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I have around 50 odd user defined variable in DEV1 project and i need to copy the same to the other project DEV2 available in the same Host system.

I would also require the "Parallel options" specified in Administrator of DEV1 be available in DEV2, Is it possible as typing it is a tedious work.

please help me out !!

For the environment variables copy the relevant lines from DSParams from one project to the other (remembering that there are two sections for environment variables - definitions and default values).

I'm not sure where the Parallel options are stored in a version 7 project, and don't have one in which I could check.

Those "Parallel options" are so small in number (and usually defaulted) that I don't see an issue with having both windows up and doing a visual check / manual syncing of the two.

I recommend you use a file merge tool like free one at www.winmerge.org. Transfer both files to your PC - migrate changes from the first file to the second and transfer the second file back to your DataStage server. This helps you identify new rows in file 1 to be migrated and custom changes in file 2 that you might not want to overwrite or lose.

Here is my blog post on the topic with screenshots:

http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/infosphere/how-to-use-winmerge-to-manage-datastage-configuration-files-32775