Using plugins from Java in Pentaho-DI

Question

I am successfully running transformations from Java code. However, if my transformation uses a custom plugin it does not find it. In my case I am trying to use the Compare Fields plugin from the marketplace and I am getting the error

Caused by: org.pentaho.di.core.exception.KettleMissingPluginsException: Missing plugins found while loading a transformation

I added the pentaho-kettle-compare-fields-plugin-1.1.0.jar in my dependencies. This is the jar that was in the plugins folder.

Is there something else I need to do.

This is version 5.4

Answer 1

Either your working directory has to be the PDI directory, or you have to set the KETTLE_PLUGINS_BASE_FOLDERS system property, see the post(s) here:

Missing plugins found while loading a transformation on Kettle

Otherwise PDI doesn't know where the external plugins are, even the ones that come with a PDI installation.