How to make file name unique

ekareem · Post by **ekareem** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 1:25 am

I need to make some sequential files in the job have unique names.
Unique in the sense that allows multiple copies of the job to run at the same time and also unique across different jobs.

I tried to use something like this:

#DSJobName#DSJobInvocationId#

But the macros are not working on the file name entry field

Any suggestions? Thanks.

ArndW · Post by **ArndW** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 3:03 am

The macros ought to work, but I think you have missed one "#" in your code, it should read

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#DSJobName##DSJobInvocationId#

ekareem · Post by **ekareem** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 9:08 am

OOPS! You are correct.

However, after I corrected the mistake, I expected to get the job name followed by some numeric value for SJobInvocationId - But I only get the job name - Any suggestions?

kcbland · Post by **kcbland** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 9:11 am

Run it and supply an invocation id, don't run the base job. You won't get a number, you'll get what you used as the invocation id.

ekareem · Post by **ekareem** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 12:58 am

Good, thanks.