Page Operations
Browse SpaceDescription
This step allows you to get the value of a variable. This step can return rows or add values to input rows.
Note: You must specify the complete variable specification in the format ${variable}
or %%variable%% (as described in Variables) . That means you can also enter complete strings in the variable column, not just a variable.
For example, you can specify: ${java.io.tmpdir}/kettle/tempfile.txt and it will be expanded to /tmp/kettle/tempfile.txt on Unix-like systems.
See also the Set Variable step
To get system values, including command line arguments, use the Get System Info step.
See also Add Constants step.
To convert the Variable into a data type other than String use Select Values - Meta Data tab.