"<%=odiRef.getInfo("SRC_DSERV_NAME")%>" when Used in ODI KM Fails to Return Value if Preceded by a Variable and "@" (Doc ID 2647702.1)

Last updated on APRIL 06, 2021

Applies to:

Symptoms

When calling the Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) Substitution API <% = odiRef.getInfo ("SRC_DSERV_NAME")%> in an ODI customized Knowledge Module (KM), there is no value returned if the command is preceded by an ODI variable followed by "@", and not separated by space.

This works fine in 11g.

To reproduce:

1. Create a customized KM and add a step using <% = odiRef.getInfo ("SRC_DSERV_NAME")%> like below. (Replace the placeholder values including their surroung <> with actual values)
   
   Data OutFile user/password@ :
   OdiOSCommand "-OUT_FILE=<DIR>\<FILE_NAME.OUT>" "-ERR_FILE=<DIR>\<FILE_NAME.ERR>" "-SYNCHRONOUS=YES"
   sqlplus -S user1/password1@<%=odiRef.getInfo ("SRC_DSERV_NAME")%> @<DIR>\<FILE_NAME.SQL>
   
   
2. Add another similar step which uses ODI variables, like the following:
   
   Name: Data OutFile - Variables@
   Target command:
   OdiOSCommand "-OUT_FILE=<DIR>\<FILE_NAME2.OUT>" "-ERR_FILE=<DIR>\<FILE_NAME2.ERR>" "-SYNCHRONOUS=YES"
   sqlplus -S #GLOBAL.JDBC_USER/#GLOBAL.JDBC_PASSWORD@<%=odiRef.getInfo ("SRC_DSERV_NAME")%> @<DIR>\<FILE_NAME2.SQL>
   
   
3. Create a mapping that uses the KM
   
   
4. Execute the mapping with log level 6
   
   
5. Compare the generated code in both ODI 11g and ODI 12c, notice that "Data OutFile - Variable@" step is missing the dataserver name "ORCL" when executed in ODI 12c.

Code generated in ODI 11g: 

  
Code generated in ODI 12.2.1.4.0:

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