DS Job Type Identification - Server or PX in Unix

[nvalia]

Hi,

We have both Server & Parallel jobs in our project depending on the requirements.The Parameters for both are different.
So to dynamically pass the param values at runtime from a seperate param file we need to know whether the job is a Server or Parallel job.

The job name itself, which is an argument to the DS run Unix script, doesn't provide any unique identifier.

Is there any way by which we can find this out?

NV

[chulett]

I know it's been documented in the forums, I just don't remember the answer. From what I recall, Kim Duke posted some code that illustrated how to check.

You can see some of the information in the dsapi.h file under the $DSHOME/include directory. The Repos Information section shows:

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#define DSS_JOBS           1        /* The Object Type to return */ 
#define DSS_JOB_ALL        15       /* list all jobs */ 
#define DSS_JOB_SERVER     1        /* list all server jobs */ 
#define DSS_JOB_PARALLEL   2        /* list all parallel jobs */ 
#define DSS_JOB_MAINFRAME  4        /* list all mainframe jobs */ 
#define DSS_JOB_SEQUENCE   8        /* list all sequence jobs */ 

The secret is knowing how to get this information from the repository.

[DSguru2B]

The JOBTYPEIND in DS_JOBS repository table will identify parallel jobs from server jobs.
Here are the indicators:
Server Jobs - 0
Parallel Jobs - 3
Job Sequences - 2
A simple uv query would be

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SELECT NAME FROM DS_JOBS WHERE JOBTYPEIND = 'n';

where n is one of the indicators listed above.

[ray.wurlod]

For completeness, 1 indicates a mainframe job.

[kduke]

viewtopic.php?t=101044&highlight=JOBTYPE

Has several ways to get this.

[chulett]

You'd probably want to flip the query around for your needs:

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SELECT JOBTYPEIND FROM DS_JOBS WHERE  NAME = 'YourJobName';

And then handle your parameters accordingly based on the type retrieved.

[kduke]

If you are doing this in a UNIX script or BASIC you need to validate the parameter name before you set the value or dsjob will fail. We did this with

dsjob -lparams

You need to search for that code. I posted code snipets.

[chulett]

Yes you did. Me likey what you done did and fully intend to steal bits of it when I have some spare time. :D