The Data Integration perspective allows you to create transformations and jobs. See Data Integration perspective in the PDI client for more details. You can also Inspect your data to make iterative updates as you work.
In the table below, use the numbered items in the illustration above to reference the toolbars, buttons, and areas on the PDI client.
| Item | Feature | Description |
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| 1 | Toolbar | Use this toolbar to access commonly performed actions:
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| 2 | Connect button | Use this button to access the menu to create and connect to repositories for central storage of your ETL jobs and transformations. |
| 3 | Sub-toolbar | Use this toolbar to perform transformation or job actions:
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| 4 | Explore pane | Use this pane to access the Design and
View tabs:
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| 5 | Canvas | Use this canvas for designing and building transformations and jobs for the ETL activities you want to perform. |
) to create a new job, transformation, database connection, or slave
server.
) to open a transformation or job from a file.
) to explore the repositories.
) to save the current transformation or job to a file or
repository.
) to save the transformation or job under a different file name or
type.
) to switch between the different perspectives:
) to run a transformation or job:
) to pause a running transformation or job.
) to stop a running transformation or job:
) to run the transformation in preview mode to examine the rows
produced by the selected steps.
) to run the transformation in debug mode to troubleshoot execution
errors.
) to replay the processing of a transformation.
) to verify the transformation.
) to run an impact analysis on the database.
) to generate the SQL that is needed to run the loaded
transformation.
) to launch the 
) to show the 
) to lock the transformation.