Configurations editor

To use the editor, choose Tools > Configurations, the Configurations dialog box appears.

To define a new file, choose (New) from the Configurations drop-down list and type into the upper text box. Guidance on the operation and format of a configuration file is given in the following sections. Click Save to save the file at any point. You are asked to specify a configuration name, the config file is then saved under that name with an .apt extension.

You can verify your file at any time by clicking Check. Verification information is output in the Check Configuration Output pane at the bottom of the dialog box.

To edit an existing configuration file, choose it from the Configurations drop-down list. You can delete an existing configuration by selecting it and clicking Delete. You are warned if you are attempting to delete the last remaining configuration file.

You specify which configuration will be used by setting the APT_CONFIG_FILE environment variable. This is set on installation to point to the default configuration file, but you can set it on a project wide level from the InfoSphere DataStage Administrator or for individual jobs from the Job Properties dialog.