Configuring the Pentaho BI Server for running PDI jobs and transformations
The Pentaho BI Server is a collection of software components that provide the architecture and infrastructure required to build business intelligence solutions. With the Pentaho BI Server, you are able to run reports, visualize dashboards, schedule tasks, and more. Among these tasks, there is the ability to run Kettle jobs and transformations. This recipe shows you the minor changes you might have to make in order to be able to run Kettle jobs and transformations.
Getting ready
In order to follow this recipe, you will need some experience with the Pentaho BI Server.
For configuring the Pentaho BI server, you obviously need the software. You can download the latest version of the Pentaho BI Server from the following URL:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pentaho/files/Business%20Intelligence%20Server/
Note
Make sure you download the distribution that matches your platform.
If you intend to run jobs and transformations from...