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3674385 - Global variable value truncation during job execution in Data Services Management Console - SAP Data Services 4.x

Symptom

  • Executing a job from Data Services Management Console does not pass the complete value of the global variable.
  • The global variable has more than 255 characters.
  • The error log shows a Syntax error, and the truncated global variable.
  • The issue does not occur when executing the job from SAP Data Services Designer, where the full value is passed successfully.


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Environment

  • Data Services Management Console
  • SAP Data Services 4.3 and higher

Product

SAP Data Services 2025 ; SAP Data Services 4.3

Keywords

global variable, sap data services, management console, job execution, sql truncation, overflow key, al_setoptions, al_oflow_options, variable recreation, character limit, data services designer, dsmc , KBA , EIM-DS-EXE , Job Execution , Problem

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