Sending the output of executions to log files

You are already familiar with the log that PDI generates every time you run a Job or Transformation. In Spoon, you see it in the Logging tab of the Execution Results window. When launching a Job or Transformation with Pan/Kitchen, you see the log in the terminal.

In Chapter 2, Getting Started with Transformations, you also learned about the different levels o the log. In Spoon, you specify the level in the Log level drop-down list inside the Options box in the Run Options window. To do the same when using Pan/Kitchen, you append the /level:<logging level> option, where the logging level can be one of the following: Error, Nothing, Minimal, Basic, Detailed, Debug, or Rowlevel.

The next sample screenshot shows you how to run a Job with minimal details in the log:

Setting the log level in Spoon

The following sample shows how...