Parameters and parameter sets in DataStage

Parameters and parameter sets help to make your jobs more flexible and reusable.

Creating and using local parameters in DataStage
Parameters help to make your jobs more flexible and reusable. After you add parameters to your job, you can specify values at run time rather than hardcoding them.
Creating and using parameter sets in DataStage
You can create and use parameter sets in DataStage.
Inserting parameters and parameter sets as properties
You insert parameters in your flows to specify values at run time, rather than hardcoding the values. Specifying the value of the parameter each time that you run the job ensures that you use the correct resources, such as the database to connect to and the file name to reference.
Configuring runtime parameters in a DataStage flow
Before you run a DataStage flow, you can modify the runtime parameters.
Configuring runtime parameters in a DataStage job
Before you run a DataStage job, you can modify the runtime parameters.
PROJDEF parameter set in DataStage
You can use the PROJDEF parameter set to contain the parameters and environment variable values for a DataStage flow, job, or job run to reference.
Passing values from parameter sets into DataStage jobs by command-line interface
When you run a DataStage job, you can pass values from a parameter set into the job by using the flag --paramset.

Parent topic: Making jobs adaptable