Execution Steps in Transformer Stage - Explanation

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Certain constructs are inefficient if they are included in output column derivations, because they are evaluated once for every output column that uses them. The following examples describe these constructs:

The same part of an expression is used in multiple column derivations.

For example, if you want to use the same substring of an input column in multiple columns in output links, you might use the following test in a number of output columns derivations:

IF (DSLINK1.col1[1,3] = "001") THEN ...

In this case, the evaluation of the substring of DSLINK1.col1[1,3] is repeated for each column that uses it. The evaluation can be made more efficient by moving the substring calculation into a stage variable. The substring is then evaluated once for every input row. This example has thus stage variable definition for StageVar1:

Execution Steps in Transformer Stage

I've been asked this questions so many times in interviews and by different practitioner also that What are the data processing steps when datastage is processing transformer, So here I tried to compiled. Have a look -


To write efficient Transformer stage derivations, it helps to understand what items get evaluated and when.

DataStage Error : Loop final value not numeric - cannot execute it

Generally, you will face this Error when you are getting values from a file or Unix commands and using that value in Loop ( either transformer loop or sequencer loop ).

Solution :