Time for action – calling the hello world transformation with fixed arguments and parameters

In this tutorial, you will call the parameterized transformation from a new job.

1. Open the hello_world_param.kjb job you created in the previous tutorial and save it as hello_world_fixedvalues.kjb.
2. Double-click on the Create a folder job entry.
3. Replace the ${HELLOFOLDER} string with the string fixedfolder.
4. Double-click on the Transformation job entry and fill the Argument tab as follows:
   
5. Click on the Parameters tab and fill it as follows:
   
6. Click on OK and save the job.
7. Open a terminal window and go to the directory where Kettle is installed.
   • On Windows systems type:

     C:\pdi-ce>kitchen /file:c:/pdi_labs/hello_world_param.kjb /norep

   • On Unix, Linux, and other Unix-like systems type:

     /home/yourself/pdi-ce/kitchen.sh /file:/home/yourself/pdi_labs/hello_world_param.kjb /norep

8. When the executions finishes, check the output folder. A folder named fixedfolder has been created.
9. In that folder, there is a file hello...