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System Variables

IBM® InfoSphere™ DataStage® provides a set of variables containing useful system information that you can access from a transform or routine. System variables are read-only.

Name
Description
@DATE
The internal date when the program started. See the Date function.
@DAY
The day of the month extracted from the value in @DATE.
@FALSE
The compiler replaces the value with 0.
@FM
A field mark, Char(254).
@IM
An item mark, Char(255).
@INROWNUM
Input row counter. For use in constraints and derivations in Transformer stages.
@OUTROWNUM
Output row counter (per link). For use in derivations in Transformer stages.
@LOGNAME
The user login name.
@MONTH
The current extracted from the value in @DATE.
@NULL
The null value.
@NULL.STR
The internal representation of the null value, Char(128).
@PATH
The path name of the current InfoSphere DataStage project.
@SCHEMA
The schema name of the current InfoSphere DataStage project.
@SM
A subvalue mark, Char(252).
@SYSTEM. RETURN.CODE
Status codes returned by system processes or commands.
@TIME
The internal time when the program started. See the Time function.
@TM
A text mark, Char(251).
@TRUE
The compiler replaces the value with 1.
@USERNO
The user number.
@VM
A value mark, Char(253).
@WHO
The name of the current InfoSphere DataStage project directory.
@YEAR
The current year extracted from @DATE.

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Update timestamp Last updated: 2010-09-30