Hi all,
In HCI, during a project, what is the recommended approach to handle Flat Files used in extraction job?
For ECC datastores and IBP datastores, it is possible to create different configurations. When running a job, it is easy to choose which system you want to use.
But in a flat file datastore, you only have one configuration, with one possible path (folder).
My question is : how can I separate the flat files used for Development purpose and the ones for Production purpose ?
1) Should I create 2 different datastores ?
This option requires to re-build your dataflows from scratch when you go from Development to Production (as you cannot change the source or target datastore in a task)
2) Can I create 2 different subfolders in a common datastore ?
I can’t figure how you specify which path to consider when using your flat file?
For instance, if you use your flat file in a lookup, you cannot specify its path:
3) I don’t know how, but is it possible to use a global variable in a way that would change the flat file you use in a task ?
4) The only option I can see is to create 2 sets of flat files in the same folder (and same datastore). When I replicate my jobs from development to production, I change all my dataflows to use the “Production” version of the flat file.
Thanks a lot for your help !
Pierre