Specifying that the Job Can Continue Even If a Fatal Error Is Encountered
Teradata PT provides the tbuild -n option to allow a job to continue even if it encounters a fatal error. tbuild -n is valuable mainly for multi-step jobs that group related extract and loading steps together. If a step fails, the job can pick up from where it left off based on the checkpoint taken within that failed step. While grouping multiple extract and load steps into a job minimizes the use of system resources and reduces the number of jobs to be executed, you must take the following into consideration before using the –n option: