Data Stage FAQS

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Dimension Modelling types along with their significance

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Data Modelling is Broadly classified into 2 types. a) E-R Diagrams (Entity - Relatioships). b) Dimensional Modelling.
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2. What is the flow of loading data into fact & dimensional tables?
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Fact table - Table with Collection of Foreign Keys corresponding to the Primary Keys in Dimensional table. Consists
of fields with numeric values. Dimension table - Table with Unique Primary Key. Loa
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3. Orchestrate Vs Datastage Parallel Extender?

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Orchestrate itself is an ETL tool with extensive parallel processing capabilities and running on UNIX platform.
Datastage used Orchestrate with Datastage XE (Beta version of 6.0) to incorporate the p
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4. Differentiate Primary Key and Partition Key?
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Primary Key is a combination of unique and not null. It can be a collection of key values called as composite primary
key. Partition Key is a just a part of Primary Key. There are several methods of
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5. How do you execute datastage job from command line prompt?

Using "dsjob" command as follows. dsjob -run -jobstatus projectname jobname
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6. What are Stage Variables, Derivations and Constants?

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Stage Variable - An intermediate processing variable that retains value during read and doesnt pass the value into
target column. Derivation - Expression that specifies value to be passed on to the t
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7. What is the default cache size? How do you change the cache size if needed?
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Default cache size is 256 MB. We can incraese it by going into Datastage Administrator and selecting the Tunable
Tab and specify the cache size over there.
Latest Answer: The default cache size is 128 MB. This is
primarily used for hash file data cache in the server. &nb...
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8. Containers : Usage and Types?

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Container is a collection of stages used for the purpose of Reusability. There are 2 types of Containers. a) Local
Container: Job Specific b) Shared Container: Used in any job within a project.
Latest Answer: Container is a collection of stages used for
the purpose of Reusability. There are 2 types of Contai...
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9. Compare and Contrast ODBC and Plug-In stages?

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ODBC : a) Poor Performance. b) Can be used for Variety of Databases. c) Can handle Stored Procedures. Plug-In:
a) Good Performance. b) Database specific.(Only one database) c) Cannot handle Stored Pr
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10. How to run a Shell Script within the scope of a Data stage job?
By using "ExcecSH" command at Before/After job properties.
Latest Answer: Hi:Go to Job properties and choose Before
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11. Types of Parallel Processing?

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Parallel Processing is broadly classified into 2 types. a) SMP - Symmetrical Multi Processing. b) MPP - Massive
Parallel Processing.
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parallel processing systems available:1. SMP (symetric
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12. What does a Config File in parallel extender consist of?

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Config file consists of the following. a) Number of Processes or Nodes. b) Actual Disk Storage Location.
Latest Answer: Config file was read by datastage engine
before running the job in Px.it consist of configuration ab...
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13. Functionality of Link Partitioner and Link Collector?

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Link Partitioner : It actually splits data into various partitions or data flows using various partition methods . Link
Collector : It collects the data coming from partitions, merges it into a singl
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sequential fashion,the ipc stage as well as link partioner
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14. What is Modulus and Splitting in Dynamic Hashed File?

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In a Hashed File, the size of the file keeps changing randomly. If the size of the file increases it is called as
"Modulus". If the size of the file decreases it is called as "Splitting
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15. Types of vies in Datastage Director?

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There are 3 types of views in Datastage Director a) Job View - Dates of Jobs Compiled. b) Log View - Status of Job
last run c) Status View - Warning Messages, Event Messages, Program Generated Messag
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16. Differentiate Database data and Data warehouse data?

Data in a Database is a) Detailed or Transactional b) Both Readable and Writable. c) Current.
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Data warehouse data will be in the form of OLAP. OLTP is
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17. What are the difficulties faced in using DataStage ? or what are the constraints in using
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What are the difficulties faced in using DataStage ? or what are the constraints in using DataStage ?
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18. What r XML files and how do you read data from XML files and what stage to be used?
Latest Answer: This is how it can be doneDefine the xml
file path in the administrator Under environmental
paramet... Last Updated By satya on July 18, 2007
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19. How do you catch bad rows from OCI stage?

Latest Answer: The question itself is a little ambiguous to
me. I think the answer to the question might be, we wil...
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20. Why do you use SQL LOADER or OCI STAGE?
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21. Suppose if there are million records did you use OCI? if not then what stage do you prefer? Subscribe
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22. How do you populate source files?

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23. How do you pass the parameter to the job sequence if the job is running at night?
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24. What happens if the job fails at night?

Latest Answer: U can define a job sequence to send an
email using SMTP activity if the job fails. Or log the failur...
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25. What is SQL tuning? how do you do it ?

Latest Answer: sql tunning how to per form thisin sqlserver... through query analyser is needed and explain brief
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26. What is project life cycle and how do you implement it?
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27. How do you track performance statistics and enhance it?

Latest Answer: You can right click on the server job and
select the "view performance statistics" option. This will...
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28. How do you do oracle 4 way inner join if there are 4 oracle input files?
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be any Oracle file. It is Oracle table or view object.I ne...
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29. What is the order of execution done internally in the transformer with the stage editor
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What is the order of execution done internally in the transformer with the stage editor having input links
on the lft hand side and output links?
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30. Explain your last project and your role in it.?
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31. What are the often used Stages or stages you worked with in your last project?
A) Transformer, ORAOCI8/9, ODBC, Link-Partitioner, Link-Collector, Hash, ODBC, Aggregator, Sort.
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32. How many jobs have you created in your last project?
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100+ jobs for every 6 months if you are in Development, if you are in testing 40 jobs for every 6 months although it
need not be the same number for everybody
Latest Answer: - I don't think these are the right numbers.
33. Tell me the environment in your last projects

Give the OS of the Server and the OS of the Client of your recent most project
Latest Answer: server is unix and client machine i.e is ur
machine where u design a job is windows xp professional...
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34. Did you Parameterize the job or hard-coded the values in the jobs?
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Always parameterized the job. Either the values are coming from Job Properties or from a Parameter Manager a
third part tool. There is no way you will hardcode some parameters in your jobs. The o
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35. Have you ever involved in updating the DS versions like DS 5.X, if so tell us some the steps Subscribe
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Have you ever involved in updating the DS versions like DS 5.X, if so tell us some the steps you have
taken in doing so?
Yes. The following are some of the steps; I have taken in doing so:1) Definitely take a back up of the whole
project(s) by exporting the project as a .dsx file2) See that you are using the same parent
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36. What is Hash file stage and what is it used for?
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Used for Look-ups. It is like a reference table. It is also used in-place of ODBC, OCI tables for better performance.
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avoid / remove dupilcate rowsby specifying the hash key on
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37. What are Static Hash files and Dynamic Hash files?
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As the names itself suggest what they mean. In general we use Type-30 dynamic Hash files. The Data file has a
default size of 2Gb and the overflow file is used if the data exceeds the 2GB size.
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38. What versions of DS you worked with?

DS 7.0.2/6.0/5.2
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39. What other ETL's you have worked with?

Informatica and also DataJunction if it is present in your Resume.
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40. Did you work in UNIX environment?

Yes. One of the most important requirements.
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41. How good are you with your PL/SQL?
On the scale of 1-10 say 8.5-9
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42. Explain the differences between Oracle8i/9i?

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sysdate but 9i supportsOracle 8i we can create 256
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43. Do you know about INTEGRITY/QUALITY stage?
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44. Do u know about METASTAGE?

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Directory that uniquely synchronizesmetadata across
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45. How did u connect to DB2 in your last project?

Using DB2 ODBC drivers.
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46. What are OConv () and Iconv () functions and where are they used?
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IConv() - Converts a string to an internal storage formatOConv() - Converts an expression to an output format.
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47. What are Routines and where/how are they written and have you written any routines
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What are Routines and where/how are they written and have you written any routines before?
Routines are stored in the Routines branch of the DataStage Repository, where you can create, view or edit. The
following are different types of routines: 1) Transform functions
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48. If worked with DS6.0 and latest versions what are Link-Partitioner and Link-Collector used
for?
Link Partitioner - Used for partitioning the data.Link Collector - Used for collecting the partitioned data.
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49. How did you handle reject data?
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Typically a Reject-link is defined and the rejected data is loaded back into data warehouse. So Reject link has to be
defined every Output link you wish to collect rejected data. Rejected data is typi
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50. What are other Performance tunings you have done in your last project to increase the
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What are other Performance tunings you have done in your last project to increase the performance of
slowly running jobs?
Staged the data coming from ODBC/OCI/DB2UDB stages or any database on the server using Hash/Sequential
files for optimum performance also for data recovery in case job aborts.Tuned the OCI stage for '
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51. How did you handle an 'Aborted' sequencer?
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In almost all cases we have to delete the data inserted by this from DB manually and fix the job and then run the job
again.
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52. What are Sequencers?
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Sequencers are job control programs that execute other jobs with preset Job parameters.
Latest Answer: A sequencer allows you to synchronize the
control flow of multiple activities in a job sequence. It ...
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53. How did u connect with DB2 in your last project?

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Most of the times the data was sent to us in the form of flat files. The data is dumped and sent to us. In some cases
were we need to connect to DB2 for look-ups as an instance then we used ODBC drive
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54. Read the String functions in DS
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Functions like [] -> sub-string function and ':' -> concatenation operatorSyntax: string [ [ start, ] length ]string
[ delimiter, instance, repeats ]
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55. What will you in a situation where somebody wants to send you a file and use that file as an Subscribe
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What will you in a situation where somebody wants to send you a file and use that file as an input or
reference and then run job.
A. Under Windows: Use the 'WaitForFileActivity' under the Sequencers and then run the job. May be you can
schedule the sequencer around the time the file is expected to arrive.B. Under UNIX:
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56. How would call an external Java function which are not supported by DataStage?
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Starting from DS 6.0 we have the ability to call external Java functions using a Java package from Ascential. In this
case we can even use the command line to invoke the Java function and write the re
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57. What is the utility you use to schedule the jobs on a UNIX server other than using Ascential Subscribe
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What is the utility you use to schedule the jobs on a UNIX server other than using Ascential Director?
Use crontab utility along with dsexecute() function along with proper parameters passed.
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58. What are the command line functions that import and export the DS jobs?
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A. dsimport.exe- imports the DataStage components.B. dsexport.exe- exports the DataStage components.
Latest Answer: Parameters: UserName,Password, Hostname,
ProjectName,CurrentDirectory(C:/Ascential/DataStage7.5.1/ds...
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59. How will you determine the sequence of jobs to load into data warehouse?
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First we execute the jobs that load the data into Dimension tables, then Fact tables, then load the Aggregator tables
(if any).
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The above might rise another question: Why do we have to load the dimensional tables first, then fact
tables:
As we load the dimensional tables the keys (primary) are generated and these keys (primary) are Foreign keys in
Fact tables.
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61. Tell me one situation from your last project, where you had faced problem and How did u
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A. The jobs in which data is read directly from OCI stages are running extremely slow. I had to stage the data before
sending to the transformer to make the jobs run faster.B. The job aborts
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62. Does the selection of 'Clear the table and Insert rows' in the ODBC stage send a Truncate
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Does the selection of 'Clear the table and Insert rows' in the ODBC stage send a Truncate statement to
the DB or does it do some kind of Delete logic.
There is no TRUNCATE on ODBC stages. It is Clear table blah blah and that is a delete from statement. On an OCI
stage such as Oracle, you do have both Clear and Truncate options. They are radically di
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63. How do you rename all of the jobs to support your new File-naming conventions?
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Create a Excel spreadsheet with new and old names. Export the whole project as a dsx. Write a Perl program,
which can do a simple rename of the strings looking up the Excel file. Then import the new d
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64. Difference between Hashfile and Sequential File?
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65. What is iconv and oconv functions?

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66. How can we join one Oracle source and Sequential file?.
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72. How can we improve the performance of DataStage jobs?

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71. what are the Job parameters?

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70. what is the difference between routine and transform and function?
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69. What are all the third party tools used in DataStage?
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68. How can we implement Lookup in DataStage Server jobs?

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67. How can we implement Slowly Changing Dimensions in DataStage?.

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73. How can we create Containers?
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74. When should we use ODS?

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DWH's are typically read only, batch updated on a scheduleODS's are maintained in more real time, trickle fed
constantly
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75. Whats difference betweeen operational data stage (ODS) & data warehouse?
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76. How to handle Date convertions in Datastage? Convert a mm/dd/yyyy format to yyyy-ddSubscribe
mm?
We use a) "Iconv" function - Internal Convertion. b) "Oconv" function - External Convertion. Function to convert
mm/dd/yyyy format to yyyy-dd-mm is Oconv(Iconv(Filedname,"D/M
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77. How do you pass filename as the parameter for a job?

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78. How will you call external function or subroutine from datastage?
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79. Dimensional modelling is again sub divided into 2 types.

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a)Star Schema - Simple & Much Faster. Denormalized form. b)Snowflake Schema - Complex with more Granularity.
More normalized form.
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80. how to create batches in Datastage from command prompt
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81. How do you eliminate duplicate rows?

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82. What is DS Administrator used for - did u use it?

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83. What is DS Designer used for - did u use it?
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84. What about System variables?

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85. How do you eliminate duplicate rows?

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86. What are types of Hashed File?

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Hashed File is classified broadly into 2 types. a) Static - Sub divided into 17 types based on Primary Key Pattern. b)
Dynamic - sub divided into 2 types i) Generic ii
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87. What is DS Manager used for - did u use it?

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88. What is DS Director used for - did u use it?

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89. How do we do the automation of dsjobs?

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90. How do you merge two files in DS?

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Either used Copy command as a Before-job subroutine if the metadata of the 2 files are same or created a job to
concatenate the 2 files into one if the metadata is different.
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what's the difference between Datastage Developers and Datastage Designers. What are the skill's
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92. Importance of Surrogate Key in Data warehousing?

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Surrogate Key is a Primary Key for a Dimension table. Most importance of using it is it is independent of underlying
database. i.e Surrogate Key is not affected by the changes going on with a databas
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93. How do you fix the error "OCI has fetched truncated data" in DataStage
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94. what is difference between data stage and informatica

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95. Could you please help me with a set of questions on Parallel Extender?
X Asked by: aadi
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96. How many places u can call Routines?

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Four Places u can call (i) Transform of routine (A) Date Transformation (B) Upstring Transformation (ii) Transform of
the Before & After Subroutines(iii) XML transformation(iv)Web base t Asked by: Mukesh Kumar Madhav
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97. What is the Batch Program and how can generate ?
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Batch programe is the programe it's generate run time to maintain by the datastage it self but u can easy to change
own the basis of your requirement (Extraction, Transformation,Loading) .Batch progr Asked by: Mukesh Kumar
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Scenario based Question ........... Suppose that 4 job control by the sequencer like (job 1, job 2, job 3,
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100. What Happens if RCP is disable ?
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101. defaults nodes for datastage parallel Edition
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102. where does unix script of datastage executes weather in clinet machine or in
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103. how can we pass parameters to job by using file.
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104. What is ' insert for update ' in datastage

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105. Hi, What are the Repository Tables in DataStage and What are they?
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106. What is version Control?

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107. what happends out put of hash file is connected to transformer ..what error it throughs
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108. please list out the versions of datastage Parallel , server editions and in which year they
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please list out the versions of datastage Parallel , server editions and in which year they are realised.
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109. what is merge and how it can be done plz explain with simple example taking 2 tables ....... Subscribe
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110. How can I extract data from DB2 (on IBM iSeries) to the data warehouse via Datastage as
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How can I extract data from DB2 (on IBM iSeries) to the data warehouse via Datastage as the ETL tool.
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112. what is the OCI? and how to use the ETL Tools?
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113. what is NLS in datastage? how we use NLS in Datastage ? what advantages in that ? at the Subscribe
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114. What is APT_CONFIG in datastage
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115. how we use NLS function in Datastage? what are advantages of NLS function? where we
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116. what is merge ?and how to use merge?
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117. what is difference between serverjobs & paraller jobs

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118. what is DataStage Multi-byte, Single-byte file conversions in Mainframe jobs? what is UTF
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what is DataStage Multi-byte, Single-byte file conversions in Mainframe jobs? what is UTF 8 ? whats
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what is Data stage Multi-byte, Single-byte file conversions?how we use that conversions in data stage?
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120. How can ETL excel file to Datamart?
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121. what is the mean of Try to have the constraints in the 'Selection' criteria of the jobs i
what is the mean of Try to have the constraints in the 'Selection' criteria of the jobs itself. This will
eliminate the unnecessary records even getting in before joins are made?
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122. what is the meaning of the following..1)If an input file has an excessive number of rows
and can be
what is the meaning of the following..1)If an input file has an excessive number of rows and can be
split-up then use standard 2)logic to run jobs in parallel3)Tuning should occur on a job-by-job basis.
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123. how to implement routines in data stage,have any one has any material for data stage pl
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pl send material for data stage Asked by: krishna
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124. what is trouble shhoting in server jobs ? what are the diff kinds of errors encountered
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what is trouble shhoting in server jobs ? what are the diff kinds of errors encountered while running any
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125. how can u implement slowly changed dimensions in datastage? explain?2) can u join flat
file and dat
how can u implement slowly changed dimensions in datastage? explain?2) can u join flat file and
database in datastage?how?
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126. How can you implement Complex Jobs in datastage
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127. Does Enterprise Edition only add the parallel processing for better performance?Are any
stages/tran
Does Enterprise Edition only add the parallel processing for better performance?Are any
stages/transformations available in the enterprise edition only?
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128. how can you do incremental load in datastage?
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129. If your running 4 ways parallel and you have 10 stages on the canvas, how many
processes does datas
If your running 4 ways parallel and you have 10 stages on the canvas, how many processes does
datastage create?
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130. If data is partitioned in your job on key 1 and then you aggregate on key 2, what issues
could aris
If data is partitioned in your job on key 1 and then you aggregate on key 2, what issues could arise?
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132. What is the difference between Datastage and Datastage TX?
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133. what are validations you perform after creating jobs in designer.what r the different type of Subscribe
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what are validations you perform after creating jobs in designer.what r the different type of errors u
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134. How can I specify a filter command for processing data while defining sequential file
output data?
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135. can we use shared container as lookup in datastage server jobs?

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136. Hi!Can any one tell me how to extract data from more than 1 hetrogenious Sources.mean,
example 1 se
Hi!Can any one tell me how to extract data from more than 1 hetrogenious Sources.mean, example 1
sequenal file, Sybase , Oracle in a singale Job.
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137. What is the exact difference betwwen Join,Merge and Lookup Stage??
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138. hi! .. There are three different types of user-created stages available for PX. What are they? Subscribe
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hi! .. There are three different types of user-created stages available for PX. What are they? Which
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139. what is the difference between buildopts and subroutines ?
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140. what user varibale activity when it used how it used !where it is used with real example
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141. DataStage from Staging to MDW is only running at 1 row per second! What do we do to
remedy?
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142. what is the difference between datastage and informatica

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143. how is datastage 4.0 functionally different from the enterprise edition now?? what are the
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how is datastage 4.0 functionally different from the enterprise edition now?? what are the exact
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144. What are orabulk and bcp stages?
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145. how to handle the rejected rows in datastage?

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146. it is possible to run parallel jobs in server jobs?

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147. what are the differences between the data stage 7.0 and 7.5in server jobs?
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148. How the hash file is doing lookup in serverjobs?How is it comparing the key values?
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149. what is data set? and what is file set?

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150. what are the enhancements made in datastage 7.5 compare with 7.0
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151. If I add a new environment variable in Windows, how can I access it in DataStage?Thanks
in advance.
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152. 1.What about System variables? 2.How can we create Containers? 3.How can we improve Subscribe
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1.What about System variables? 2.How can we create Containers? 3.How can we improve the
performance of DataStage? 4.what are the Job parameters? 5.what is the difference between routine
and transform and function? 6.What are all the third party tools used in DataStage? 7.How can we
implement Lookup in DataStage Server jobs? 8.How can we implement Slowly Changing Dimensions
in DataStage?. 9.How can we join one Oracle source and Sequential file?. 10.What is iconv and oconv
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153. it is possible to call one job in another job in server jobs?
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154. what is hashing algorithm and explain breafly how it works?

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155. what is OCI?

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156. What is the NLS equivalent to NLS oracle code American_America.US7ASCII on Datastage Subscribe
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157. If a DataStage job aborts after say 1000 records, how to continue the job from 1000th
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If a DataStage job aborts after say 1000 records, how to continue the job from 1000th record after fixing
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158. how to implement type2 slowly changing dimensions in data stage?explain with example? Subscribe
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159. Is it possible to move the data from oracle ware house to SAP Warehouse using with
DATASTAGE Tool.
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160. Can you convert a snow flake schema into star schema?
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How much would be the size of the database in DataStage ?What is the difference between Inprocess
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162. How I can convert Server Jobs into Parallel Jobs?
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163. What is the max capacity of Hash file in DataStage?

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164. how to use rank&updatestratergy in datastage

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165. What is the difference between drs and odbc stage

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166. what is meaning of file extender in data stage server jobs.can we run the data stage job
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what is meaning of file extender in data stage server jobs.can we run the data stage job from one job to
another job that file data where it is stored and what is the file extender in ds jobs.
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167. # How does DataStage handle the user security?
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168. What are the Steps involved in development of a job in DataStage?

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169. Briefly describe the various client components?
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170. What is a project? Specify its various components?

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171. * What are constraints and derivation?* Explain the process of taking backup in
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* What are constraints and derivation?* Explain the process of taking backup in DataStage?*What are
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172. Will the data stage consider the second constraint in the transformer once the first
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Will the data stage consider the second constraint in the transformer once the first condition is satisfied
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173. How to remove duplicates in server job
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174. How do you do Usage analysis in datastage ?

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175. purpose of using the key and difference between Surrogate keys and natural key
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176. what are the environment variables in datastage?give some examples?

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177. wht is the difference beteen validated ok and compiled in datastage.

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178. how we can create rank using datastge like in informatica.

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179. What is difference between Merge stage and Join stage?
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180. Hican any one can explain what areDB2 UDB utilitiesub
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181. what is PROFILE STAGE , QUALITY STAGE,AUDIT STAGE in datastage..please expalin in

detail.thanks in
what is PROFILE STAGE , QUALITY STAGE,AUDIT STAGE in datastage..please expalin in
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182. hi all what is auditstage,profilestage,qulaitystages in datastge please explain indetail
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183. how to implement type2 slowly changing dimenstion in datastage? give me with example? Subscribe
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184. how to find the number of rows in a sequential file?

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185. where actually the flat files store?what is the path?

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186. what are the different types of lookups in datastage?

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187. What are the most important aspects that a beginner must consider doin his first DS
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188. how we can call the routine in datastage job?explain with steps?
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189. what is job control?how it is developed?explain with steps?

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190. what is job control?how can it used explain with steps?

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191. how to find errors in job sequence?
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192. it is possible to access the same job two users at a time in datastage?
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193. what is the meaning of instace in data stage?explain with examples?

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194. If the size of the Hash file exceeds 2GB..What happens? Does it overwrite the current
rows?
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195. how to drop the index befor loading data in target and how to rebuild it in data stage?
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196. How to parametarise a field in a sequential file?I am using Datastage as ETL

Tool,Sequential file a
How to parametarise a field in a sequential file?I am using Datastage as ETL Tool,Sequential file as
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197. how to kill the job in data stage?
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198. where we use link partitioner in data stage job?explain with example?
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199. What is the difference between sequential file and a dataset? When to use the copy stage? Subscribe
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200. what is the purpose of exception activity in data stage 7.5?

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201. How i create datastage Engine stop start script.Actually my idea is as below.!
#bin/bashdsadm - user
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How i create datastage Engine stop start script.Actually my idea is as below.!#bin/bashdsadm - usersu rootpassword
(encript)DSHOMEBIN=/Ascential/DataStage/home/dsadm/Ascential/DataStage/DSEngine/binif check
ps -ef | grep DataStage (client connection is there) { kill -9 PID (client connection) }uv -admin - stop >
dev/nulluv -admin - start > dev/nullverify processcheck the connectionecho "Started properly"run it as
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202. How do u check for the consistency and integrity of model and repository?
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203. What does separation option in static hash-file mean?

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204. give one real time situation where link partitioner stage used?
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205. What is the difference between Symetrically parallel processing,Massively parallel

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206. How to implement slowly changing dimentions in Datastage?
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207. what is data stage engine?what is its purpose?

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208. what is the size of the flat file?

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209. how to improve the performance of hash file?

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210. Actually my requirement is like that :Here is the codification suggested:

SALE_HEADER_XXXXX_YYYYMM
Actually my requirement is like that :Here is the codification suggested:
SALE_HEADER_XXXXX_YYYYMMDD.PSVSALE_LINE_XXXXX_YYYYMMDD.PSVXXXXX = LVM
sequence to ensure unicity and continuity of file exchangesCaution, there will an increment to
implement.YYYYMMDD = LVM date of file creation COMPRESSION AND DELIVERY TO:
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job the target file names are like this sale_header_1_20060206 & sale_line_1_20060206.if we run next
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211. Other than Round Robin, What is the algorithm used in link collecter? Also Explain How it
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212. Have you ever involved in updating the DS versions like DS 5.X, if so tell us some the
steps you ha
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213. My requirement is like this :Here is the codification suggested:
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SALE_HEADER_XXXXX_YYYYMMDD.PSVSALE
My requirement is like this :Here is the codification suggested:
SALE_HEADER_XXXXX_YYYYMMDD.PSVSALE_LINE_XXXXX_YYYYMMDD.PSVXXXXX = LVM
sequence to ensure unicity and continuity of file exchangesCaution, there will an increment to
implement.YYYYMMDD = LVM date of file creation COMPRESSION AND DELIVERY TO:
SALE_HEADER_XXXXX_YYYYMMDD.ZIP AND SALE_LINE_XXXXX_YYYYMMDD.ZIPif we run that
job the target file names are like this sale_header_1_20060206 & sale_line_1_20060206.If we run next
time means the
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214. How to know the no.of records in a sequential file before running a server job?
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215. what is the transaction size and array size in OCI stage?how these can be used?
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216. What are the Environmental variables in Datastage?

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217. how do u clean the datastage repository.

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218. What is the difference between Transform and Routine in DataStage?

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219. How to run the job in command prompt in unix?

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220. HI How can we create read only jobs in Datastage.
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221. How do you call procedures in datastage?

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222. How do you remove duplicates without using remove duplicate stage?
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223. What are the new features of Datastage 7.1 from datastage 6.1
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224. What is the difference between DataStage and DataStage Scripting?

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225. What is environment variables?what is the use of this?

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226. Can you tell me for what puorpse .dsx files are used in the datasatage
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227. Hiwhat is difference betweend ETL and ELT?

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228. if we using two sources having same meta data and how to check the data in two sorces is Subscribe
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if we using two sources having same meta data and how to check the data in two sorces is same or
not?and if the data is not same i want to abort the job ?how we can do this?
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229. How can I schedule the cleaning of the file &PH& by dsjob?
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230. what is quality stage and profile stage?

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231. how to find the process id?explain with steps?

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232. how to distinguish the surogate key in different dimensional tables?how can we give for
different d
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233. What is the difference bitween OCI stage and ODBC stage?
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234. Could anyone plz tell abt the full details of Datastage Certification.Title of Certification?
Amount
Could anyone plz tell abt the full details of Datastage Certification.Title of Certification?Amount for
Certification test?Where can v get the Tutorials available for certification?Who is Conducting the
Certification Exam?Whether any training institute or person for guidens?I am very much pleased if
anyone enlightwn me abt the above saidSuresh
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235. Is there any difference b/n Ascential DataStage and DataStage.
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236. Hello,Can both Source system(Oracle,SQLServer,...etc) and Target Data warehouse(may be Subscribe
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Hello,Can both Source system(Oracle,SQLServer,...etc) and Target Data warehouse(may be
oracle,SQLServer..etc) can be on windows environment or one of the system should be in UNIX/Linux
environment.Thanks,Jagan
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237. What is Runtime Column Propagation and how to use it?
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238. how we use the DataStage Director and its run-time engine to schedule running the
solution, testing
how we use the DataStage Director and its run-time engine to schedule running the solution, testing
and debugging its components, and monitoring the resulting e/xecutable versions on ad hoc or
scheduled basis?
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239. What is Ad-Hoc access? What is the difference between Managed Query and Ad-Hoc
access?
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240. What is the difference between reference link and straight link ?
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241. I have few questions1. What ar ethe various process which starts when the datastage
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I have few questions1. What ar ethe various process which starts when the datastage engine starts?2.
What are the changes need to be done on the database side, If I have to use dB2 stage?3. datastage
engine is responsible for compilation or execution or both?
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242. How to write and execute routines for PX jobs in c++?
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243. 1 1. Difference between Hashfile and Sequential File?. What is modulus?2 2. What is iconv Subscribe
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1 1. Difference between Hashfile and Sequential File?. What is modulus?2 2. What is iconv and oconv
functions?.3 3. How can we join one Oracle source and Sequential file?.4 4. How can we implement
Slowly Changing Dimensions in DataStage?.5 5. How can we implement Lookup in DataStage Server
jobs?.6 6. What are all the third party tools used in DataStage?.7 7. what is the difference between
routine and transform and function?.8 8. what are the Job parameters?.9 9. Plug-in?.10 10.How can we
improv
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244. what is pivot stage?why are u using?what purpose that stage will be used?
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245. how to eleminate duplicate rows in data stage?

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249. what is the difference between static hash files n dynamic hash files?
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248. how can we create environment variables in datasatage?

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247. how do we create index in data satge?

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246. how can we load source into ODS?

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250. what is a routine?

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251. How can we Test jobs in Datastage??

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253. how can we test the jobs?

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259. hi..Disadvantages of staging area Thanks,Jagan

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258. whats the meaning of performance tunning techinque,Example??

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257. how to distinguish the surrogate key in different dimentional tables?

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256. how to read the data from XL FILES?explain with steps?

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255. how can we generate a surrogate key in server/parallel jobs?

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254. what is an environment variable??

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252. What is the use of Hash file??insted of hash file why can we use sequential file itself?
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260. how to read the data from XL FILES?my problem is my data file having some commas in
data,but we ar
how to read the data from XL FILES?my problem is my data file having some commas in data,but we
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261. differentiate between pipeline and partion parallelism?
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262. what are the main diff between server job and parallel job in datastage
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263. what is complex stage?In which situation we are using this one?
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266. What is Integrated & Unit testing in DataStage ?

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265. how can we improve performance in aggregator stage??

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264. Why is hash file is faster than sequential file n odbc stage??
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267. Why job sequence is use for? what is batches?what is the difference between job
sequence and batche
Why job sequence is use for? what is batches?what is the difference between job sequence and
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268. Hot Fix for ODBC Stage for AS400 V5R4 in Data Stage 7.1
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269. what are two types of hash files??

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270. how can we improve the job performance?
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271. Where can you output data using the Peek Stage?
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272. For what purpose is the Stage Variable is mainly used?

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275. What is a sequential file that has single input link??

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279. What is the use of job controle??

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278. What are different types of star schema??

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277. What is the sequencer stage??

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276. What is the use of tunnable??

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274. What are different dimension table in your project??Plz explain me with an example??
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273. what are different types of file formats??

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280. What is the alternative way where we can do job control??

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281. What is user activity in datastage?

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282. What does # indicate in environment variables?

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283. Is it possible to query a hash file? Justify your answer...

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284. Suppose you have table "sample" & three columns in that tablesample:Cola Colb Colc1
Suppose you have table "sample" & three columns in that tablesample:Cola Colb Colc1 10 1002 20
2003 30 300Assume: cola is primary keyHow will you fetch the record with maximum cola value using
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285. How to run a job using command line?
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286. What is the diffrence between IBM Web Sphere DataStage 7.5 (Enterprise Edition ) &
Standard Ascenti
What is the diffrence between IBM Web Sphere DataStage 7.5 (Enterprise Edition ) & Standard
Ascential DataStage 7.5 Version ?
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287. What is the diffrence between the Dynamic RDBMS Stage & Static RDBMS Stage ?
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288. What is the difference betwen Merge Stage and Lookup Stage?
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289. What is Fact loading, how to do it?
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290. Aggregators What does the warning Hash table has grown to xyz
Aggregators What does the warning Hash table has grown to xyz . mean?
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291. Which partition we have to use for Aggregate Stage in parallel jobs ?
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292. Where we can use these Stages Link Partetionar, Link Collector & Inter Process (OCI)
Stage whether
Where we can use these Stages Link Partetionar, Link Collector & Inter Process (OCI) Stage whether
in Server Jobs or in Parallel Jobs ? And SMP is a Parallel or Server ?
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293. What is TX and what is the use of this in DataStage ? As I know TX stand for Transformer Subscribe
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What is TX and what is the use of this in DataStage ? As I know TX stand for Transformer Extender, but
I don't know how it will work and where we will used ?
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294. How to enable the datastage engine?
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295. what is hashing algorithm?

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296. what is the difference between RELEASE THE JOB and KILL THE JOB?
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297. How can we remove duplicates using sort stage?

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299. What is repository?

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298. In which situation,we are using RUN TIME COLUMN PROPAGATION option?
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306. Does type of partitioning change for SMP and MPP systems?
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316. how to attach a mtr file (MapTrace) via email and the MapTrace is used to record all the
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317. What is Phantom error in the datastage. How to overcome this error.
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Dimension Modelling types along with their significance

3. Orchestrate Vs Datastage Parallel Extender?

5. How do you execute datastage job from command line prompt?

6. What are Stage Variables, Derivations and Constants?

8. Containers : Usage and Types?

9. Compare and Contrast ODBC and Plug-In stages?

11. Types of Parallel Processing?

12. What does a Config File in parallel extender consist of?

13. Functionality of Link Partitioner and Link Collector?

14. What is Modulus and Splitting in Dynamic Hashed File?

15. Types of vies in Datastage Director?

16. Differentiate Database data and Data warehouse data?

19. How do you catch bad rows from OCI stage?

22. How do you populate source files?

24. What happens if the job fails at night?

25. What is SQL tuning? how do you do it ?

27. How do you track performance statistics and enhance it?

33. Tell me the environment in your last projects

38. What versions of DS you worked with?

39. What other ETL's you have worked with?

40. Did you work in UNIX environment?

42. Explain the differences between Oracle8i/9i?

columns ... Last Updated By Gnaneshwar on April 09,

44. Do u know about METASTAGE?

45. How did u connect to DB2 in your last project?

53. How did u connect with DB2 in your last project?

65. What is iconv and oconv functions?

72. How can we improve the performance of DataStage jobs?

71. what are the Job parameters?

68. How can we implement Lookup in DataStage Server jobs?

67. How can we implement Slowly Changing Dimensions in DataStage?.

Updated By vedamurthy on February 21, 2006

74. When should we use ODS?

77. How do you pass filename as the parameter for a job?

79. Dimensional modelling is again sub divided into 2 types.

80. how to create batches in Datastage from command prompt

81. How do you eliminate duplicate rows?

82. What is DS Administrator used for - did u use it?

84. What about System variables?

85. How do you eliminate duplicate rows?

86. What are types of Hashed File?

87. What is DS Manager used for - did u use it?

88. What is DS Director used for - did u use it?

89. How do we do the automation of dsjobs?

90. How do you merge two files in DS?

92. Importance of Surrogate Key in Data warehousing?

94. what is difference between data stage and informatica

96. How many places u can call Routines?

104. What is ' insert for update ' in datastage

106. What is version Control?

117. what is difference between serverjobs & paraller jobs

sys... Last Updated By machaiyer on July 24, 2006

135. can we use shared container as lookup in datastage server jobs?

Asked by: sekr

142. what is the difference between datastage and informatica

145. how to handle the rejected rows in datastage?

146. it is possible to run parallel jobs in server jobs?

Latest Answer: Hashed File is used for two purpose: 1.

149. what is data set? and what is file set?

154. what is hashing algorithm and explain breafly how it works?

155. what is OCI?

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