What are parameter files ? Where do we use them?

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Harish Dipti

  • Sep 1st, 2005
 

Parameter file is any text file where u can define a value for the parameter defined in the informatica session, this parameter file can be referenced in the session properties,When the informatica sessions runs the values for the parameter is fetched from the specified file. For eg : $$ABC is defined in the infomatica mapping and the value for this variable is defined in the file called abc.txt as 
[foldername_session_name] 
ABC='hello world" 
 
In the session properties u can give in the parameter file name field abc.txt

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Parameter files are used for static variable exectuion of a task. this file can b modifies/updated for later change in the parameter. say for ex, xyz="RAJAT" is defined in the parameter file and now whererever XYZ is used in the mapping the data is automatically taken as RAJAT. is we wann achange that we can change that to any other varchar or int in the file.

this file can be called upon in the session properties  and shown the physical path in the server to read upon.

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