Step 1

• Start DB/2 repository and Data stage Server (In the Task box, we have a Green color icon, àRight click àStart)

DataStage Server  

Start Program  Web sphere   Application server  profiles à default  start the   server  Next click on Web Console   we find the login page  that is Server has Started

• If the server is not started, the page cannot be displayed is displayed.

Step 2

Select Designer from Desktop   Show a login page  Authenticate your self  

User id: Admin

Password: phi, and attach to an appropriate project

Project: INDIA / DWS  okDisplay a New Window

Step 3

• Select parallel jobs from new
• A designer canvas and palette of parallel jobs is opened
• Select appropriate Stages from the palette
• Palette is a component that has Short shortcuts of the stages.
• 8 categories of stages are divided into 2 groups

1. Active Stages: ETL –“T”
2. Passive Stages: ETL – “E” & “L”
3. General
4. Data Quality
5. Database
6. Development
7. File
8. Processing
9. Real-time
10. Restructure
11. Favorites

In General, Annotations are used for comments.

Step 4

• Drag and Drop required Stage from Palette, and create a Sample job
• Set the Stage properties.
• Save, Compile and Run
• Shortcuts:-

Compile –F7 Run – Ctrl +F5

Reading Data From Files

We have 3 types of files.

1. Txt
2. CSU
3. XML

  .txt:  ( also have different formats)

1. Fixed width flat files
2. comma-separated files
3. variable length files
4. Head & Tail files
5. Single column format
6. Space & tab Separated

In this current job, We are using a “comma-separated format”. We are using “Sequential file” Sequential file – to read the file When we read the Sequential file, we have to follow 4 things

• File Name
• Location (paths)
• Format (comma Structure)
• Structure (Table Definition or Meat data)
• IN this jobs, Source is a file, loading the data that is Target is also a file

• The naming conversion will be decided by the people who prepare transformation SQ- PRIMARY –DATA
• Double click on Sequential file (or) Right-click on  Sequential fileWe get the properties window Select file

  File - C:/data /primary .net

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Columns (importing the Structure of the text file into O.S from D.S load into Repository  T>B)

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Click load

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We get a window

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“Table Definition” it shows the list of files in Tb (Right-click on TB )

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Import Table Definition

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Sequential file  Definition

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Browse Directory

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Ok

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Select files

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Select “primary 22 .txt”

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Import   (click)

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The first line is the column name “Define” Sequential Metadata

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Ok  now the file imports the location into D.S if we want to view the data click “VIEW DATA”

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Target file à “Select and drive”  take forex: D:/

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File Name  -- Sample.txt

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Save  -- jobs  (RC) new folder Shilpa  jot name (or) item

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Compile  run  

• Green color indicates that jobs have finished

o/p:- total rows  

Sequential files stage properties:

It is a file Stage which reads or writes Sequentially or parallels.

Note:

1. 1 file – Sequential (Reading data from only 1 file)

N file – parallel    (Reading data from more than 1 file)

2. Sequential Stage supports 1 i/p or 1 o/p and 1 reject link

(That is either 1 input or 1 output, but not both from each sequential file) - - > IT can  Support i/p + reject link (or) o/p +reject link

Multiple Sources

We have an option to read data from Multiple Source Structure of file 1 and file 2 should be the same There is a Memory limit for Text files (That is  As the text file, can accommodate only 2 GB, if we have 5 GB, so we need To have multiple text file) - - >TO Read the data from Multiple Sources /files,  Sequential file Supports. “Read Method 2 types”

1. Specific files give file name specifically
2. File pattern users wild card characters

Ex:- if we select “filename” C:/data/primary * .txt wild card characters Any characters which have multi-purpose That is we have different text files as Primary 11.txt Primary 22.net Primary 11.det * specific char. Matching? multiple char matching # numbers Primary is common, for that reason, we use * symbol C:/ Data primary ? ? txt After primary Characters or numbers or numbers occupied.

Handling Format Mismatch Records

“Reject Mode”  à 3 options Continue - Drop format mismatch record and load rest. Fail - job aborts if any format mismatch records Output - captures rejected data, through Reject link    Reject link is allowed only with Reject link “output option” is Reject  Mode.

Reject Data 

• Format Mismatch
• Data type Mismatch
• Condition Mismatch

Reject link is allowed only with the “output option” is Reject Mode

Missing file Mode: ---  (if the file is missed)

1. Error – fails job if any file is missed.
2. Ok – continue with the rest of the file.

Option:-  (To different which record is Coming from which file including the path)

1. fileName column source properties option
2. Get src into tag Select file name column come to the column
3. Select FNC – add to columns Add the at Column Name
4. Row number columns

1) gives record no. at src to target gets sequence no. of the src at the target, it is integers

1. Read first rows
2. Get first ‘n’ records from f1,f2,f3……….fn(that is Read rows = 3, display 1^st 3 records from f1,f2,f3……….fn)
3. Filter – we can use UNIX based comments like a group

• grep “William”  grep   “moon” – case Sensitive

grep –   I “moon” – ignore the case

grep –   I “moon” – exact Matching

grep –   I “moon” –  other than Moon,(case sensitive)

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Types of links

link Default Colors

Red – Stage Not Connected property (or) job Aborted

Blue – In process

Green – finished

Black  - Stage is ready to set the properties

Link Marks

Indicates  what data is moved between Stages

• Box at SRC SRC Stage ready with Mata Data.
• BOX a Tag  Parallel to parallel auto Partitioning

W.r.to Data stage :-

• The compilation is a process of Converting GUI into its machine code, in Process, it checks link requirements, Mandatory Stage properties, and logical  errors

Lab Exercise

In the file pattern, What are the options that are missing ?

Sol: Options

First line is column Name  = false

Keep file partitions = false

Reject Mode = continue

Report progress = yes

Properties  File Name column Row Number column Schema file

Specific files 

Options 

First line is column Name  = false

Keep file partitions = false

Missing File Mode = Depends

Reject Mode = continue

Report progress = yes

Properties

• File Name column
• Filter
• of Record deeper Node
• Read first Rows
• Read from multiple nodes
• Row number column
• Schema file

SRC = 1 file (10 records) , Tag = 2 files, how the output will at the target.

Sol:  Output will come in 2 files with alternate records  .

That is if we have to records, we get 5 in each target  file

Example:-    Support, we have 10 records will 1,2,3,4…………..10

The output will be

Target 1  1,3,5,7,9

Target 2 2,4,6,8,10 SRC = 2 files , Tag = 2 files, output = ?

Sol:  1^st SRC file into 1^st target file

2^st SRC file into 2nd target file

SRC = 2 files , Tag = 1 files, output = ?

File 1 = c id, c name, address  2 records

File 2 = c id, c name, address, country 2 record

Sol:  When we load a file for the first – time

File 1

File 2

While file 1 loads, the output will be 4 rows

That is, c id, c name, Address in the file is these in file 2(file 1 Structure is there file 2, so it display records from 2 tables)

- - > While file 2 Is loaded, the output will be 2 rows

That is cid,c name, Address,  in file 2, are not there in file 1, to it does not consider file 2.

That is file 2 structure is not there in file 1   structure so file 1 is discarded and display only File records.

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