Using object replication
Data Services allows you to instantly create an exact replica of almost any object type you are using in ETL development. This feature is useful to create new versions of an existing workflow or dataflow to test or just to create backups at the object level.
How to do it…
We will replicate a job object using these steps:
Go to Local Object Library | Jobs.
Right-click on the
Job_DWH_DimGeography
job and select Replicate from the context menu:Copy of the job with the new name is created in the Local Object Library:
How it works…
All objects in Data Services can be identified as either reusable or not reusable.
A reusable object can be used in multiple locations, that is, a table object imported in a datastore can be used as a source or target object in different dataflows. Nevertheless, all these dataflows will reference the same object, and if changed in one place, it would change everywhere it is used.
Not reusable objects represent the instances of a specific object type...