Hi Scott, That's not how the <global> seciton works. Properties in the <configuration> in the <global> section get applied automatically to all <configuration> sections in all actions in the workflow. So, in your example, "controlFilePath" is automatically included in your shell action's <configuration> section (even though you omitted it). Putting stuff in the <configuration> in the <global> section does not make them a variable. To do that, it should be in the job.properties file you use to submit the workflow. Once you have that, any EL Functions should accept it as an argument as well.
- Robert On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 8:54 AM, Scott Preddy <[email protected]> wrote: > I would like to set a global variable to my entire oozie job and then > reference its value from various actions. I would like to use some "el > function stuff" when assigning this variable. > However I assume this is completely impossible because I cannot even do the > following. No matter what I try "controlFilePath2" is always undefined in > "echoControlFile", so trying the > "el function" does not even need to be explored. > > <workflow-app xmlns="uri:oozie:workflow:0.4" name="sandbox1"> > <global> > <job-tracker>${jobTracker}</job-tracker> > <name-node>${nameNode}</name-node> > <configuration> > <property> > <name>mapred.job.queue.name</name> > <value>default</value> > </property> > <property> > <name>controlFilePath2</name> > <value>***Path***</value> > </property> > </configuration> > </global> > > <start to="echoControlFile"/> > > <action name="echoControlFile"> > <shell xmlns="uri:oozie:shell-action:0.3"> > <job-tracker>${jobTracker}</job-tracker> > <name-node>${nameNode}</name-node> > <exec>echo.sh</exec> > <argument>Control file path: ${controlFilePath2}</argument> > <file>${scriptsDir}/echo.sh#echo.sh</file> > <capture-output/> > </shell> > <ok to="end"/> > <error to="fail"/> > </action> > > <kill name="fail"> > <message>Job failed, error > message[${wf:errorMessage(wf:lastErrorNode())}]</message> > </kill> > <end name="end"/> > </workflow-app> > "workflow.xml" 53L, > 1953C > 40,13 Bot >
