DataStage Sequencer Stage doesn't continue the process after Nested Condition

Question

I have a DataStage Sequence Job that needs to branch the process on the basis of which value is passed to a parameter. I decided to add a Nested Condition Stage from which three links part. This is how the three paths are made:

1. Link1: Nested Condition Stage -> Job Activity1 -> Job Activity2 -> Sequencer Stage
2. Link2: Nested Condition Stage -> Sequencer Stage
3. Link3: Nested Condition Stage -> Job Activity3 -> Sequencer Stage

The Nested Condition Stage mentioned in the list is common to all the three branches. The Sequencer Stage is in common to the branches as well. I need the Sequencer Stage because I need to connect the ultimate links of the three branches to the same activity, which closes the job.

The problem is that Link1 and Link3 correctly lead to a successful run, Link2 doesn't. The value of the parameter checked in the Nested Condition Stage for Link2 is correct. The only thought I have is that the Sequencer Stage a link coming from a Job Activity Stage. But there is no Job Activity I can put between the Nested Condition and the Sequencer. The proper definition of the process is as described in the list above. Is there something I can do to solve this problem? Maybe I can substitute the Nested Condition with a Execute Command Stage, keep only Link1 and Link3, and using a command to skip the Job Activities in those links (maybe on the basis of the value of a certain parameter), but I don't know how and what to write as command.

Thanks in advance to anyone willing to help. Ask if you need more information.

• MichaelTiefenbacher: The conceptional setup you describe should work. You could - for test purposes - add a job activity to your Link2 in order so see if the path gets activated or if the condition has some problem. Therefore you could build a simple test job (i.e. Row Generator and Peek) to check it out.
• ennezetaqu: @MichaelTiefenbacher thank you for your reply. I ran the job again and it worked. I'm not sure what values I passed to the job in previous attempts, but it seems I didn't wrote them properly.