JR31899: ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES DO NOT WORK WHEN USED IN A PARALLEL JOB. THIS CAN BE SEEN WHEN USING THE WEBSERVICES TRANFORMER STAGE.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• ENVIRONMENT:
  IBM WebSphere DataStage Enterprise Edition 8.0.1.4971
  Parallel Jobs are affected.
  Server Jobs work correctly.
  
  DESCRIPTION:
  When trying to use environment variables in the Webservices
  Transformer Stage - Web service information, for properties such
  as "Port Address", the job will fail/abort.
  
  Example:
  
  Assuming we have an environment variable $XMLHOSTNAME defined
  and use it in the Port Address WSDL property, in a
  WSTransformerPX stage in a PX job, such as:
  
  Port Address:  http://#$XMLHOSTNAME#/myXMLService
  
  
  the job will abort at runtime with an error similar to the
  following:
  
  Fatal Error: Fatal:
  0026`:`com.ascentialsoftware.wsclient.ServiceInvocationException
  : Service invocation exception: <ns1:Fault
  xmlns:ns1="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
     <faultcode>soapenv:Server.userException</faultcode>
     <faultstring>java.net.UnknownHostException:
  NOTLIKELYDSCAPIOP_$XMLHOSTNAMENOTLIKELY</faultstring>
     <detail>
      <ns1:stackTracexmlns:ns1="http://xml.apache.org/axis/">
       java.net.UnknownHostException:
       NOTLIKELYDSCAPIOP_$XMLHOSTNAMENOTLIKELY
   at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:153)
  

Local fix

• This is a Client Side issue, that is resolved by applying
  a patch for ecase 118170v3.  This patch addresses this and other
  parameter related issues.
  
  This APAR is only intended to document the fact that ecase
  118170v3 addresses and fixes this issue.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  USERS AFFECTED:
  IS 801
  ****************************************************************
  PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
  Unable to pass env variables in WS Pack
  ****************************************************************
  RECOMMENDATION:
  apply the ds core patch
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• Code fix in the DS core code.Patch given by ds core.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WIS DATASTAGE

• Fixed component ID

  5724Q36DS

Applicable component levels

• R801 PSN

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