Pentaho Repository issues

Use these troubleshooting tips for common Pentaho Repository issues.

• Unable to get list of repositories

• Importing and exporting PDI content with Pentaho 8.0 and earlier

Unable to get list of repositories

When you work with a repository and try to run a job or transformation remotely on a Carte server, you might see an error like this:

There was an error posting the transformation on the remote server:
   org.pentaho.di.core.exception.KettleException:
   Unable to get a list of repositories to locate repository 'repo'

To run a job or transformation remotely on a Carte server, copy the local repositories.xml file from the user's .kettle directory to the Carte server's $HOME/.kettle directory.

Carte also looks for repositories.xml in the directory where you started Carte.

Importing and exporting PDI content with Pentaho 8.0 and earlier

If you export repository contents from Pentaho 8.0 (or earlier) and import them into a later version, the import can fail.

This can happen if you export or import the entire repository. The export can include items in locations that later versions restrict.

To avoid the error, export and import specific items instead of the entire repository.

If you need multiple selections, export each selection separately.

You do not need to export Operations Mart (Ops Mart) content. It is included and updated automatically with each new Pentaho version.