Specify the source field

To specify the source field as metadata to be injected, perform the following steps:

1. In the Target injection step keycolumn, double-click the field for which you want to specify a source field.

   The Source fielddialog box opens.

   

   PDI ETL Metadata Source field dialog box
2. Select a source field and click OK.

3. (Optional) Type a word in the Filter field and click the Search icon to search for fields with that name. Click the Regex icon to search using Java regular expressions.

4. (Optional) Select Use constant value to specify a constant value for the injected metadata through one of the following actions:

   • Manually entering a value.

   • Using an internal variable to set the value: ${Internal.Step.Unique.Count}, for example.

   • Using a combination of manually specified values and parameter values: ${FILE_PREFIX}_${FILE_DATE}.txt, for example.