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Utilising EPM Platform Jobs in Pipelines

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Pipelines allow administrators to schedule jobs in the required order, including pre-processing rules, data load rules and post-processing rules in an easy and accessible interface via Data Integration. This is replacing the existing Batch functionality which is currently available in Data Management, but will soon be decommissioned. Each pipeline is made up of a series of Stages, where a Stage is a group of jobs. There are many job types available, including business rules, integrations, EPM Platform jobs and many more! Each job has various settings depending on the job type. These settings can reference Pipeline level variables or use a specific setting for that particular job. In this blog we will focus on the EPM Platform Job types, which are slightly different to the standard pipeline jobs and require custom parameters, based on the REST API commands.   Example 1 – Administration Mode The Administration Mode platform job can be used to set the application log

Using Substitution Variables in Pipelines

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Pipelines allow administrators to schedule jobs in the required order, including pre-processing rules, data load rules and post-processing rules in an easy and accessible interface via Data Integration. This is replacing the existing Batch functionality which is currently available in Data Management, but will soon be decommissioned. Pipeline Variables For each pipeline, there are automatically a number of variables set with default values: Variable Name Description Default Value (Example) Start Period The default start period for a data load rule Jan-23 End Period The default end period for a data load rule Mar-23 Import Mode The default import mode for a data load rule Replace Export Mode The default export mode for a data load rule Merge Send Mail Option for whether to send email notifications always