Defining HCL Workload Automation jobs to run IBM InfoSphere DataStage jobs by using the Dynamic Workload Console

A description of the IBM InfoSphere DataStage job definition from the Dynamic Workload Console.

1. In the console navigation tree, expand Administration > Workload Design and click Manage Workload Definitions
2. Select an engine. The Workload Designer is displayed.
3. In the Working List panel, select New > Job Definition > Business Analytics > DataStage. In a z/OS environment select New > Business Analytics > DataStage. The properties of the job are displayed in the right-hand panel for editing.
4. In the properties panel, specify the attributes for the job definition you are creating. You can find detailed information about all the attributes in the help available with the panel. In particular:

   In the General panel:

   

   Environment:

   Enter the name of the HCL Workload Automation job that runs the IBM InfoSphere DataStage job.

   

   Environment:

   Enter the name of the partitioned data set where you want to create the JCL.

   Enter the name of the JCL you want to create in the partitioned data set.

   In the DataStage panel:

   In the Credentials section:

   Enter the credentials related to the IBM InfoSphere DataStage job. If you do not want to specify them here, you can define them in the DataStageJobExecutor.properties file. In this case HCL Workload Automation reads them from the .properties file when you retrieve any information by using a list or when you submit the job.

   If you do not specify them either using the Dynamic Workload Console or in the .properties file, HCL Workload Automation assumes that you did not set any security on the IBM InfoSphere DataStage server and tries the connection to the IBM InfoSphere DataStage server anyway.

   You must specify all or none of these values either using the Dynamic Workload Console or the .properties file, otherwise you receive an error message. See Customizing HCL Workload Automation to run IBM InfoSphere DataStage jobs.

   In the Job Definition section

   Enter the project name and the job name or select them from the appropriate lists. HCL Workload Automation retrieves this information directly from the IBM InfoSphere DataStage server database. Alternatively you can use the job alias.

   You can view the list of parameters defined for the IBM InfoSphere DataStage job. Select the ones you want to define for the job and associate a value to them.

   Select Reset job before running to reset the IBM InfoSphere DataStage job before it runs. When an IBM InfoSphere DataStage job has a status of Crashed or Aborted, you must reset it before running the job again.

   In the Options panel:

   Use this panel to define the options for the IBM InfoSphere DataStage job.

5. Click Save to save the job definition in the database.