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Thanks for the replies. Tom, I was just looking at the scripting functionality. I guess we could atomate the process. Ray, the modeler would export the file only if the model has changed, so we would not have to mess with date/time of the file. I will try to set up some kind of test and let you all ...

Hi, I wanted to know if there is a scheduler built into metastage that can import metadata from products (like Erwin/Cognos) other than Datastage on a regular basis. We are starting a enterprise wide project and would be nice to have this scheduled. We would get those files to a particular folder on...

Does anyone know where I could find the best practices guide for using profilestage. Specifically, what to look for during column analysis and eliminate columns during the subsequent steps (table. cross table etc..). or even a cheat sheet kind of thing .... The documentation comes with a book, but n...

Gabriel, We currently use Sql server for our metastage repository. I think the reason ascential cannot recommend a configuration is they would not know how much or how big the metadata import(s) is going to be. You can talk to your dba and set the transaction file to autogrow ( if there is not a pro...