Ok, is there a best practice for reading this file oozie prepares? Where is
it? I don't want to put the el function in the actions because I have many
of them and would only like to call the el function once. I am calling it
multiple times now (once for each shell action).


On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 3:20 PM, Robert Kanter <[email protected]> wrote:

> Ah, I see what you're saying.  You could have you shell script read the
> Configuration XML file prepared by Oozie; this would include everything in
> the <configuration> section of the shell action and the <global> section.
>  Though why not simply put the EL Function directly in the shell action
> instead of a variable?
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Scott Preddy <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Right, that what I have experienced. What I would like to know if there
> is
> > some mechanism in oozie where I can assign a global variable a value I
> > obtain from the result of an el function and then have that value
> > referenced by shell actions?
> >
> >
> > On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 1:02 PM, Robert Kanter <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > 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
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

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