Day 2 Data Stage Manager 11.0

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Questions

A Welcome Break

Coding Standards

Demo Key Contacts

Reference

Test Your Understanding

Hands-on Exercise

Icons Used


DataStage Manager: Overview

Introduction:

DataStage allows you to manage the DataStage repository and used for moving

jobs and folders between projects.


DataStage Manager: Objectives

Objective:

After completing this chapter, you will be able to:

Work with the DataStage Manager


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.


DataStage Manager: Logging In (Contd.)

Enter your operating

system username and

password

Enter the hostname or IP

address of the server

where DataStage is

installed

The Manager Login Dialog Box

Select the project to

attach to


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.


Project View Host View

Hostname of

server attached

to

Current project

attached to

Other projects

on the server

Selecting a View: Project/Host View

(Contd.)


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)


Categories and sub-

categories

Right click on a

category to create a

new sub-category or

delete an existing

one

Delete categories,

sub-categories,

and/or objects

Managing Categories in the Metadata

Repository (Contd.)


Right click on any

category except

‘Jobs’ or ‘Shared

Containers’ to create

a new item

Creating New Objects


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.


Exporting Components in Manager

Select ‘Export’ from

the file menu


Selecting Components for Export

Select components or

categories from the pull-

down menu

Select branch categories

using the check boxes

Create export file as XML

Type in file name

manually or browse for file


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).


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


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.


Currently

selected item

from the

repository

Items referencing the

currently selected item

Relationship of other

items to currently

selected item

Performing Usage Analysis for

Components (Contd.)


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.


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


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.


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

Delete currently

selected

configuration file

Check the current

file


• Allow time for questions from participants


• 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?

Test Your Understanding


DataStage Manager: Summary

• DataStage Manager can be used to:

– Create/Move/Delete categories

– Import/Export projects

– Configure file editor

– Reporting Assistant


DataStage Manager: Source

• DataStage 7.5.1 manual

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