ETL error:

Unexpected problem reading shared objects from XML file: null

An error occurred while reading the shared file (continue loading the message)

“A fatal error occurred while reading the shared object” when creating a new transformation for the kettle

“Unexpected problem reading shared objects from XML file: null”

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When saving KTR and KJB, an error message will pop up: “unable to save shared objects”

”Unexpected problem reading shared objects from XML file:“

Problem:

This is caused by improper operation when developing shared DB connection (database connection).

Solution:

Find it kettle/shared.XML (usually in C:\users\user\.Kettle) file; delete the content between <sharedobjects >… </sharedobjects> to solve this problem;