De-serialize from file

The De-serialize from file step, formerly known as Cube Input, reads rows of data from a binary Kettle file containing rows and metadata.
WARNING: Use this step to store short lived data only! Pentaho cannot guarantee that the file format will stay the same
between different versions of Pentaho Data Integration.

Options

Option

Description

Step Name

Name of the step; this name has to be unique in a single transformation.

Filename

The name of the Kettle cube file to be generated.

Limit

Allows you to limit the number of rows written to

Size

the cube file. A value of zero (0) indicates no size limit (optional).