Category: Datastage

DataStage – Timestamp from Datetime

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Timestamp from date is one of those data type conversions, which I occasionally have to do in DataStage but can never seem to remember. So, I thought I would write this quick post to document the data type conversion code, which is easy, once I finally remember how to do it again.  The TimestampFromDateTime Function I use the TimestampFromDateTime(%date%,%time%) function to do this data type conversion. I’m sure there are other ways to achieve the result, but I find this method clean and easy to perform. The TimestampFromDateTime(%date%,%time%) function is in the Functions > Date & Time menu. To populate

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Infosphere Knowledge Resources

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IBM Knowledge Center The IBM Knowledge Center is the IBM product documentation Site designed to help you plan, install, configure, use, tune, monitor, troubleshoot, and maintain the product. URL:  https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ IBM InfoSphere Information Server Version 11.7.0 documentation The IBM InfoSphere Information Server Version 11.7.0 documentation provides IIS specific documentation about how to install and use InfoSphere Information Server URL: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZJPZ_11.7.0/com.ibm.swg.im.iis.productization.iisinfsv.home.doc/topics/kc_homepage_IS.html IBM Support Portal The IBM Support Portal is IBM’s technical support resource for all IBM products and services including downloads, fixes, drivers, APARs, product documentation, Redbooks, whitepapers and more. URL: https://www.ibm.com/support/home/ IBM InfoSphere Information Server Content Hub The IBM InfoSphere Information Server content hub provides

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DataStage – Timestamp from date

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This is one of those data type conversions which I occasionally have to do in DataStage, but can never seem to remember. So, I thought I would write this quick post to document  the data type conversion code, which is really easy, once I finally remember how to do it again.  The TimestampFromDateTime  Function I use the TimestampFromDateTime function to do this data type conversion. I’m sure there are other ways to achieve the result, but I find this method clean and easy to perform. The TimestampFromDateTimefunction is in the Functions > Date & Time menu. To populate the function,

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DataStage – Netezza Connector Action Column

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Over the years have occasionally use the action column feature, however, the last month or so I have found myself using it quite a lot. This is especially true in relation to the tea set and not just in relation to the change capture stage. The first thing you need to know is, if you want to prevent getting the ‘no action column found’ notice on the target stage, need to ensure that the action column has been coded to be a single character field char (1). Otherwise, the Netezza connector stage will not recognize your field as an action

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Essbase Connector Error – Client Commands are Currently Not Being Accepted

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While investigating a recent Infosphere Information Server (IIS), Datastage, Essbase Connect error I found the explanations of the probable causes of the error not to be terribly meaningful.  So, now that I have run our error to ground, I thought it might be nice to jot down a quick note of the potential cause of the ‘Client Commands are Currently Not Being Accepted’ error, which I gleaned from the process. Error Message Id IIS-CONN-ESSBASE-01010 Error Message An error occurred while processing the request on the server. The error information is 1051544 (message on contacting or from application:[<<DateTimeStamp>>]Local////3544/Error(1013204) Client Commands are

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Parallel jobs on Windows fail with APT_IOPort::readBlkVirt;error

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This a known error for windows systems and applies to DataStage and DataQuality jobs using the any or all the three join type stages (Join, Merge, and Lookup). Error Message <<Link name>>,0: APT_IOPort::readBlkVirt: read for block header, partition 0, [fd 4], returned -1 with errno 10,054 (Unknown error) Message ID IIS-DSEE-TFIO-00223 Applies To Windows systems only Parallel Engine Jobs the three join type stages (Join, Merge, and Lookup). It does not apply to Server Engine jobs. Infosphere Information Server (IIS), Datastage and DataQuality 9.1 and higher The Fix Add the APT_NO_IOCOMM_OPTIMIZATION in project administrator and set to blank or 0.

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