DataFlux Data Management Studio 2.5: User Guide

Settings Tab

You can use the Settings tab to set the properties for the Profile (reference) node. The tab contains the following sections:

The Identification section enables you to view or change the name and describe the node. It contains the following fields:

• Name - Displays the name of the node and when appropriate allows you to rename it.
• ID - Displays the repository identifier for the node.
• Location - Specifies the physical path to the profile that is referenced by the node. Click the ellipsis button on the right of this field to display a selection dialog. The selection dialog enables you to select a profile from a user-defined folder in the current repository. Here is a sample path to a profile in a user-defined folder: dfr:///Jobs/ProfileRef/Misc/Profiles/ProfileRef_MacroProfile(ProfileJob).
  
• Description - Displays an existing description of the node or provides a field to enter a description.

The Run section enables you to specify some options that are unique to profiles.

• Version description - Displays an existing description of the profile version or provides a field to enter a description.
• Append to existing report - If selected, the report is appended added to a list of past reports for this profile. If deselected, the existing reports in the list are overwritten by the new report. This option must always be selected for the Profile (reference) node to function.
• Macro variables - Specifies any macro variables that are passed to the profile, such as variables for input file paths and file names. For example, you could define the following macro variables: 
  
  

Variable Name	Value
filepath	\\myComputer.com\source\data
filename	contacts.txt

The Options section includes the following fields:

• Exclude Node from Run - Excludes the current node the next time that the job is executed.
• Node errors - Determines whether to abort or continue running the job when it encounters a node error. The available options use the applications default (abort the job run), abort the job run, continue running the job, and only abort the flow that had the error.
• Source binding failures - Determines how to handle a failure.
• Process - Determines whether to run the node in its default process or run it in a separate process.

The Notes section enables you to enter a note.