Exporting data to a text file on an Amazon S3 with PDI is a simple task. The step for doing this is S3 File Output. This is how you use it:
- Open Spoon and create a new Transformation.
- Create a stream of data to send to the output file.
- From the Output category of steps, select and drag to the work area the S3 File output step.
- Create a hop from the latest step in the stream toward this new one.
- Double-click the new step for configuring the output file.
- Provide values for the Access Key: and Secret Key: textboxes.
- Under the Filename textbox, specify the name of the output text file.