred.
- Use the SQL Editor
Learn how to generate SQL statements.
- Use the Database Explorer
Explore configured database connections.
- Transactional Databases and Job
Rollback
Implement job rollback by making the transformation or job databases transactional.
- Interact with Web
Services
Determine what must occur if your transformation or job interacts with a web service.