Time for action – generating a range of dates and inspecting how things are running

In this tutorial, you will run the transformation you created in the tutorial, Time for action – generating a range of dates and inspecting the data as it is being created from Chapter 2, Getting Started with Transformations. The novelty here is that you will run it from a job as shown:

1. Run Spoon and create a new job.
2. Expand the General category of entries and drag a START and a Transformation entry to the canvas.
3. Create a hop form the START entry to the Transformation entry.
4. Save the job.
5. Before continuing, look for the transformation that generated a date range—the one that you created back in Chapter 2, Getting Started with Transformations. Copy it to a folder named transformations inside the folder where you just saved your job. Rename it as generating_date_range.ktr.
6. Now double-click on the Transformation entry.
7. Position the cursor in the Transformation filename: textbox, press Ctrl +...