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DATASTAGE Performance Tuning Tips V1.1
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1.Select suitable configurations file (nodes depending on data volume) Select Language
2. Select buffer memory correctly
3. Select proper partition
4. Turn off Runtime Column propagation wherever its not required
5. Taking care about sorting of the data. OTHER DATASTAGE QUESTIONS SOLUTION
6. Handling null values (use modify instead of transformer) 2016 (5)
7. Try to decrease the use of transformer. (Use copy, filter, modify)
2015 (18)
8. Use dataset instead of sequential file in the middle of the vast jobs
9. Take maximum 20 stages for a job for best performance. 2014 (34)
10. Select Join or Lookup or Merge (depending on data volume) 2013 (48)
11. Stop propagation of unnecessary metadata between the stages.
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Points we need to consider : Dec (3)

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1.Staged the data coming from ODBC/OCI/DB2UDB stages or any database on the server using Hash/Sequential DATASTAGE Performance Tuning Tips
files for optimum performance
2. Tuned the OCI stage for 'Array Size' and 'Rows per Transaction' numerical values for faster inserts, updates and
selects. MY MOST POPULAR FREQUENTLY ACCESS
3. Tuned the 'Project Tunables' in Administrator for better performance
4. Used sorted data for Aggregator. Datastage 8.5, 8.7 and 9.1 Differences
5. Sorted the data as much as possible in DB and reduced the use of DS-Sort for better performance of jobs .
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6. Removed the data and columns not used from the source as early as possible in the job.
7. Worked with DB-admin to create appropriate Indexes on tables for better performance of DS queries .
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8. Converted some of the complex joins/business in DS to Stored Procedures on DS for faster execution of the
jobs. Surrogate Key Generator Implementation
9. If an input file has an excessive number of rows and can be split-up then use standard logic to run jobs in
parallel. Transformer Looping Functions for Pivoting
10. Before writing a routine or a transform, make sure that there is not the functionality required in one of the
standard routines supplied in the sdk or ds utilities categories. Constraints are generally CPU intensive and take Datastage Transformer Stage Looping concep
a significant amount of time to process. This may be the case if the constraint calls routines or external macros
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but if it is inline code then the overhead will be minimal.
11. Try to have the constraints in the 'Selection' criteria of the jobs itself. This will eliminate the unnecessary
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records even getting in before joins are made.
12. Tuning should occur on a job-by-job basis. Datastage Scenario Based Question/Answer
13. Use the power of DBMS.
14. Try not to use a sort stage when you can use an ORDER BY clause in the database. IBM Datastage 11.3.x Newly Added Features
15. Using a constraint to filter a record set is much slower than performing a SELECT WHERE.
16. Make every attempt to use the bulk loader for your particular database. Bulk loaders are generally faster
than using ODBC or OLE. LIST OF VISITOR'S COUNTRIES
17. Minimize the usage of Transformer (Instead of this use Copy modify Filter Row Generator
18. Use SQL Code while extracting the data
19. Handle the nulls Properly usning modify stage.
20. Minimize the warnings

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21. Reduce the number of lookups in a job design.
22. Try not to use more than 20 stages in a job if expected data volume is too high.
23. Use IPC stage between two passive stages Reduces processing time
24. Drop indexes before data loading and recreate after loading data into tables
25. Check the write cache of Hash file. If the same hash file is used for Look up and as well as target disable this
Option.
26. If the hash file is used only for lookup thenenable Preload to memory. This will improve the performance.
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Also check the order of execution of the routines.
27. Don't use more than 7 lookups in the same transformer; introduce new transformers if it exceeds 7 Live Traffic Feed
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28. Use Preload to memory option in the hash file output. "DEV'S DATASTAGE
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29. Use Write to cache in the hash file input.
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30. Write into the error tables only after all the transformer stages. RELATED
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32. Cache the hash files you are reading from and writing into. Make sure your cache is big enough to hold the TUTORIAL,GUIDES,TRAINING AND
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33. Use ANALYZE.FILE or HASH.HELP to determine the optimal settings for your hash files. RELATED
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34. Ideally, if the amount of data to be processed is small, configuration files with less number of nodes should and 9.1 Differences" 8 mins ago
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36. In DataStage Jobs where high volume of data is processed, virtual memory settings for the job should be DATASTAGE
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temp memory space. In such jobs $APT_BUFFER_MAXIMUM_MEMORY, $APT_MONITOR_SIZE and ONLINE HELP 4 U. UNIX, ETL, DATAB
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37. Sequential files should be used in following conditions. When we are reading a flat file (fixed width or
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39. In order to have faster reading from the Stage the number of readers per node can be increased (default ONLINE HELP 4 U. UNIX, ETL, DATAB
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41. Look up Stage is faster when the data volume is less. If the reference data volume is more, usage of Lookup
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43. Join should be used when the data volume is high. It is a good alternative to the lookup stage and should be TUTORIAL,GUIDES,TRAINING AND
used when handling huge volumes of data. ONLINE HELP 4 U. UNIX, ETL, DATAB
44. Even though data can be sorted on a link, Sort Stage is used when the data to be sorted is huge.When we RELATED
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46. Presence of a Funnel Stage reduces the performance of a job. It would increase the time taken by job by
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30% (observations). When a Funnel Stage is to be used in a large job it is better to isolate itself to one job. Write
the output to Datasets and funnel them in new job.
47. Funnel Stage should be run in continuous mode, without hindrance.
48. A single job should not be overloaded with Stages. Each extra Stage put in a Job corresponds to lesser MY BLOG POSTS
number of resources available for every Stage, which directly affects the Jobs Performance. If possible, big jobs
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having large number of Stages should be logically split into smaller units.
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49. Unnecessary column propagation should not be done. As far as possible, RCP (Runtime Column Propagation) 1 year ago
should be disabled in the jobs
50. Most often neglected option is dont sort if previously sorted in sort Stage, set this option to true. This
improves the Sort Stage performance a great deal
51. In Transformer Stage Preserve Sort Order can be used to maintain sort order of the data and reduce
sorting in the job.
52. Reduce the number of Stage variables used.
53. The Copy stage should be used instead of a Transformer for simple operations
54. The upsert works well if the data is sorted on the primary key column of the table which is being loaded.
55. Dont read from a Sequential File using SAME partitioning.
56. By using hashfile stage we can improve the performance. In case of hashfile stage we can define the read
cache size & write cache size but the default size is 128M.B.
57. By using active-to-active link performance also we can improve the performance.
Here we can improve the performance by enabling the row buffer, the default row buffer size is 128K.B.

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