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What are your COMPILEOPT and LINKOPT values?

Okay, pretty typical when comparing two different data type, one type gets 'promoted' under the covers via an implicit conversion to the other type. A little surprised, however, that it goes that direction in this case but... good to know.

:!: Split out from the original topic here. Amber, there was all kinds of discussion in that old thread - did none of it help? Did you try any of it? I'd also be curious if you are using Sequence jobs to drive the jobs you want to send notifications out for as that makes it much easier. Or is your i...

If you haven't done so already, report it to your official support provider.

Note that they said jobs with transformers will compile, it's only jobs with transformer looping that do not. I'm going to go with patch level as well, compiler or perhaps DataStage itself.

Any idea if the XMETA instance resides on the same server that is being backed up at the filesystem level? I'm guessing it is elsewhere but that's more informational than germain to this issue I believe. And I assume that when you 'dropped and re-created' the project, that removed it from BOTH place...

The more details you provide up front, the less back and forth we have here. And if you haven't done so already, make sure to involve your official support provider!

Well... it is technically still a "filter", meaning it decides who lives and who dies, passing through the lucky ones. And most filters I've worked with assume the same metadata going in and coming out, hence the suggestion. Glad it worked as like you I didn't see that mentioned in the doc...

Clarify how all of your backups are done. It can mean several things and I'd rather not guess.

For grins, trying bumping your input comment to 4000.

Not compare... join two Soundex values.

It seems to me you really need to answer the questions asked.

They "restore the project" how? And which part of the project - the legacy side, the XMETA side or both? Sounds to me like you need to run that 'sync project' script they provide for when the two get out of sync.

I for one would just pass on this... challenge. There's never been any amount of "forward compatibility" supported. I'd be surprised if anyone here has actually done something like that so the 'gotchas' would all be unknown and your trip into virgin territory would be a solo one with no re...

Point still stands however, regardless of how they get there.