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and privilegesThis step is intended for Data Warehouse Center users who previously used Visual Warehouse 5.2.
Use this step to run the Visual Warehouse DB2 UDB Data Load Insert (VWPLOADI) program in the Data Warehouse Center. You use VWPLOADI to load data from a flat file into a DB2 table, appending to existing data.
The Visual Warehouse 5.2 DB2 UDB Load Insert program extracts the following step and warehouse source parameter values from the Process Modeler and your step definition:
The flat file that is selected as a source for the step. The step must have only one source database selected.
The warehouse target database name.
The user ID and password for the warehouse target.
The target table that is defined for the step.
These parameters are predefined. You do not specify values for these parameters.
Additionally, the step passes other parameters for which you provide values.
Before the program loads new data into the table, it exports the table to a backup file, which you can use for recovery.
To define a DB2 UDB load insert (VWPLOADI) Data Warehouse Center program:
Specify information for your step:
In the Name field, you can type a new name for the step. Otherwise, you can keep the name that the Data Warehouse Center automatically supplied for the step. This field is required.
In the Administrator field, type the name of the person who is responsible for the maintenance of this step. This field is optional.
In the Description field, type a business description for your step. This description can be a maximum of 255 characters. This field is optional.
In the Notes field, type detailed information that might be helpful to users who can access this step. This field is optional.
On the Parameters page, provide values for the following parameters:
Double-click the Parameter value field for the Backup file name parameter, and type the fully qualified name of the backup file.
Double-click the Parameter value field for the File type modifier string parameter, and type the file type modifier string. For example, the File type modifier string parameter
"coldel,"
indicates that columns must be separated by commas. Do not insert a space between coldel and the comma. Make sure that you enclose this parameter in double quotation marks. Otherwise, the command line interprets some characters as file redirection characters.
On the Processing Options page, in the Agent Site list, select an agent site where you want your step to run. The selections in this list are agent sites that are common to the source tables, the target table, and the transformer or program that you are defining.
If you want to have the option to to run your step at any time, select the Run on demand checkbox. Your step must be in test or production mode before you can run it.
Optional: Select the Populate externally check box if the step is populated externally, meaning that it is invoked in some way other than by the Data Warehouse Center. The step does not have to have any other means of running in the Data Warehouse Center in order to change the mode to production.
If Populate externally is not selected, then the step must either have a schedule, be linked to a transient table that is input to another step, or be started by another program in order to change the mode to production.
In the Retry area, specify how many times you want the step to run again if it needs to be retried and the amount of time that you want to pass before the next run of the step.
Click OK to save your changes and close the step notebook.
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