WAS server location for IBM Information Server

How to find Correct WAS server using by your Information Server ?

IBM Information Server uses a Websphere Application Server. If you have multiple WAS servers installed, to find the one that IIS is using you can look in:


C:\IBM\InformationServer\ASBServer\bin\setupEnv.bat
or
/opt/IBM/InformationServer/ASBServer/bin/setupEnv.sh

Local and Shared Containers

As the name suggest local container (LC) contains the stages locally in the job and shared container (SC) contains stage in the job as well as allow its usage to other jobs. Differences or qualities between these two types of containers can be listed as follows:

 
Local Containers

1) Mainly used to ease the job design.
2) Piece of logic can be combined together and used inside a job.
3) Can only be used in the job after its creation.
4) Number of input and output links supported by local containers.
5) Availability throughout the job.

Difference Between The Continuous Funnel And Sort Funnel

# Continuous Funnel combines the records of the input data in no guaranteed order. It takes one record from each input link in turn. If data is not available on an input link, the stage skips to the next link rather than waiting.

# Sort Funnel combines the input records in the order defined by the value(s) of one or more key columns and the order of the output records is determined by these sorting keys.

Local Containers and Shared Container

A container, as its name indicates, is used to group stages and links. Containers help simplify and modularize server job designs and allow you to replacing complex areas of the diagram with a single container stage. For example, if you have a lookup that is used by multiple jobs, you can put the jobs and links that generate the lookup into a share container and use it to different jobs. In a way, you can look at it like a procedure or function in the programming term.

Containers are linked to other stages or containers in the job by input and output stages.

Two types of container:

DataStage FAQ1

1. What are the ways to execute DataStage jobs?

A job can be run using a few different methods:

* from DataStage Director (menu Job -> Run now...)

* from command line using a dsjob command

* DataStage routine can run a job (DsRunJob command)

* by a job sequencer

2. How to invoke a DataStage shell command?

DataStage shell commands can be invoked from :

* DataStage administrator (projects tab -> Command)

* Telnet client connected to the DataStage server