passing parameter values

djoni · Post by **djoni** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:51 am

How do we pass parameter values to a job at run time?
(not manually keying the values, no defaults)

tardifma · Post by **tardifma** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:07 am

Hi djoni.

Well, first, you need to define the parameter (name and type) in the job properties.

Second, you can pass the value of the parameter with the dsjob utility (at the prompt).

dsjob -run -param param_name=param_value -param param_name=param_value... -wait project_name sequencer

hope it helps

djoni · Post by **djoni** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:41 pm

tardifma wrote:Hi djoni.

dsjob -run -param param_name=param_value -param param_name=param_value... -wait project_name sequencer

hope it helps

Thanks "The Brute". But, this mean we hardcode the paramater values in the dsjob, doesn't it?

djoni

kwwilliams · Post by **kwwilliams** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:47 pm

How would you generate the parameters? Your issue seems unclear. If you could explain in more detail with something like, "I have a job that will get its paraameters from a previous job, how could I do this?" I don't think I can understand how to help you until you tell us how you would determine the parameters to pass to this job in the first place.

kumar_s · Post by **kumar_s** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:53 pm

You can maintain a parameter file which hold all the necessary dynamic parameter. And it can be passed to -param in dsjobs. You can refresh the parameter file for every run as you wish.

djoni · Post by **djoni** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:01 pm

kumar_s wrote:You can maintain a parameter file which hold all the necessary dynamic parameter. And it can be passed to -param in dsjobs. You can refresh the parameter file for every run as you wish.

This is great news!
But, what will be the content of the parameter file? parameter name and value pairs? Format?
And, how willl the dsjob command look for the file and the specific parameter? I can't see them in the dsjob command options
djoni

kumar_s · Post by **kumar_s** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 7:33 am

No, there isnt any inbuilt parameter file for dsjob. Instead you need to create of your own logic and need to prepare code(Shell script) to read the parameter file and pass the values to the dsjob commands.

djoni · Post by **djoni** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:14 pm

kumar_s wrote:No, there isnt any inbuilt parameter file for dsjob. Instead you need to create of your own logic and need to prepare code(Shell script) to read the parameter file and pass the values to the dsjob commands.

I would really appreciate it if you could email me a sample script darmawd@thedominion.ca

Many thanks, djoni