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by kashif007
Tue Feb 03, 2009 5:26 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: How to improve performance in BW Hub Extraction Stage
Replies: 1
Views: 1997

How to improve performance in BW Hub Extraction Stage

Hi Guys I am extracting data from SAP BW/BI system using Hub Extraction stage. The expected number of records present in the PSA flat table is around 1000000 (1 Million). Can I extract the data from BW using the Rownum option. My idea is if at all I can specify a Rownum like in Oracle, I can possibl...
by kashif007
Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:22 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Job sequencer failed
Replies: 1
Views: 848

Execute 10 SQL in one shot?

I guess I know the answer to the first one. Answer1: Enabling checkpoints in Job activity stage for each job that I use in the master sequence I still don't know the answer to the second question which is as follows: Question 2: How can you execute 10 different SQL queries using datastage in one ins...
by kashif007
Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:58 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Job sequencer failed
Replies: 1
Views: 848

Job sequencer failed

Hi all I have two questions. Recently in an interview they had asked me this question. Can anyone suggest me an answer or where to look for the answer. I will try to look for the answer myself on the internet. Question 1: In a sequencer say there are 100 jobs and at job 50 it fails. How would you re...
by kashif007
Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:52 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Remove duplicates using Transformer Stage
Replies: 4
Views: 6827

Remove duplicates using Transformer Stage

Is it possible to remove duplicates by using the Transformer stage ? If yes then how can we accomplish that ? I was thinking to sort the data using sort stage and write a logic in the transformer stage variable and constraint to stream out the unwanted duplicate data and retain only one of the many ...
by kashif007
Thu Sep 11, 2008 11:02 am
Forum: General
Topic: Datastage 8.0 vs 7.x
Replies: 2
Views: 1563

Thanks that was helpfull
by kashif007
Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:48 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Datastage 8.0 vs 7.x
Replies: 2
Views: 1563

Datastage 8.0 vs 7.x

Hi

Can anyone tell me what are the differences between Ascential Datastage 8.0 and 7.x and previous versions. Too mny requirements are poping up for 8.0 version these days. I tried searching on the forum but couldn't find any information. Please advice.

Thanks
by kashif007
Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:47 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: APT_PMListenerPort: Socket call failed, errno = 13
Replies: 0
Views: 922

APT_PMListenerPort: Socket call failed, errno = 13

I had just installed Ascential Datastage 7.5 on my machine. I built a test job (Parallel) which reads the data from a sequential file stage and write to a sequential file stage. When I try to view the data I get the following error. Error Executing view data command: <main program> APT_PMListenerPor...
by kashif007
Thu May 08, 2008 12:13 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Vertical Pivot Logic
Replies: 10
Views: 20971

Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant. Works beautifully. Thanks
by kashif007
Wed May 07, 2008 9:25 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Vertical Pivot Logic
Replies: 10
Views: 20971

The maximum possible occurance of Non-key Col2 would be 15. So I created 15 stage variables and in each stage variable I have the following logic: If keyChange = '1' Then SetNull() Else Col2 Then I map them to all 15 output columns in the transformer. After the remove duplicate logic, I get the same...
by kashif007
Wed May 07, 2008 5:53 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Vertical Pivot Logic
Replies: 10
Views: 20971

I did as you said Ray. But your process only removes the duplicates. But I still can't figure out how do I convert the vertical rows into horizontal columns.
by kashif007
Wed May 07, 2008 2:51 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Vertical Pivot Logic
Replies: 10
Views: 20971

Vertical Pivot Logic

Hi I want to achieve the following logic in my job: Input Data: Col1 Col2 A Value1 A Value2 A Value3 B Value4 B Value5 C Value6 C Value7 C Value8 C Value9 Output Data: Col1 col2 col3 col4 col5 A Value1 Value2 Value3 B Value4 Value5 C Value6 Value7 Value8 Value9 I tried to do vertical pivot using Tra...
by kashif007
Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:23 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: First Instance Comparison Logic
Replies: 1
Views: 892

First Instance Comparison Logic

How do I compare the data in the same table, the expected result is shown at the end: Data from Legacy: mtl bin qty sum plnt1 qty1 plnt2 qty2 1 A 4 4 2200 5 1200 8 1 B 2 6 2200 5 1200 8 split into two 1 C 2 8 2200 5 1200 8 1 D 5 13 2200 5 1200 8 I have stage variables to contain qty and qty1 sequent...
by kashif007
Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:15 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: How to remove end tabs from Tab delimited file?
Replies: 6
Views: 3179

The client is loading the data using LSMW (SAP Load process) and they me to remove the unwanted tabs present at the end of each record. The records are irregular they may have 1 column, 3 columns or all columns present in various records. They occur irregularly, I was thinking to remove the end Tabs...
by kashif007
Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:51 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: How to remove end tabs from Tab delimited file?
Replies: 6
Views: 3179

How to remove end tabs from Tab delimited file?

How can I remove the unwanted tabs from the following TAB delimited file ? Current File Structure: Column1 column2 coulmn3 A B C 1 2 3 1 2 (Blank with a Tab) A B (Blank with a Tab) A (Blank with a Tab) (Blank with a Tab) Expected file structure: Column1 column2 coulmn3 A B C 1 2 3 1 2(Since blank, N...