[name := ] NOTHOR( action )

The NOTHOR compiler directive indicates the action should not execute on thor, but inline instead, in a global context. You can only do very simple dataset operations within a NOTHOR, like filtering records or a simple PROJECT.

NOTHOR needs to be used around operations that use the superfile transactions, (such as the example below) where the compiler does not spot the appropriate context.

Example:

IMPORT STD;
rec := RECORD
  STRING10 S;
END;

srcnode := '10.239.219.2'; 
srcdir := '/var/lib/HPCCSystems/mydropzone/';

dir := STD.File.RemoteDirectory(srcnode,srcdir,'*.txt',TRUE);

  //without NOTHOR this code gets this error:
  // "Cannot call function AddSuperFile in a non-global context"
NOTHOR(SEQUENTIAL(
  STD.File.DeleteSuperFile('MultiSuper1'),
  STD.File.CreateSuperFile('MultiSuper1'),
  STD.File.StartSuperFileTransaction(),
  APPLY(dir,STD.File.AddSuperFile('MultiSuper1',
        STD.File.ExternalLogicalFileName(srcnode,srcdir+name))),
  STD.File.FinishSuperFileTransaction()));

F1 := DATASET('MultiSuper1', rec, THOR);
OUTPUT(F1,,'testmulti1',OVERWRITE);

See Also: SEQUENTIAL