Hi Tim, We use the same technique. Also we use it to pass any runtime variables
Regards, On Wed, 2012-03-07 at 00:30 -0800, Tim Chan wrote: > Hi Mohammad, > > I understand what you've described, I will make an attempt tomorrow. Thank > you. > > > > On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 12:02 AM, Mohammad Islam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Tim, > > Currently it is not directly supported. > > I would ask you to write a Java action which will be the first action of > > your DAG. > > Pass the date range into your java action. In your java code, do whatever > > processing you want to do and write the properties (will be consumed by > > subsequent actions) into a pre-defined file. At last refer the variable > > into your next action as input directory. > > > > One such example can be found at: > > https://github.com/yahoo/oozie/wiki/Oozie-WF-use-cases > > search for "Java-Main Action". > > > > Please let us know if you need more help. > > Regards, > > Mohammad > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Tim Chan <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected]; Mohammad Islam <[email protected]> > > Cc: > > Sent: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 8:15 PM > > Subject: Re: using DataSet to define a date range of input directories > > > > Hi Mohammad, > > > > For this scenario, let's say it is a fixed date range, meaning that I will > > specify manually the start and end dates. > > I do not need to have the job wait. We can assume that the input files will > > be present. > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 8:06 PM, Mohammad Islam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Tim, > > > Is it fixed date range or relative? > > > If relative how do you define it? > > > > > > Does the range have fixed length or variable length. > > > > > > Do you want the job to wait for the data available on those days and then > > > launch workflow with those directories? > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > Mohammad > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Tim Chan <[email protected]> > > > To: [email protected] > > > Cc: > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 5:56 PM > > > Subject: using DataSet to define a date range of input directories > > > > > > I would like to be able to specify a date range and have oozie feed that > > as > > > a list of input directories for my workflow. > > > > > > For example, my input data is stored in this fashion: > > > > > > mydata/${YEAR}/${MONTH}/${DAY} > > > > > > I would like to specify date ranges that aren't whole months, for > > example: > > > > > > Jan 13 - Feb 3. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > [image: Monkey] Tim Chan // [email protected] // 213.784.2523 > > > > > >
