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Informatica Flat File source name

I am working on a project were we need to load flat file eg : (Gemstone_20220325.csv) I have given the source name as (Gemstone_*.csv) in script to search for the file in the path.

But it is failing with error , No such file .

Is that anything I am missing . Any idea on this is much appreciated .

Solution

  • You need to put either exact name or use a file list with the name of the file and then use indirect file type in the session that is reading the file.

    1. You can use a pre session shell command like this ls -1 Gemstone_*.csv>/infa/home/tmp/Gemstone_filelist.txt. Or you can create a shell script too with this command for better control.

    2. in the session that is reading this file, set the property to indirect file type and mention /infa/home/tmp/Gemstone_filelist.txt as file to be extracted. Infa will pick files one by one and process them.

    3. Once the file gets processed, delete it using a post session command task rm -f Gemstone_*..