# Views in Pipeline Designer

In Pipeline Designer, you can work with transformations and jobs in the Design View and review the raw XML in the XML View.

## Design View <a href="#canvas-toolbar" id="canvas-toolbar"></a>

The Design View is the primary view to use for creating and running transformations and jobs in the Pipeline Designer.

### Canvas Action toolbar <a href="#canvas-toolbar" id="canvas-toolbar"></a>

While working with a transformation or job, use the following options in the Canvas Action toolbar:

| Option                 | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Add note               | Adds a note to the canvas. For details, see [Add notes to transformations and jobs](/pdia-data-integration/archived-merged-pages/transforming-data-with-pdi-archive/add-notes-to-transformations-and-jobs.md).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| Reset                  | <p>Clears all steps in the transformation or job.</p><p><strong>Note:</strong> Resetting a transformation or job cannot be undone.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Run                    | Runs the transformation or job.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Run > Run Options      | Opens the Run Options window for the transformation or job. For details, see [Run your transformation](/pdia-data-integration/archived-merged-pages/transforming-data-with-pdi-archive/work-with-transformations-cp/run-your-transformation.md) or [Run your job](/pdia-data-integration/archived-merged-pages/transforming-data-with-pdi-archive/work-with-jobs/run-your-job.md).                                                                                                                                        |
| Pause                  | Pauses a running transformation or job.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Stop                   | Stops processing all data in the transformation or job immediately.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Stop > Stop Processing | Makes the transformation or job finish any records that were initiated or retrieved and then stops processing data.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Logs                   | Opens the Execution Results pane for a transformation or job. For details, see [Analyze your transformation results](/pdia-data-integration/archived-merged-pages/transforming-data-with-pdi-archive/work-with-transformations-cp/run-your-transformation/analyze-your-transformation-results.md) or [Logging and performance monitoring](/pdia-data-integration/archived-merged-pages/transforming-data-with-pdi-archive/logging-and-performance-monitoring.md).                                                         |
| Kettle status          | Opens the Kettle status page ([http://server:port/pentaho/kettle/status](https://docs.pentaho.com/pdia-data-integration/pipeline-designer/http:/server:port/pentaho/kettle/status)) in a new tab of your browser, showing the execution status and details of your transformation or job.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Export                 | Exports a transformation as a `.ktr` file or a job as a `.kjb` file. For details, see [Save a transformation](/pdia-data-integration/archived-merged-pages/transforming-data-with-pdi-archive/work-with-transformations-cp/save-a-transformation.md) or [Save a job](/pdia-data-integration/archived-merged-pages/transforming-data-with-pdi-archive/work-with-jobs/save-a-job.md).                                                                                                                                       |
| Settings               | Opens the Transformation Properties or Job Properties window, where you can configure properties to describe or control the transformation or job. For details, see [Configure transformation properties](/pdia-data-integration/archived-merged-pages/transforming-data-with-pdi-archive/work-with-transformations-cp/configure-transformation-properties.md) or [Configure job properties](/pdia-data-integration/archived-merged-pages/transforming-data-with-pdi-archive/work-with-jobs/configure-job-properties.md). |

### Canvas toolbar <a href="#canvas-toolbar" id="canvas-toolbar"></a>

Move around the canvas while working with a semantic model by using the following options in the canvas toolbar:

| Option                           | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| -------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Zoom In                          | Enlarges the size of the semantic model on the canvas so that you can see more details of individual elements in the model.                                                                                                |
| Zoom Out                         | Decreases the size of the semantic model on the canvas so that you can see more elements in the model at the same time, with less detail for individual elements.                                                          |
| Fit View                         | Resizes the semantic model and centers it on the canvas so that you can see as many elements in the model at the same time as possible. Whether the entire model can fit in the view depends on the size of the model.     |
| Interactive                      | Locks and unlocks the canvas to control whether elements can be moved on the canvas. Turn the Interactive toggle on when you want to lock the canvas so that you can move around it without moving elements on the canvas. |
| More actions > Auto format       | Uniformly arranges all steps in the transformation or job so that the steps all fit on the canvas, but do not overlap.                                                                                                     |
| More actions > Horizontal format | Uniformly arranges steps in each data stream horizontally (left to right) without overlap. Separate streams are distributed vertically to maintain a clear and organized canvas layout.                                    |
| More actions > Vertical format   | Uniformly arranges steps in each data stream vertically (top to bottom) without overlap. Separate streams are distributed horizontally to maintain a clear and organized canvas layout.                                    |
| \</> XML View                    | Switches to the XML View, which shows the raw XML for the transformation or job.                                                                                                                                           |

## XML View

In the XML View, you can review the raw XML for a transformation or job.

You can click **Design View** to continue working on the transformation in the Design View.


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