Parameter Question

JPalatianos · Post by **JPalatianos** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 7:52 am

Hi,
I am in the process of rolling out our first DataStage project from Dev to QA. In the administrator I define a set of parameters with defaults and imprted them into the various jobs that needed them.
When I created the project in QA I updated the defaults for the parameters(in Administrator) but when executing the jobs in QA, the original defaults are present(from dev).
Looks like I am doing something wrong.....any suggestions.
Thanks - - John

This is the order I used:
1. In dev...defined projects and parameters with defaults, then created jobs using the User Defined Environment Variables.
2. Defined the project in QA using Administrator where I defined the same parameters with the new defaults
3. DEV - Exported(Manager) components in Manager (whole project)
4. QA - Imported(Manager) components in Manager (whole project)

meena · Post by **meena** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:31 am

Hi,
Check whether you have hard coded any parameter value in jobs. It is diffcult to check them in QA as they are read only, but check it in Dev.

JPalatianos · Post by **JPalatianos** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:18 am

Hi Meena,
I have hard coded them in administrator. When I import the User Defined environment variable in the various jobs it brings in the hard coded value I used in Administrator. Should I not be doing it this way?
Thanks - - John

diamondabhi · Post by **diamondabhi** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:30 am

Did you define the value of the evnvironment variable as $PROJDEF or hard coded the values?

JPalatianos · Post by **JPalatianos** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:32 am

The values were hard coded...

diamondabhi · Post by **diamondabhi** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:38 am

Then you should change the values of the environment variables in the job parameters tab to $PROJDEF, that will resolve your issue.

JPalatianos · Post by **JPalatianos** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:51 am

Thank you for the information!
Just want to make sure of one thing.....The $PROJDEF will be coded in the individual jobs(designer) and that will automatically get the current value coded in the Administrator?

shrey3a · Post by **shrey3a** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 10:48 am

Yes...
[quote="JPalatianos"]Thank you for the information!
Just want to make sure of one thing.....The $PROJDEF will be coded in the individual jobs(designer) and that will automatically get the current value coded in the Administrator?[/quote]