Session 4: Datastage Manager

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Objectives
Understand DataStage Manager components and functionality Manually create metadata Import metadata from a sequential file Load metadata into a passive stage Import and export DataStage components.

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DataStage Manager

Jobs

Branches: Data Elements Jobs Routines Shared Containers Stage Types Table Definitions <Enter Project Name> Transforms

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What is Metadata Metadata is Data about data, for example, a table definition describing columns in which data is structured.

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Where the Metadata comes from

Metadata is imported
File definitions Table definitions

DataStage components

Metadata is created
Jobs are created in Designer Data elements, routines, table definitions, transforms can be created in Manager
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Exporting DataStage Components

Objects to export

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Exporting DataStage Components

Objects to export
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Importing DataStage Components

Objects to import

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Importing DataStage Components

List objects in file

Import objects in file

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Table Definitions
Specify the format of data files and tables Reusable Use table definitions for: Sequential files ODBC data source tables

UniVerse tables
Loosely coupled with the data it defines Can be used for any data with the same format (relational, sequential, hashed)

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Importing Sequential File Metadata

Source File directory

File Type

Sequential files in directory

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Specifying the Format

Column names in first row Delimiter

Preview the data

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Specifying the Column Definitions

Modify as needed

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Manually Creating a Table Definition

Define format

Define columns

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Loading Table Definitions into Jobs

Sequential stage

Manager table definitions

Load metadata
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