title: Can you set Fixed File Input column definitions dynamically in Pentaho data-integration (PDI)?
body: <p>I have a metadata file which contains the column name, starting position, and length. I would like to read these values and define my columns within a FIXED FILE INPUT step.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a way to do this in PDI? My file contains over 200 columns at a fixed widths and manually entering the information would be very time consuming especially if this definition changes over time.</p>