Does anybody know the list of Pentaho Data Integration (Kettle) connectors list ?

Question

Hi all

I am doing comparison between three open source ETL tools Talend, Kettle and CloverETL.

I could find with no problem Talend and CloverETL's connector list. But, I cannot find the one for Kettle.

Does someone knows them or where can I find them ?

Thanks a lot,

Answer 1

I assume by "connector" you mean input/output nodes and not intermediate transformations. Just looking through the Kettle GUI, I see:

Inputs

• Access
• CSV
• De-serialize from file [GH: not sure what kind of file/serialization this means]
• ESRI Shapefiles
• Excel
• Fixed File
• Generate Random
• File system functions (file name, row count, etc)
• XML
• LDAP
• LDIF
• Mondrian
• Property [GH: a Java-style .properties file perhaps?]
• RSS
• S3 CSV
• Salesforce
• [Database] Table
• Text File
• XBase

Outputs

• Access
• Excel
• DB Table
• Properties [GH: again, I'm guessing a Java-style .properties file]
• RSS
• SQL File
• Serialize to File
• Text File
• XML