Moving from DataStage 8.1 to DataStage 7.5

lak4u · Post by **lak4u** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 9:50 am

I want to know if there is any why to move DataStage 8.1 projects to DataStage 7.5.

I know we can migrate from DataStage 7.5 to DataStage 8.x but I need rverse. Please le me know if anybody knows

Thanks in advance

ArndW · Post by **ArndW** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:37 am

DataStage is backwards-compatible, but not necessarily forwards-compatible. You can do an export in V8, then edit the .dsx file so that the header information shows the one required for V7 (I'm not at a DataStage installation, so can't give you the exact numbers); the import at V7 might show warning and/or errors but you should at least get something loaded and can check to make sure that all jobs compile and run correctly. Naturally any stages or functionality that exists in V8 and doesn't exist in V7 won't function.

lak4u · Post by **lak4u** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 2:44 pm

ArndW wrote:DataStage is backwards-compatible, but not necessarily forwards-compatible. You can do an export in V8, then edit the .dsx file so that the header information shows the one required for V7 (I'm not a ...

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