Wait interval (-WAIT) command

The -WAIT command specifies the number of seconds that Sterling Connect:Direct® is to wait for a Sterling Connect:Direct SUBMIT process to finish. In addition, the IBM® Transformation Extender Connect:Direct listener uses the wait interval as the polling time for the Launcher.

Coordinate the use of this adapter command with any Sterling Connect:Direct retries that you configure in the Sterling Connect:Direct netmap.cfg file.

The adapter call fails if the wait interval expires before the SUBMIT process finishes.

On an output card, the IBM Transformation Extender map fails with return code 76: Adapter failed to put data on output. The Sterling Connect:Direct process attempts to complete the copy.
On an input card, the IBM Transformation Extender map fails with return code 12: Source not available. The Sterling Connect:Direct process attempts to complete the copy.

In each case, the adapter trace file contains the message No successful copy record retrieved from C:D in WAIT time.

This command is optional.

-WAIT command syntax

seconds

The number of seconds that Sterling Connect:Direct is to wait for the SUBMIT process to finish.

0

Specifies that Sterling Connect:Direct is to wait for an infinite period of time. This is the default.

When used as a Launcher source event, the -WAIT command determines the polling interval. 0 defaults to 10 seconds.

Use this option with caution. It can cause a hang by preventing Sterling Connect:Direct from returning to IBM Transformation Extender. For example, such a hang can occur if the SNODE is not available.