Scheduling On-premises Pentaho Data Integration (PDI) Jobs in n8n

Questions
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I have On-premises Pentaho Data Integration (PDI) for data processing. Can we use n8n for scheduling On-premises Pentaho Jobs in n8n. There is command line interface for PDI.

Thanks

Saurabh

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Yes, you can definitely use n8n to schedule your on-premises Pentaho PDI jobs! Since PDI has a command line interface, you can use n8n’s **Execute Command** node to run your PDI jobs (like `pan.sh` for transformations or `kitchen.sh` for jobs) and combine it with n8n’s **Schedule Trigger** node to set up automated scheduling.

Here’s a simple approach:

• Use the Schedule Trigger node to define when you want your PDI jobs to run

• Connect it to an Execute Command node that runs your PDI command line scripts

• Add error handling and notifications using n8n’s other nodes if needed

This gives you much more flexibility than traditional cron jobs, plus you get n8n’s visual workflow management and monitoring capabilities for your PDI scheduling.