Bit of a pentaho rookie so let me know if this does not make sense / is not possible:
I am trying to export the contents of a table from my database to a .csv where the columns can change overtime.
Currently, I am using a 'Table input' step followed by a 'Text file output step'. This works to export the file, however it exports the entire field of each column in the select statement:
What I expect in the ID column (10): 'ABCD'
What I am getting in my current setup for ID column (10): 'ABCD______'
I have tried using a 'Modified JavaScript value' step so far but I'm not 100% sure how this interacts with it all and hasn't seemed to work as it cannot recognise the rows.
var fieldNames = getInputRowMeta().getFieldNames(); // Get field names dynamically
for (var i = 0; i < fieldNames.length; i++) {
var fieldName = fieldNames[i]; // Get the field name
var fieldValue = get(fieldName); // Get the value of the field
if (typeof fieldValue === 'string') {
// Apply transformation (e.g., trimming)
set(fieldName, fieldValue.trim()); // Set the modified value back
}
}