Spoon - Editor

Component Name	Name	Function
	Toolbar	Single-click access to common actions such as create a new file, opening existing documents, save and save as.
	Perspectives Toolbar	Switch between the different perspectives. Data Integration — Create ETL transformations and jobs Instaview — Use pre-made templates to create visualizations from PDI transformations Visualize — Test reporting and OLAP metadata models created in the Model perspective using the Report Design Wizard and Analyzer clients Model Editor — Design reporting and OLAP metadata models which can be tested right from within the Visualization perspective or published to the Pentaho BA Server Schedule — Manage scheduled ETL activities on the Data Integration Server
	Sub-toolbar	Provides buttons for quick access to common actions specific to the transformation or job such as Run, Preview, and Debug.
	Design and View Tabs	The Design tab of the Explore pane provides an organized list of transformation steps or job entries used to build transformations and jobs. Transformations are created by simply dragging transformation steps from the Designtab onto the canvas and connecting them with hops to describe the flow of data. The View tab of the Explore pane shows information for each job or transformation. This includes information such as available database connections and which steps and hops are used. In the image, the Design tab is selected.
	Canvas	Main design area for building transformations and jobs describing the ETL activities you want to perform

Table 1. Spoon Icon Descriptions

Icon	Description
	Create a new job or transformation
	Open transformation/job from file if you are not connected to a repository or from the repository if you are connected to one
	Explore the repository
	Save the transformation/job to a file or to the repository
	Save the transformation/job under a different name or file name (Save as)
	Run transformation/job; runs the current transformation from XML file or repository
	Pause transformation
	Stop transformation
	Preview transformation: runs the current transformation from memory. You can preview the rows that are produced by selected steps.
	Run the transformation in debug mode; allows you to troubleshoot execution errors
	Replay the processing of a transformation
	Verify transformation
	Run an impact analysis on the database
	Generate the SQL that is needed to run the loaded transformation.
	Launch the database explorer allowing you to preview data, run SQL queries, generate DDL and more
	Hide execution results pane
	Lock transformation