

The new XML read and transform stages are much better at reading large and complex XML files and processing them in parallel:ģ. I did a longer post about just this pack in New Hierarchical Transformer makes DataStage great a XML Tool and if you have XML files without schemas you can follow a tip at the DataStage Real Time blog: The new XMLPack in 8.5….generating xsd’s…. It can open, understand and store XML schema files. DataStage 8.5 is a great XML processing tool.

It' is now an XML ETL ToolPrevious versions of DataStage were mediocre at processing XML. A lot of tasks in DataStage 8.5 are at least 40% faster than 8.1 such as starting DataStage, opening a job, running a Parallel job and runtime performance have all improved.Ģ. Most of these are improvements in DataStage Parallel Jobs only while a couple of them will help Server Job customers as well.ġ. This is a list of the ten best things in DataStage 8.5. The XML pack described below is available as a separate download from the IBM Fix Central website. Information Server 8.5 came out a couple weeks ago and is currently available on IBM Passport Advantage for existing customers and from IBM PartnerWorld for IM partners. I have taken a look through the new functions and capabilities of DataStage 8.5 and come up with a top ten list of why you should upgrade to it.
