How to Upload and Schedule Jobs in Pentaho Server

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In this article we are going to see how to upload and schedule jobs or transformations in Pentaho server. The Pentaho is a popular open-source platform for extracting, transforming and loading (ETL) data.

Pentaho Server is available in a free community edition and a subscription-based enterprise edition. The community edition is a good option for small businesses and individual users. The enterprise edition includes additional features and support, and is a good option for larger organizations.

Here are the steps

STEP1:
Go to the Pentaho Community Edition Download page and click on download button next to the pentaho server.

STEP2:
Once the download is complete, unzip the file. Open the pentaho server directory and run the “start-pentaho.bat” for windows. (start-pentaho.sh file for linux)

How to Upload and Schedule Jobs in Pentaho Server

STEP3:
The Pentaho Server will start. We can access it by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost:8080/pentaho. as shown in the below screenshot.

How to Upload and Schedule Jobs in Pentaho Server

Login with administrator details and you will see the below page.

How to Upload and Schedule Jobs in Pentaho Server

STEP4:
Click on Browse Files and then click on upload option to browse jobs or transformations as shown in the below screenshot.

How to Upload and Schedule Jobs in Pentaho Server

NOTE:
If you can’t see the uploaded jobs or transformations even after uploading them. Then go to view which is available at the top left and click on show hidden files option.

How to Upload and Schedule Jobs in Pentaho Server

STEP 5:
Click on the uploaded job or transformation and click on schedule as shown in the below screenshot.

How to Upload and Schedule Jobs in Pentaho Server

STEP 6:
Select the date and time as per the requirement and click on finish as shown in the below screenshot.

How to Upload and Schedule Jobs in Pentaho Server

Go to home and click on schedules to see all the scheduled jobs or transformations.
Wait for the scheduled time and check the output file in the location which you have given in the output component.

Thank You
Vani Bolle
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Greetings, I could run a transformation on Pentaho Server. However, I couldn’t run a job on Pentaho Server, Do you have any examples?