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alaindebecker edited this page Nov 30, 2016 · 16 revisions

Welcome to the webSpoon wiki!

More detailed how-to will be written here.

Anyone can edit this wiki, so contributions are very welcome!

How to use (end-user perspective)

The RAP (the underlying technology for webSpoon) supports most of the latest web browsers. webSpoon can also be used from smartphone/tablet. The detailed compatibility is described here.

Working with Kettle files

As of ver. 0.0.0.3, the menu items regarding Kettle files behave as follows:

Item When connected to Repository When disconnected from Repository
Open... Open file in Repository Upload file to a random file path
Open URL Open file in VFS Open file in VFS
Save Save file in Repository Overwrite file when exists, otherwise save file to a random file path
Save as... Save file in Repository Save file to another random file path
Save as (VFS)... Save file in VFS Save file in VFS
Export Repository... Export files to a random file path (of remote server) N/A
Import Repository... Import file to Repository N/A

Those in bold fonts work as expected, but those in normal do not. Thus, it is strongly recommended to use webSpoon with a Repository (can be Pentaho Repository, Kettle Database Repository, or Kettle File Repository), otherwise opening/saving files does not function as you would expect. The steps to connect to a Repository is described here and here.

Common problems, known bugs, pitfalls and workarounds

This section is devoted to common issues, and their known workaround, during a transition period we all hope will be as short as possible. This is the first section to look at whenever something does not happen the way you are used to. It is also the section in which you should contribute the most. Especially for the workaround.

webSpoon as a web service

This is a discussion section in how to use webSpoon as a web service.

Currently, the author's wish is to maintain the difference between the original Spoon and webSpoon as small as possible so that merging into Spoon is easy. This means that webSpoon is currently inherently intended to be used by a single user as Spoon.

Therefore, for the time being (at least until merged to the main stream of Spoon), some stuff must be managed outside, like:

  • [JDBC drivers]
  • [Personalized own work space (individual or company level)]

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