if_condition 

Syntax

<if_condition> ::= IF <condition> | OTHERWISE

Use

This is a syntax rule for describing tables.

Use it to define the selection criterion that determines which records from the source file are loaded to which target table.

You can selectively load data records that do not fulfill the selection criterion to a specific target table by using the OTHERWISE condition. This means that you can load all those records in the source table, for which you cannot define a standard selection criterion, to a certain target table.

This syntax rule allows you to carry out the following actions when data is loaded from a source file to a target table:

Only specify OTHERWISE for the last table in a series of DATALOAD commands.