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My guess is that it's a Byte Order Mark.

Just as a test can you place your configuration file in the same Configurations folder as default.apt, then use the Configurations tool in DataStage Designer to verify it, letting us know the results?

Use web console for Information Server, Session Management.

By "Information Server" database tables are included not only the metadata repository and its staging area, but also the analysis database, the exceptions database, and the QualityStage match designer database, should you choose to implement any of these. (Or you can use other database pro...

In a QualityStage-only licence (if I recall correctly) you probably do not have the real time stage types enabled, nor the restructure stage types.

To add an environment variable as a job parameter go to Job Properties, Parameters tab, and click the Add Environment Variable button. Choose $APT_CONFIG_FILE from those on offer. When the job run request is made, provide the full pathname of your configuration file as the value for the $APT_CONFIG_...

Had you told us that up front I would not have needed to surmise, nor to waste time on solutions based on those surmises. The solution you require is nothing more difficult that a series of If..Then..Else statements concatenated together. Each of the generated strings will be preceded by "|| &q...

If they come in as separate columns in the same row, use Column Import stage. If they come in in separate rows, use Pivot stage to bring them into the same row, then use Column Import stage. If they come in as a delimited string, change the delimiter to "||". Use the Ereplace function docu...

Almost certainly not. Problems with kernel size will usually be picked up at installation time.

Check the value of the TEMP environment variable.

Not if the data type is Decimal.

Well... you can, but DataStage will reinstate them.

Check too that the passwords for XMETA, XMETASR and other "system" accounts, as well as those for Engine credential mappings, have not expired.

One you've installed Machine1 and Machine2 (in that order) you can install Machine3 and Machine4 in either order or, indeed, simultaneously. When you connect clients this is initially to the services tier. From there you are presented with a list of engine-based projects, qualified with machine name...

Your script IS being executed; it is reporting its exit status. The problem for the Execute Command activity is that your script may not be returning a zero exit status. Possibly it's returning the exit status of the test command. Force the script to have a zero exit status and all should be well. ....

It may be, of course, that there are no referential integrity violations in the second case. You did not provide us with that knowledge.

It is also possible that you have discovered a bug. In that case involve your official support provider; we are not able to fix bugs.