Option | Definition |
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Step name | The name of this step as it appears in the transformation workspace. |
Apply formatting | When this option is set, it formats the value (date, numbers etc.) according to the format options. Otherwise no formatting is done. |
Field Name | Name of the field that is used |
Variable Name | Name of the variable to set (without ${...} or %%...%% sigils) |
Variable scope type | Define the scope of the variable, possible options are: - Valid in the virtual machine: the complete virtual machine will know about this variable.
Warning: this makes your transformation only fit to run in a stand-alone fashion. Running on an application server like on the Pentaho framework can become a problem. That is because other transformations running on the server will also see the changes this step makes.
- Valid in the parent job: the variable is only valid in the parent job.
- Valid in the grand-parent job: the variable is valid in the grand-parent job and all the child jobs and transformations.
- Valid in the root job: the variable is valid in the root job and all the child jobs and transformations.
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Default value | Name of the variable to set |