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Perhaps you’ll need to create your first project Git repository. This will depend upon the Git technology you use, and will be subtly different for GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, etc. Follow the instructions for your preferred system and ensure you capture the information.

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: You’ve verified that you can connect to DataStage, Git, and Work Item Management using your credentials/SSH keys.

2. Install MettleCI Workbench

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See our super-simple instructions for Engine tiers hosted on Unix and Windows platforms.

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: You can log in to the MettleCI Workbench using your DataStage credentials.

3. Onboard your first DataStage project

???MettleCI Workbench uses a selected DataStage Project for its context. A DataStage project needs to be registered with the Workbench before you can use MettleCI with it. Follow the instructions for on-boarding a DataStage Project.

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: Your MettleCI workbench know about your DataStage project, and it is listed in the drop-down project list at the top of the Workbench.

4. Try MettleCI Compliance

a. Create your compliance rule Git repository

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Configure your Compliance Rules

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Follow the steps required to create your Compliance Rule Git repository.

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: You have an operational Git repository containing a set of template MettleCI Compliance Rules.

b. Execute Compliance against a DataStage Job

Follow the steps to execute compliance against a selected DataStage job.

Note that you’ll definitely get some Compliance failures with your first execution! At the very least expect the supplied Job and Stage naming standards to differ to yours!

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: Compliance results for one of your DataStage jobs.

5. Try MettleCI Unit Testing

a. Install the Unit Test Harness

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Create your first Unit Test

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b. Create your first Unit Test

Follow the steps to configure your environment for Unit Testing, then create your first Unit Test.

You’ll then need to either manually create Unit Test data, or capture it from existing Unit Test data, after which you can execute your Unit Test.

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: You can use MettleCI Workbench to observe Unit Test results for your selected DataStage job.

Now you’re ready to start exploring MettleCI!

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