Pentaho 3.2 Data Integration Beginner's Guide

Time for action – updating a file with news about examinations

Imagine you are responsible to collect the results of an annual examination that is being taken in a language school. The examination evaluates writing, reading, speaking, and listening skills. Every professor gives the exam to the students, the students take the examination, the professors grade the examinations in the scale 0-100 for each skill, and write the results in a text file, like the following:

student_code;name;writing;reading;speaking;listening
80711-85;William Miller;81;83;80;90
20362-34;Jennifer Martin;87;76;70;80
75283-17;Margaret Wilson;99;94;90;80
83714-28;Helen Thomas;89;97;80;80
61666-55;Maria Thomas;88;77;70;80

All the files follow that pattern.

When a professor has ...