Designing and running jobs

In this section, you will learn the basics involved in jobs. First, you will create and run a very simple job, in order to get familiar with the process. Then, you will learn how to sequence tasks; finally, you will be guided into the world of job entry.

Creating and running a simple job 

To create and run jobs, you use the same tool that is used for creating, previewing, and running transformations: Spoon. Let's look at how to use Spoon to work with jobs:

1. Create a new job. You can do so in several ways: by accessing the option File | New | Job in the main menu, by clicking on the New file option and then Job in the main toolbar, or by pressingCtrl + Alt + N.

With the preceding action, you will see a new job template, which looks like a transformation, except for the icon at the top of the work area. You will also see a different Design tree, which contains job entries instead of steps.

2. From the General folder, drag a START entry to the canvas.

Note

The START entry is...