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Workload Automation – Part 5a: Vexing Variables – parms

In the next part of this blog series we will look at variables used within TWS. This can be a confusing area especially for those long-time users of TWS as the use of “parameters” and “variables” is sometimes interchangeable. And that’s before we look at when variables get resolved – at job submission time or […]

Workload Automation – DataStage Jobs

  Define Common Variable Table Assumptions – all DataStage jobs execute through the same pool or agent workstation. Define a variable table to hold parameters common to all DataStage jobs and ADD the variable table to the pool/workstation definition. Do this by editing the workstation definition and supplying a variable tale value. This will need […]

Workload Automation – Part 3: Dynamic Agents and POOLS

The next blog in this series was intended to discuss automating the pulling of files using built-in TWS functionality. However, when starting to write the article I realised that to do so involves using some of the new advanced job types. The advanced job types will only execute on dynamic agents or POOL type workstations […]

Workload Automation – Part 2: Inbound Files

Thankfully the need for a bank to courier magnetic tapes by taxi across the city to another bank enabling account transfer and clearing to be processed are long gone. Most data transfer between companies is performed using electronic transfers, which inevitably requires some sort of transfer of files between them. In this blog I will […]