Using Parallel Shared Container

[sinhasaurabh014]

Hi,
I am trying to use shared container for the first time and am facing some issues. When I searched through the forum, I couldn't find somebody who had faced such a basic elemntary problem.

I have a parallel shared container consisting of a row generator , Transformer and sequential file with two links: lnk1 from row gen to transformer and lnk2 from transformer to sequential file.

I am using/trying to use this shared container in a simple parallel job as below:

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SEQ FILE-->SHARED CON-->TRANSFORMER-->SEQ FILE

Through input seq file stage, I will pass each record to container and take output from container to transformer and ultimately to target seq stage. However, when I try to configure the shared container stage in the job, (I dragged and dropped on the canvas, I guess it is referential) I am not able to do any link mapping --neither in the input nor in the output properties.
I have kept the input link metadata same as lnk1 in the shared container.

Am i doing any wrong, Is the design feasible? Please help.

[ray.wurlod]

What does this job look like when you deconstruct the container? (Show us.)

[sinhasaurabh014]

Hi Ray
My shared container design looked like

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Row Generator----------------->Transformer------------------>Sequential File
                              lnk1                                    lnk2

After some trial, I have been able to fix this by replacing Row generator with container input and sequential file as container output.

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Container Input------------>Transformer--------->Container Output

I think a shared container design is supposed to be this way. Is it?

[meet_deb85]

Its correct considering you want to pass input to the container

[Palci]

So does it mean that only for the transformer you are using a SC. Why do so ?? Directly put the transformer in the job. If its very complex logic then only use the SC. And also did you check the output columns validity??