Today, I will discussing about the Avro input component in Pentaho. Avro uses the concept of serialization and De-serialization. Serialization means processing the data into binary format. Its very clear that if we have data in binary format ,its unreadable and hence very effective way to transfer over the network. Therefore, many Organization are adopting this technique due to data security concerns. Deserialization means convert the binary formatted data into a readable form. Now the question comes how binary data is deserialized. Here , comes the concept of Schema file.…