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- 1. INFORMATICA ONLINE TRAINING @ QOTRAINING INFORMATICA POWER CENTER 8.X Course Content: Description: The Course teaches the fundamentals of Informatica Power center 8.x platform, through online training and numerous hands-on lab exercises. Students will gain a clear understanding of the product and acquire the solid foundation needed to make them successful Power center developers. Course Duration: 30 hours Prerequisites: SQL Basics. Software: Informatica, Oracle, Toad Data Warehouse Concepts: • Introduction to Data warehouse • What is Data warehouse and why we need Data warehouse • OLTP vs ODS vs Data warehouse • Dimensional modeling • Star schema/Snowflake schema/Galaxy schema • Dimensions / Facts tables. • Slowly Changing Dimensions and its types. • Data Staging Area • Different types of Dimensions and Facts. • Data Mart vs Data warehouse • DWH Approaches: Ralph Kimball’s vs Bill Inmon’s Informatica Power Center 8.x: Software Installation: Informatica 8.x Server/Client Installation on Windows/Unix. Power Center Architecture and Components: • Introduction to informatica Power Center • PowerCenter 8.x architecture
- 2. • PowerCenter 7 architecture vs PowerCenter 8 architecture • Extraction, Transformation and loading process • Power Center tools: Designer, Workflow manager, Workflow Monitor, Repository Manager. • Repository Server and agent • Repository maintenance • Repository Server Administration Console • Security, Repository, privileges and folder permissions • Metadata extensions Power Center Developer Topics: Lab 1- Create a Folder. Source Object Definitions o Source types o Source properties Lab 2- Analyze Source Data, Import Source. Target Object Definitions • Target types • Target properties Lab 3- Import Targets Transformation Concepts • Transformation types and views • Transformation features and ports • Informatica functions and data types Mappings • Mapping components • Source Qualifier transformation • Pre SQL and Post SQL • Mapping validation
- 3. • Data flow rules Lab 4 –Create a Mapping, session, and workflow Workflows • Workflow Tools • Workflow Structure and configuration • Workflow Tasks • Workflow Design and properties Session Tasks • Session Task properties • Session components • Transformation overrides • Session partitions Workflow Monitoring • Workflow Monitor views • Monitoring a Server • Actions initiated from the workflow Monitor • Gantt chart View and Task view. Lab 6 – Start and Monitor a Workflow Debugger • Debugger features • Debugger windows • Tips for using the Debugger Lab 7 –The Debugger Expression transformation • Expression, variable ports, storing previous record values. Different type of Ports
- 4. Input/ output / Variable ports and Port Evaluation Filter transformation • Filter properties Lab 8- Expression and Filter Aggregator transformation • Aggregation function and expressions • Aggregator properties • Using sorted data • Incremental Aggregation Joiner transformation • Joiner types • Joiner conditions and properties • Joiner usage and Nested joins Lab 9 – Aggregator, Heterogeneous join Working with Flat files Importing and editing flat file sources & Targets Lab Session – Use Flat file as source. Sorter transformation • Sorter properties • Sorter limitations Lab 10 – Sorter • Propagate Attributes. • Shared Folder and Working with shortcuts. • Informatica built in functions.
- 5. Lookup transformation • Lookup principles • Lookup properties • Lookup techniques • Connected and unconnected lookups. Lab 11 – Basic Lookup Target options • Row type indicators • Row loading operations • Constraint- based loading • Rejected row handling options Lab 12 – Deleting Rows Update Strategy transformation Update strategy expressions Lab 13 – Data Driven Inserts and Rejects Router transformation • Using a router • Router groups Lab 14 – Router Conditional Lookups • Usage and techniques • Advantage • Functionality Lab 15 – Straight Load Lab 16 – Conditional Lookups
- 6. Heterogeneous Targets • Heterogeneous target types • Target type conversions and limitations Lab 17 – Heterogeneous Targets Mapplets • Functionality and Advantages • Mapplet types and structure • Mapplet limitations Lab 18 – Mapplets Reusable transformations • Advantages • Limitations • Promoting and copying transformations Lab 19 – Reusable transformations Sequence Generator transformation • Using a sequence Generator • Sequence Generator properties Dynamic Lookup • Dynamic lookup theory • Usage and functionality • Advantages Lab 20 – Dynamic Lookup Concurrent and sequential Workflows • Concurrent Workflows • Sequential Workflows
- 7. • Stopping, Starting and suspending tasks and workflows Lab 21 – Sequential Workflow Additional Transformations • Union Transformation • Rank transformation • Normalizer transformation • Custom Transformation • Transformation Control transformation • XML Transformation • SQL Trasnformation • Stored Procedure Transformation • External procedure Transformation Lab Sessions- For above transformations Error Handling • Overview of Error Handling Topics Lab 22 – Error handling fatal and non Fatal Workflow Tasks: • Command • Email • Decision • Timer • Control • Even Raise and Wait Lab Sessions – With Workflow tasks Link Conditions Team Based Development • Version Control
- 8. • Checking out and checking in objects. Performance Tuning • Overview of System Environment • Identifying Bottlenecks. • Optimizing Source, Target, mapping, Transformation, session. Mapping Parameters and Variables • Introduction to Mappng Variables and Parameters • Creating Mapping Variables and Updating Variables • Creating Parameter File and associating file to a Session • System Variables • Variables functions Lab 26 - Override Mapping Variable with Parameter Files Lab 27 – Dynamically Updating a Source Qualifier with Mapping Variable Slowly Changing Dimensions Type 1, Type 2, Type 3 Lab 28– SCD 1, 2, 3 Reusable Workflow Tasks • WorkLets • Worklets Limitation Lab 29 – Create Worklets using Tasks Command Line Interface ( PMCMD) • Overview of PMCMD and functions. Lab 30 : PMCMD Informatica Migrations: • Copying Objects • Objects export and import (XML)
- 9. • Deployment groups Workflows Scheduling: • Using Informatica • Unix crontab, third party tools. Lab 30: Informatica Project- Case Study • Sales Data mart. • Loading Dimensions and Facts.