Job Parameter as part of DataSet name

[jreddy]

I am trying to name a dataset
as the String 'Reject' concatenated with the job parameter #RunDate#

I have done that with Sequential files, but with DataSets, the output file name does not have the translated value for the job parameter.

Any suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks

[ray.wurlod]

With a Data Set (or File Set) you are specifying the name of its control file.

This certainly can include job parameter references - it's a regular "pathname".

Please note that the name of a Data Set control file must have a suffix of ".ds". Best practice is to allocate a directory (perhaps a subdirectory of the project, perhaps a more central location) in which Data Set and File Set control files can be corralled.

[jreddy]

Thanks Ray,

I have used two job parameters one for rundate (timestamp) and another one for directory path

and in the reject datasets, i have the names as
#directoryPath#/Reject#Rundate#.ds

but hte output ds file is named exactly the same way, with the '#' and all and without the job params being evaluated..

what am i doing wrong?

[ray.wurlod]

That suggests that the job parameters are not thus defined in the job properties dialog.

[ray.wurlod]

That suggests that the job parameters are not thus defined in the job properties dialog.