Time for action – getting data from an XML file with information about countries
In this section, you will build an Excel file with basic information about countries. The source will be an XML file that you can download from the book's website.
- Open the
kettle.properties
file located in a folder named.kettle
inside your home directory. If you work under Windows, that folder could beC:\Documents and Settings\<your_name>\
orC:\Users\<your_name>\
depending on the Windows version. - If you work under Linux (or similar) or Mac OS, the folder will most probably be
/home/<your_name>/
.Note
Note that the
.kettle
folder is a system folder, and as such, may not display using the GUI file explorer on any OS. You can change the UI settings to display the folder, ...
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