Summary

In this chapter, you were introduced to Pentaho Data Integration. Specifically, you learned what PDI is, and you installed the tool. You were introduced to Spoon, PDI's graphical designer tool, and you created your first transformation. You were also introduced to the Kettle home directory and the kettle.properties file, which will be used throughout the rest of the book.

In Chapter 2, Getting Familiar with Spoon, you will learn much more about the process of creating, testing, and running transformations in Spoon.