Importing dsx from unix

amit.jaiswal_ATL · Post by **amit.jaiswal_ATL** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 3:43 pm

Hello All,

Can we import dsx file (design time info) from unix? I tried below command,

/home/dmzjz9y/LocalAmit/mwaas_poc$ dsjob -import GWM J40040_LD_FILE_TO_DB_UPDATED.dsx -OVERWRITE
dsjob -import is not supported at this release.

Status code = 0

As you see it is not supported even in DS11.3. Can I use istool.sh to import dsx file ? If yes, can you please give me example of import command? Please let me know if you have any other suggestion.

Thanks in advance!

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 2:38 pm

I would imagine you do use istool for that nowadays. Have you tried it, had any luck?

Edited to add:
And... according to this post the answer is no.

ray.wurlod in 2009 wrote:Command line choices for importing from dsx files do exist, including dsjob, dscmdimport and dsimport.

Scratching dsjob off the list, however. And I do not recall (nor checked) if the other two are client or server tools.

qt_ky · Post by **qt_ky** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 8:25 am

Even on 11.5, dsjob -import reports, "dsjob -import is not supported at this release." Not sure what the intention was there, as far as the file format that may someday be supported...

As far as I know, istool can only export and import isx files, not dsx files. For dsx files, you have to use the Designer client or its associated command line utilities on the client tier (on Windows).

rkashyap · Post by **rkashyap** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 8:57 am

On an IIS server installed on Linux/Unix, one can import (but not export) dsx files by leveraging DSXImportService.sh script. See this technote for details.