regarding DSRUNJOB JOBCONTROL SUBROUTINE

[vijaykumar]

Hi gurus,
my job design is odbc--->transformer---->odbc.
i want to make use of DSRUNJOB job control subroutine.
i went to job properties, click on jobcontrol tab.
how should i specify my jobcontrol routine.
syntax:VARIABLE=DSRUNJOB(JOBHANDLE,RUNMODE).
is this syntax correct, and where should i specify this sub-routine, shall i write manually. plz help me.
i want to make use of this sub-routine.
plz help me.
cheers;
vijay

[chulett]

i want to make use of DSRUNJOB job control subroutine.

Before we get too far into this, how about explaining why you think you want to do this? What kind of job are you thinking about running there?

[vijaykumar]

hi gurus,
i want to run the job which iam designing.
that means can i use this sub-routine and run the job.
is that going to happen.
what i mean is my design is
odbc--->transformer--->odbc.
i want to include this subroutine in the jobproperties tab and run the job.
plz help me am i going in the right way. can i use this sub-routine in my job.
cheerss;
vijay

[DSguru2B]

Ok i am confused. You want to code the DSJobRun in the jobcontrol or the before/after subroutine section. If the later, you cannot run the same job in its before/after subroutine. It will crash and burn.

[chulett]

i want to run the job which iam designing. that means can i use this sub-routine and run the job. is that going to happen.

That's what I was afraid of and why I asked why.

No. You either need to run the job you've designed from the Director or create a Sequence job that runs the job via a Job Activity stage.

[narasimha]

If you want to run the job using command line, you can run using dsjob -run.
Or are you trying to achieve something else here?

[vijaykumar]

hi gurus,
i just wanted to make use of this sub-routine, i never faced such scenerio,i want to analyze how this subroutine works.

iam specifying in jobcontrol subroutine.
what i understood from gurus is that its not possible to specify DSJOBRUN sub- routine for the job which iam working on in the designer, if i want to specify this subroutine, i need to create a sequencer and in the triggers tab specify this routine.
am i correct, plz help me.

cheers;
vijay

[DSguru2B]

First of all you need to get your terminology right.
Job control in subroutine--> tells us that you want to run that same job in its subroutine. You can use DSRunJob() function in JobControl. But not in the same job's properties

[I_Server_Whale]

What is your goal/objective? You can't plug in things just because they can be plugged in?

Is there something you are trying to achieve? Atleast try to describe your objective in a clarified way.

[narasimha]

Are you writing a batch job to run your job?
Something like this?

[vijaykumar]

hi gurus,
iam not creating a batch to run this job, iam just running the job normally.
As gurus explained me that we shouldn't use this sub-routine to include in the job-properties of the same job which iam working on.
its possible in the before -subroutine.
my design is odbc--->transformer--->odbc the o/p of which iam joining with odbc, instead of running normally, i want to make use of sub-routine and run and make use of o/p to join another odbc source. is it possible.
Another doubt, before job-subroutine and after jobsub-routine have some default routines, i can't find this job control subroutine, how can i specify this sub-routine, plz help me in analyzing.am i going in right way

cheers;
vijay

[DSguru2B]

You got it wrong again.
Take a deep breath, close your eyes for 10 seconds and then read the following.
- It is not possible to add job control code of the same job that you are working on in its job properties. When you go to Job properties, to the Job Control tab. You will see a drop down option. You will not find the name of your current job.

- To run the same job in its before/after subroutine is not a good idea at all. It will not work. For the very same reason that you are trying to execute a running job again in its before/after subroutine.

-The before/after subroutines that you see are shipped with the product. If you want more you have to code them yourself.

-DSJobRun() is not a sub-routine. It is a function.

I hope its clear now.
And as Whale said, you cannot plug in things just because you can. It might not always work.
You can run the job using the designer or director. If you want to run a bunch of jobs you can build a sequence job.
If your still confused, i suggest you take DS 101 class.

[narasimha]

my design is odbc--->transformer--->odbc the o/p of which iam joining with odbc, instead of running normally, i want to make use of sub-routine and run and make use of o/p to join another odbc source. is it possible.

Why not redirect the output of your obdc stage into another obdc stage, something like this.

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odbc--->transformer--->odbc--->transformer--->odbc

[us1aslam1us]

Vijay, Can you describe what exactly you are trying to do? Do you want to run a job and use its output in the other job? Or is it you trying to do something within a job (run a part of job which is not possible) or something else. Till now we are only speculating what you need?

Sam

[ray.wurlod]

DSRunJob() function can not be used in the way proposed. However there is an SDK function called UtilityRunJob() that can be so used.

But do you really want to run a DataStage job for each row processed by your main job?

If so, do not complain about rows/sec. It will be abominable.