Overriding Process Flow File Locations

When you execute a process flow using the process flow execute command in the Administration Utility, you can specify that the process flow should use different input and output files than those specified in the job. To do this use the --o argument:

--o "JobName|StageName=File"

Where:

JobName
The name of a job referenced in the process flow.
StageName
The name of a Read from File or Write to File stage in the job as shown in the stage label under the stage's icon in the dataflow. For example, if the input stage is labeled "Read From File" you would specify:
"Job1|Read From File=file:C:/inputfile.txt"

If the input stage is labeled "Illinois Customers" you would specify:

"Job1|Illinois Customers=file:C:/inputfile.txt"
File
The protocol and full path to the file. You must use forward slashes (/) in file paths, not backslashes. The protocol must be one of the following:
file:
If the file is on the same machine as the Spectrumâ„¢ Technology Platform server, start the path with the "file:" protocol. For example, on Windows specify file:C:/myfile.txt and on Unix or Linux specify file:/testfiles/myfile.txt.
Note: If the client and server are running on the same machine, you can use either the "file:" or "esclient:" protocol, but are likely to have get better performance using the "file:" protocol.
esclient:
If the file is on the same machine as Process Flow Executor, start the path with the "esclient:" protocol. For example, on Windows specify esclient:C:/myfile.txt and on Unix or Linux specify esclient:/testfiles/myfile.txt.
Note: If the machine running process flow executor cannot resolve the host name of the Spectrumâ„¢ Technology Platform server, you may get an error "Error occurred accessing file". To resolve this issue, open this file on the server: SpectrumLocation/server/app/conf/spectrum-container.properties. Set the spectrum.runtime.hostname property to the IP address of the server.
ftp:
To use a file server defined in the Management Console, use the following format: ftp:NameOfFileServer/PathToFile. For example, ftp://FS/testfiles/myfile.txt where FS is a file server resource defined in Management Console.

The following example illustrates how to override file locations using the --o argument:

--o "Job1|Read from File=file:C:/myfile_input.txt" "Job1|Write to File=file:C:/myfile_output.txt"