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Asked: 2026-05-28T01:29:40+00:00

I’m trying to use the built-in Internal.Transformation.Filename.Directory variable. I take as an example a

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I’m trying to use the built-in Internal.Transformation.Filename.Directory variable. I take as an example a simple sample the Pentaho Data Integration provides,CSV Input - Reading customer data with error logging.ktr.

Here is the tooltip after CTRL+SPACE in a variable aware field:

Correct variable value

However I do exactly the same as in the sample my variable has no value:

Missing variable value

Any ideias? I’ve briefly checked Pentaho forum however the only related issue I found does not seem to answer my question.

I’m using Ubuntu and PDI version 4.2.1.

Thanks in advance.

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  1. Editorial Team

    This is normal behavior, in a repository you have no reference
    directory to use    .

    There are no relative paths in a repository, so best practice would
    simply be to define a variable indicating a file location    . That way
    you can make this configurable for the various places where the
    repository is being used.

    in PDI-7199, thanks to Matt Casters

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