# Data Integration perspective in the PDI client

The [Pentaho Data Integration](https://github.com/pentaho/documentation/blob/main/PDIA/9.3/PDI/Pentaho%20Data%20Integration/Pentaho%20Data%20Integration%20cp=GUID-F0F712E0-EF85-4DE2-A8E3-A4948349ACA4=7=en=.md) perspective of the PDI client (Spoon) enables you to create two basic file types:

* Transformations are used to perform ETL tasks.
* Jobs are used to orchestrate ETL activities, such as defining the flow and dependencies for what order transformations should be run or preparing for execution by checking conditions.

The following sections describe how to use these transformations and jobs within the Data Integration perspective of Spoon.

* ​[Basic concepts of PDI](/pdia-data-integration/9.3-data-integration/data-integration-perspective-in-the-pdi-client/basic-concepts-of-pdi.md)​
* ​[Work with transformations](/pdia-data-integration/9.3-data-integration/data-integration-perspective-in-the-pdi-client/work-with-transformations-cp.md)​
* ​[Work with jobs](/pdia-data-integration/9.3-data-integration/data-integration-perspective-in-the-pdi-client/work-with-jobs.md)​
* ​[Add notes to transformations and jobs](/pdia-data-integration/9.3-data-integration/data-integration-perspective-in-the-pdi-client/add-notes-to-transformations-and-jobs.md)
* [Adaptive Execution Layer​](/pdia-data-integration/9.3-data-integration/data-integration-perspective-in-the-pdi-client/adaptive-execution-layer-di-perspective-in-pdi-client.md)
* ​[Connecting to Virtual File Systems](/pdia-data-integration/9.3-data-integration/data-integration-perspective-in-the-pdi-client/virtual-file-system-browser.md)​
* ​[Logging and performance monitoring](/pdia-data-integration/9.3-data-integration/data-integration-perspective-in-the-pdi-client/logging-and-performance-monitoring.md)​
* ​[Advanced topics](/pdia-data-integration/9.3-data-integration/advanced-topics-pentaho-data-integration-overview.md)


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