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Specifying Source file name using parameter variables in informatica 9?

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I have a mapping like
SA-->SQ--->EXPR--->TGT

The source will be of the same structure and the tartget also.
There are a bunch of files(with the same structure) which will go through this mapping .
So i want to use a parameter file through which i will give the file names for every run manually.

How to use the param file in session for Source filename attribute
Please suggest..

posted Mar 13, 2014 by Rohini Agarwal

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2 Answers

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You can use indirect source type, wherein your source file is basically a list of files, and in turn the session reads each of the files one by one.

The parameter file could reference a source file name (the list) as :

$InputFile_myName=/a/b/c.list

answer Mar 13, 2014 by Shweta Singh
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As I understood, you want to load the file one by one. As structure is same so you can parametrize the name and before every run you can pass the file name through parameter file.
You just need to take two parameter one for path and another for file name like - $$PATH & $$FILE_NAME.

answer Apr 25, 2014 by Shatark Bajpai
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