How to invoke Talend MDM staging area validation with a Job

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Overview

The Talend MDM (Master Data Management) Staging Area stores non-validated data. How can you validate the data in the Staging Area? You can do it using a Talend Job and the Web User Interface, as shown below:

Environment

This procedure applies to versions of Talend MDM before 6.0.

Resolution

Talend MDM provides a REST API to perform a staging area validation. You can POST the REST URL, as follows:

1. Create a Job, add a tRESTClient component onto the design workspace, and set the HTTP Method to POST.

2. In the URL field, type one of the following URLs:

   • Before 6.0, the URL is:

     http:/ /localhost:8180/datamanager/services/tasks/staging/TestDataContainer/?model=TestDataModel

   • After 6.0, the URL is:

     http:/ /localhost:8180/talendmdm/services/rest/tasks/staging/Product

     

3. Run the Job by pressing F6. The Job invokes the Staging Area validation and the Talend MDM server console outputs the following:

4. In the Staging Area view of the Web User Interface, you will find 17 records that passed the validation.

Steps to reproduce the issue

1. Import mdmitems.zip (attached) to the studio, deploy all the items to MDM servers.
2. Import jobs.zip (attached) to the studio, run the Job loadjob to load the data into the datacontainer Entity in the Staging Area.
3. Run the Job tRestClient, it will invoke the Staging Area validation and move the data to the master area.