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I'm trying to run DataStage jobs from the command-line using dsjob. Works fine, except for jobs that have parameter sets. Does anyone know if and how I can specify a particular parameter set in the dsjob arguments? Or must I specify each of the params in the set explicitly? To illustrate: I have a j...

I'm having trouble using parameters and environment variables in a job, and can't find info in the docs or here on the forums to get unstuck. I have a sequence that calls a job. The job writes a sequential file. The output path should come from an environment variable named $SOURCE_PATH, which is cu...

OK, solved, at least for me. This error occurs if you don't have the SAP Client Pack installed. A clue is if your SAP Pack icons look like generic plugin icons -- like a yellow US electrical power outlet. That's DataStage's "generic" icon. If your SAP Client Pack is properly installed, the...

Did you get this working? I'm seeing exactly the same behavior -- though others on my team are able to use the SAP Pack without problems. But on both Server and Parallel jobs, I get "(40906) Unable to create the new object" when I drag an SAP stage to the canvas -- happens on any of the 4 ...

I'm working through the QualityStage tutorial, and got a fatal error at the end of Lesson 3.3. In this lesson, we're using Standardization Rules and Match Specifications to find duplicates. When I run the job, I get the following error and the job aborts right away: main_program: Fatal Error: Field ...

I'm just starting with DS, going thru the Parallel Job Tutorial. I'm on PDF page 46 (printed page 40), doing Lesson 4.2 -- connecting to an ODBC data source via the Connection Import Wizard. My DB is on MS SQL Server 2000 sitting on another machine. On the 2nd page of the Wizard, there's a single it...