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1. What is the flow of loading data into fact & dimensional tables?
A) Fact table - Table with Collection of Foreign Keys corresponding to the Primary Keys in
Dimensional table. Consists of fields with numeric values.
Dimension table - Table with Unique Primary Key.
Load - Data should be first loaded into dimensional table. Based on the primary key values in
dimensional table, the data should be loaded into Fact table.
2. What is the default cache size? How do you change the cache size if needed?
A. Default cache size is 256 MB. We can increase it by going into Datastage Administrator and
selecting the Tunable Tab and specify the cache size over there.
Dynamic files do not perform as well as a well, designed static file, but do perform better than a
badly designed one. When creating a dynamic file you can specify the following
Although all of these have default values)
11. How to run a Shell Script within the scope of a Data stage job?
A) By using "ExcecSH" command at Before/After job properties.
12. How to handle Date conversions in Datastage? Convert a mm/dd/yyyy format to yyyy-
dd-mm?
A) We use a) "Iconv" function - Internal Conversion.
b) "Oconv" function - External Conversion.
Ascential DataStage
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Ascential MetaStage
Ascential RTI (2)
Ascential ProfileStage
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Server Components:
Data Stage Engine
Meta Data Repository
Package Installer
Q 33 What is sequencer?
It sets the sequence of execution of server jobs.
Q 35 What is ODS?
Operational Data Store is a staging area where data can be rolled back.
1) Examples
3) MyName = DSJobName