December 2017
Beginner to intermediate
500 pages
12h 10m
English
book
Learning Pentaho Data Integration 8 CE - Third Edition
by Dan Keeley, Diethard Steiner, María Carina Roldán, Miguel Gaspar, Pablo Castagnaro, Paula Clemente, Paulo Alexandre de Oliveira Rodrigues Pires
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Exploring a database with the Database Explorer
You just learned how to connect to an RDBMS from PDI. Before beginning to work with the data stored in a database, it would be useful to be familiar with that database or to verify if the database contains all the data that you need. For this, Spoon offers a Database Explorer. There are several ways to access the explorer:
- Right-click on the connection in the Database connections list and select Explore in the contextual menu.
- Click on Explore in the Database Connection window.
- Go to the menu option, Tools | Database | Explore. In the window that shows up, select the database to explore and click on OK.
Whichever way you choose, the following window appears:
Database Explorer
When you open ...
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