Getting a list of parameters

[onkie]

Hi all,

I wondered if it's possible, given a jobname, to get the list of parameters it expects. I found nothing to do so when searching the forums or the basic.pdf file.

Thanks an regards,
Aart Onkenhout
DLM
The Netherlands

[Sainath.Srinivasan]

dsjob -lparams <projname> <jobname>

You can find dsjob in the bin dir of your DSEngine.

[onkie]

Hi,

Thanks for your quick reply. While searching for some help on DSjob I came across "varList = DSGetJobInfo( hJob1, DSJ.PARAMLIST )" (within basic.pdf, so didn't look or search to well). This gives me exactly what I've been looking for.

Thanks again and regards,
Aart

[talk2shaanc]

Result = DSGetJobInfo (JobHandle,DSJ.PARAMLIST)--returns a comma-separated list of parameter names.

Result = DSGetParamInfo(JobHandle, ParamName,InfoType)

InfoType Specifies the information required and may be one of:

Result depends on the specified InfoType, as follows:

DSJ.PARAMDEFAULT String - Current default value for the parameter in question. See also DSJ.PARAMDES.DEFAULT.

DSJ.PARAMHELPTEXT String - Help text (if any) for the parameter in question.

DSJ.PARAMPROMPT String - Prompt (if any) for the parameter in question.

DSJ.PARAMTYPE Integer - Describes the type of validation test that should be performed on any value being set for this parameter. Is one of:

DSJ.PARAMVALUE String - Current value of the parameter for the running job or the last job run if the job is finished.

DSJ.PARAMDES.DEFAULT String - Original default value of the parameter - may be different from DSJ.PARAMDEFAULT if the latter has been changed by an administrator since the job was installed.

DSJ.PARAMLISTVALUES String - TAB-separated list of allowed values for the parameter. See also DSJ.PARAMDES.LISTVALUES.

DSJ.PARAMDES.LISTVALUES String - Original TAB-separated list of allowed values for the parameter - may be different from DSJ.PARAMLISTVALUES if the latter has been changed by an administrator since the job was installed.

DSJ.PROMPT.AT.RUN String - "1" means the parameter is supposed to be prompted for when the job is run; anything else means it is not (DSJ.PARAMDEFAULT string to be used directly).


For current job use JobHandle=DSJ.ME and if you want to know parametr list of some other job, You need get handle on that job using "DSAttachJob".

[onkie]

Thanks for your reply. I just discovered.

Regards,
Aart