The PDI client allows you to customize certain aspects of its behavior. To access the options, choose . The following table describes the General tab options for working with transformations and jobs:
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Preview data batch size | Sets batch size of the preview data buffer. When you preview data, this option sets the buffer size used for these values. |
| Max number of lines in the logging windows | Specifies the maximum limit of rows to display in the logging window. |
| Central log line store timeout in minutes | Indicates the number of minutes before the central log line store times out. |
| Max number of lines in the log history | Specifies the maximum limit of line to display in the log history views. |
| Show welcome page at startup | Controls whether or not to display the Welcome page when launching the PDI client. |
| Use database cache | The PDI client caches information that is stored on the source and target databases. In some instances, caching causes incorrect results when you are making database changes. To prevent errors you can disable the cache altogether instead of clearing the cache every time. |
| Open last file at startup | Loads the last transformation you used (opened or saved) from XML or repository automatically. |
| Autosave changed files | Automatically saves a changed transformation before running. |
| Only show the active file in the main tree | Reduces the number of transformation and job items in the main tree on the left by only showing the currently active file. |
| Only save used connections to XML | Limits the XML export of a transformation to the used connections in that transformation. This is helpful while exchanging sample transformations to avoid having all defined connections to be included. |
| Replace existing objects on open/import | Replaces objects, such as existing database connections, during import. If the Ask before replacing objects is also checked, you will be prompted before the import occurs. Requests permission before replacing objects, such as existing database connections during import. |
| Ask before replacing objects | Requests permission before replacing objects, such as existing database connections during import. |
| Show Save dialog | Allows you to turn off the confirmation dialogs you receive when a transformation has been changed. |
| Automatically split hops | Disables the confirmation messages that launch when you want to split a hop. |
| Show Copy or Distribute dialog | Disables the warning message that appears when you link a step to multiple outputs. This warning message describes the two options for handling multiple outputs: |
| Show repository dialog at startup | Controls whether or not the Repository dialog box appears at startup. |
| Ask user when exiting | Controls whether or not to display a confirmation dialog when a user chooses to exit the application. |
| Clear custom parameters (steps/plugins) | Clears all parameters and flags that were set in the plug-in or step dialog boxes. |
| Auto collapse palette tree | Indicates whether the palette tree should be collapsed automatically. |
| Display tooltips | Controls whether or not to display tool tips for the buttons on the main tool bar. |
| Show help tooltips | Displays help tool tips. A tool tip is a short description that appears when you hover the mouse pointer over an object in the PDI client. |