staging-stored-procedure-master-data-services.md

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Staging Stored Procedure	Use one of three stored procedures to initiate the staging process from SQL Server Management Studio in Master Data Services.	CordeliaGrey	jiwang6	04/01/2016	sql	master-data-services	conceptual

Staging Stored Procedure (Master Data Services)

[!INCLUDE SQL Server - Windows only ASDBMI]

When initiating the staging process from [!INCLUDEssManStudioFull], you use one of three stored procedures.

• stg.udp_<name>_Leaf

• stg.udp_<name>_Consolidated

• stg.udp_<name>_Relationship

Where name is the name of the staging table that was specified when the entity was created.

Staging Process Stored Procedure Parameters

The following table lists the parameters of these stored procedures.

Parameter	Description
VersionName Required	The name of the version. This may or may not be case-sensitive, depending on your [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] collation setting.
LogFlag Required	Determines whether transactions are logged during the staging process. Possible values are: 0: Do not log transactions. 1: Log transactions. For more information about transactions, see Transactions (Master Data Services).
BatchTag Required, except by web service	The BatchTag value as specified in the staging table.
Batch_ID Required by web service only	The Batch_ID value as specified in the staging table.
User Name	Optional parameter
User ID	Optional parameter

Staging Process Stored Procedure Example

The following example shows how to start the staging process by using the staging stored procedure.

USE [DATABASE_NAME]  
GO  
  
EXEC[stg].[udp_name_Leaf]  
      @VersionName = N'VERSION_1',  
@LogFlag = 1,  
@BatchTag = N'batch1'  
      @UserName=N'domain\user'  
  
GO  
  

See Also

Validation Stored Procedure (Master Data Services)
View Errors that Occur During Staging (Master Data Services)