Kettle - Use ${filename} variable

Question

How can I use the ${filename} variable? I'm reading some XML files, to create a CSV file, which contains information about all those XML files, including their names: one of the columns of the CSV file will be the name of each XML file. How can I get their names?

Thanks

Answer 1

In both the Get data from XML and the XML Input Stream (StAX) steps, you have the ability to add the filename to the output of the step. It's on the 'Additional output fields' tab for the Get data from XML step and the checkbox called 'Include filename in output' for the StAX step.