DataStage Essentials

Designer Module
Server Edition
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 Module Objectives

Upon module completion, students will be able to:

• Customize the Designer’s layout and palette
• Create jobs and containers
• Create and use parameters within jobs
• Insert and link stages
• Use editing features for creating jobs and containers
• Set stage and job properties
• Load and save table definitions
• Save and compile jobs
• Run jobs from within the Designer

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 Logging In

The Designer Login Dialog Box

Enter the hostname or

IP address of the
server where
DataStage is installed

Enter your operating

system username and
password

Select the project to

attach to

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 Customizing the Layout

Standard
(resize or
anchor)

Canvas
(resize or
maximize)

Palette
(resize or
anchor)

Repository
(resize or
anchor)

Property
Browser
(resize or
anchor)

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 The Standard Toolbar

Save all Show/hide

open Job Compile annotations Help
jobs properties
Run Show/hide Print
Open Undo/redo grid canvas

Make Cut/ Copy/ Show / Zoom

new Paste hide link in/out
markers
Save Create Snap
current local/shared stages
job containers to grid

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 The Debug Toolbar

Edit breakpoints View job log

Select Step
job to through Stop Clear all
debug by link debug breakpoints

Begin Step through Toggle

debug by row breakpoint

Edit job Open debug

properties window

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 The Palette

Groups can be added,

deleted, or renamed,
and can be hidden

Multiple stages may

be available under
certain stage types

Stages can be shown

as small or large icons
and with or without
text labels

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 Customizing the Palette

Move
selected
folders up
and down
to reorder
categories

Click and
drag items
from left
panes to
folders in
right pane

Delete
selected
items
Repository items; All available stages; using
current view of all server and sequence delete key
available objects
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 The Repository and Property
Browser Windows

Current stage’s
Categories of Stage or link type — not present
objects in the name—can for links
current project’s be modified
repository—any of here or on Stage or link description—
them can be hidden the canvas directly modifies the
description field in the
stage or input/output link
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 Setting Program Options

Selected
categories that
can modify the
appearance or
functionality of
the Designer

Available options
to set for each
category

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 Creating New Jobs or Containers

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 Setting General Job Properties

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 Creating and Using Parameters

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 Inserting Job Control Language

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 Setting Performance Options

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 Inserting Stages

Click on
stage then
on canvas
or drag and
drop stage
on canvas

Click on
sizers to
resize stage

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 Linking Stages

Use link tool

to link
stages
together

Cursor
changes
when linking
stages
together

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 Setting Properties in Stages

Double click
stage or
right click
and select
Properties to
edit stage
properties

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 Inserting Metadata into Stages

Click in cells to
enter values or
select from
drop-down lists

Click Load
button to select
Table Definition
from repository

Import new
table definitions
on the fly, if
necessary

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 Saving Metadata in Stages

Enter values for

repository Table
Definition
Category
names

Click Save
button to save
current table
definition in
repository

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 Cut, Copy and Paste Features

Select items to copy

and Copy from Edit
menu, then Paste
into current or other
job or container

When items are

pasted, the stage
and link names are
updated to avoid
duplicate names

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 Saving Jobs and Containers

Job names are

case-sensitive
and must be
unique

Categories and
sub-categories
can be entered
manually by
separating them
with a backslash
(\)

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 Compiling Jobs

Messages from
compilation—this
is the desired
result!

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 Multiple Job Compile

Select job types

to compile

Only shows
uncompiled jobs Select jobs from
the job list and
‘Add’

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 Running Jobs within Designer

Click
Run
from
toolbar

Set any
job run
options

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