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I cannot get the dssearch utility to list all of the jobs for a project. It requires that I enter a category name. As I read the documentation the category should be optional. How can I list them all? Dsjob can list them all but does not show as much information. I could list with dsjob first and th...

I switched to using routine stage with execSH routine because of problems with error handling. I don't remember what these problems were, but I don't have any problems now. It is a fine option for running scripts.

How do I choose between the compare, difference, and change data capture stages. It appears to me that the change data capture stage does everything that compare and difference do so I have always used change data capture. Am I missing something? I hate it when I am missing something...

The other code I have seen regularly is 255. It seems to mean "something is horribly wrong" Resetting is required. For sequencers a reset is optional when the status is 3. If you want checkpoint restartability then you should not reset before running when the status is 3 since the job will...

I seem to have temporarily fixed my delete problem. I blew away my VERSION project and recreated it then initialized and deleted some jobs. Now the deleted jobs are not selected for promotion. I have noticed that the Version Control client crashes much more than the other datastage clients. Apparent...

When I a) Allow logical 'deletes' to happen via the 'Allow Component Deletion' option. b) Mark the old jobs as deleted. c) Make sure the 'Display Deletes' option is not checked Then select ALL the deleted jobs are selected though not displayed. During promotion I receive many errors for the deleted ...

I need your advice on how Version Control can best help me manage the deveopment lifecycle. I have read the manual and tried it out on some test projects. Here is a process that I see may work and some of the issues I see with it. I am open to doing everything differently. We have three environments...