Standard Structure of All CloverETL Projects

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In the CloverETL perspective, there is a Navigator pane on the left side of the window. In this pane, you can expand the project folder. After that, you will be presented with the folder structure. There are subfolders for:

Table 8.1. Standard Folders and Parameters

Purpose	Standard folder	Standard parameter	Parameter usage ¹⁾
all connections	`conn`	`CONN_DIR`	`${CONN_DIR}`
input data	`data-in`	`DATAIN_DIR`	`${DATAIN_DIR}`
output data	`data-out`	`DATAOUT_DIR`	`${DATAOUT_DIR}`
temporary data	`data-tmp`	`DATATMP_DIR`	`${DATATMP_DIR}`
graphs	`graph`	`GRAPH_DIR`	`${GRAPH_DIR}`
lookup tables	`lookup`	`LOOKUP_DIR`	`${LOOKUP_DIR}`
metadata	`meta`	`META_DIR`	`${META_DIR}`
sequences	`seq`	`SEQ_DIR`	`${SEQ_DIR}`
transformation definitions (both source files and classes)	`trans`	`TRANS_DIR`	`${TRANS_DIR}`

Legend:

1): For more information about parameters, see Chapter 26, Parameters, and about their usage, see Using Parameters.

	Important
	Remember that using parameters in CloverETL ensures that such a graph, metadata or any other graph element can be used in any place without necessity of its renaming.

Figure 8.1. CloverETL Perspective with Highlighted Navigator Pane and the Project Folder Structure