istool clarification

[vamsi.4a6]

By using istool we can export and import various Information Server components components/assets.


With respect to Datastage Asset means Mainframe job ,Parallel job ,Sequence job,Server job etc.

1)what is meant by Asset exactly with respect to Information Server components?

2)Is there any way to find all assests with respect to Information Server components?

[asorrell]

Refer to the Information Server Manager User's Guide when you need help for istool, it is basically the command line equivalent of the Manager GUI.

Assets consist of:

• Jobs
  Job Sequences
  Shared Containers
  Custom Operators
  Parameter Sets
  Table Definitions
  QualityStage definitions (Match Specifications, Standardization Rules etc.)
  Custom Stages
  Routines

Basically anything you can see in the repository view of the IS Manager.

[eostic]

...and also things that are not in DataStage but pertain to the core metadata of Information Server ....where "assets" are Database tables and Data files, BI reports, results from Information Analyzer, and other such assets....(see Metadata Workbench)...

Ernie