DATA STAGE BASICS

1. DataStage
Manager
Basic
Basic
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2. About the Author
Created By: Mandhagini P.S (127057)
Credential An expert in DataStage having 3 years of IT experience
Information:
Version and DS/PPT/1106/1.0
Date:
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3. Icons Used
Questions Hands-on Exercise
Test Your Understanding
A Welcome Break
Reference
Coding Standards
Key Contacts
Demo
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4. DataStage Manager: Overview
Introduction:
DataStage allows you to manage the DataStage repository and used for moving
jobs and folders between projects.
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5. DataStage Manager: Objectives
Objective:
After completing this chapter, you will be able to:
Work with the DataStage Manager
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6. DataStage Manager: Logging In
• Logging into a DataStage server using the Manager requires the host name of
the server, the fully qualified name if necessary, or the server’s IP address and
the operating system username and password.
• The user account must be a member of the group(s) that has been assigned
Developer rights to the particular project.
• Once a connection has been made to a DataStage server, the logon credentials
will be saved for future logins.
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7. DataStage Manager: Logging In (Contd.)
The Manager Login Dialog Box
Enter the hostname or IP
address of the server
where DataStage is
installed
Enter your operating
system username and
password
Select the project to
attach to
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8. Selecting a View: Project/Host View
• The DataStage Manager operates in two modes, Host View or Project View.
• By default, the DataStage Manager opens in Project View for the first time,
showing the contents of the project that you have opened.
• If you switch from Project View to Host View, then the server hosting DataStage
is shown at the top of the tree in the left pane, with all the DataStage projects
currently defined beneath it.
• You can switch to the other projects in the tree as required. The next time you
open DataStage Manager, it will reopen in whichever mode you left it.
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9. Selecting a View: Project/Host View
(Contd.)
Project View Host View
Hostname of
server attached
to
Current project
attached to
Other projects
on the server
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10. Managing Categories in the Metadata
Repository
• The DataStage Manager provides a means of viewing and managing the
contents of the Repository.
• In order to arrange the contents of your project, you can use the DataStage
Manager to:
– Create empty categories
– Move items between categories
– Delete a category (including all items under that category)
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11. Managing Categories in the Metadata
Repository (Contd.)
Delete categories,
sub-categories,
and/or objects
Categories and sub-
categories
Right click on a
category to create a
new sub-category or
delete an existing
one
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12. Creating New Objects
Right click on any
category except
‘Jobs’ or ‘Shared
Containers’ to create
a new item
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13. Moving Projects
• DataStage allows you to import and export components and objects in the
repository in order to move jobs and/or projects between DataStage systems.
• You can also use the export facility to generate XML documents that describe
objects in the repository.
• The import and export capabilities are the most commonly used methods of
moving repository objects between projects or between systems.
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14. Exporting Components in Manager
Select ‘Export’ from
the file menu
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15. Selecting Components for Export
Type in file name
manually or browse for file
Create export file as XML
Select components or
categories from the pull-
down menu
Select branch categories
using the check boxes
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16. Selecting Components for Export
(Contd.)
• From the Export menu, select the directory and file name to create using the
browse button or type in the name of the file manually into the Export to file line.
• If you have selected a previously created export file, then you should select the
Append to existing file option; otherwise, the utility will ask if you want to replace
the existing file.
• If the file to be created is a new file, then you should decide in which format you
want to create the export file (either DataStage export file or XML).
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17. Importing Repository Components
Select ‘Import’ from the File menu
Import all components or select
components from a list
Overwrite existing components with
duplicate names
Select file to import with browse
button
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18. Performing Usage Analysis for
Components
• The Usage Analysis tool allows you to check where items in the DataStage
Repository are used.
• Usage Analysis gives you a list of the items that use a particular source item. You
can in turn use the tool to examine items on the list, and see where they are
used.
• For example, you might want to discover how changing a particular item would
affect your DataStage project as a whole.
• The Usage Analysis tool allows you to select the item in the DataStage Manager
and view all the instances where it is used in the current project.
• You can also get the Usage Analysis tool to warn you when you are about to
delete or change an item that is used elsewhere in the project.
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19. Performing Usage Analysis for
Components (Contd.)
Currently
selected item
from the
repository
Relationship of other Items referencing the
items to currently currently selected item
selected item
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20. Reporting Assistant
• The Reporting Assistant is a flexible utility that allows you to generate reports at
various levels within a project.
• For example, entire job, single stage, set of stages, and so on. Information
generated for reporting purposes is stored in a relational database on the
DataStage client.
• A Microsoft Access database is supplied as the default database target for the
Document Tool, but schemas are also supplied for other databases.
• This information can then be used to print a report, write a report to a file, or be
interrogated by a third-party tool.
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21. Reporting Assistant (Contd.)
Update the database
by category and
object selection or by
selecting the whole
project
If ‘Selection’ is
chosen, then select
categories and
objects
Update the
Documentation Tool
with the selected
items’ metadata
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22. Configuration File Editor
• DataStage learns about the shape and size of the system from the configuration
file.
• It organizes the resources needed for a job according to what is defined in the
configuration file.
• When the system changes, you need to make changes only in the configuration
file leaving the jobs untouched.
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23. Configuration File Editor (Contd.)
Pull down list to
select a
configuration file
Contents of
configuration file
Save current
configuration file or
save as a new
configuration
Check the current
file
Delete currently
selected
configuration file
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24. • Allow time for questions from participants
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25. Test Your Understanding
• Is it possible to move a single job from one project to another?
• Can you create a new job or a shared container from DataStage Manager?
• What is the advantage of exporting a Project as a .xml file?
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26. DataStage Manager: Summary
• DataStage Manager can be used to:
– Create/Move/Delete categories
– Import/Export projects
– Configure file editor
– Reporting Assistant
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27. DataStage Manager: Source
• DataStage 7.5.1 manual
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