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ETL Job Process Flow

This table provides answers to questions about the ETL job process flow.

Question

Answer

How does EPM manage the process flow for ETL jobs?

How are job interdependencies managed?

DataStage Sequence job allows you to specify several jobs to run in controlled manner and can be used to specify different courses of action to take depending on whether a job in the Sequence succeeds or fails. Every ETL load has a Sequence job and each business process within a datamart is provided with a master sequence to trigger all the jobs belonging to it.

See Using the Master Sequencer Utility to Create Master Sequencer Jobs.

What are the common triggers used in the process flow?

Triggers are used to control the flow of a Sequence job in triggering various other Sequence/Server child jobs. The most commonly used ones are

  • Failed – Conditional

  • Warning – Conditional

  • OK – Conditional

  • Unconditional