Pentaho 3.2 Data Integration Beginner's Guide

Time for action – creating a PDI repository

To create a repository, follow these steps:

1. Open MySQL Command Line Client.
2. In the command window, type the following:

   CREATE DATABASE PDI_REPO;

3. Open Spoon.
4. If the repository dialog appears, skip to step 6.
5. Open the repository dialog from the Repository | Connect to repository menu.
6. Click on New to create a new repository. The repository information dialog shows up. Click on New to create a new database connection.
7. The database connection window appears. Define a connection to the database you have just created and give a name to the connection— PDI_REPO_CONN in this case.

   Tip

   If you want to refer to the steps on creating the database connection, check out Time for action – creating a connection to the Steel Wheels ...