Link status, statistics

Sanket_Saraph · Post by **Sanket_Saraph** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 1:11 pm

Hi DS Gurus,

I wanna collect the status of a link in a job.
The reason being collecting the status is to run a job with conditional stages.

I will collect the status of first link and will check that status in the upcoming (another) link
and once the first link has completed with success then only start with the second link.

Thanks in Advance,
Sanket...

ArndW · Post by **ArndW** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 5:48 am

You haven't specified what exactly you mean by "status" of a link - but I think that it is easier to pass this "status" from one link to the next as a temporary column value that is dropped when no longer needed.

kumar_s · Post by **kumar_s** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 6:51 am

It'll be better if you can explain your requirement in brief. So that the method you choosed can be justified.

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 7:15 am

You can not control links in this way in a DataStage job. A job is the unit of execution, not a link. You will need a more modular design (more jobs) if you wish to exert this level of control.

If you are referring to a job sequence, however, you control the behaviour using Triggers. Don't ask us how - open up any activity with an outbound link and select the Triggers page, then invoke help.