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INFORMATICA POWER CENTER Course Content: Description: The Course teaches the fundamentals of Informatica Power center 8.x platform, through classroom 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 Associates.

Prerequisites: SQL Basics.

DAY 1 Informatica Power Center 8.x: Power Center Architecture and Components: Introduction to informatica Power Center

PowerCenter 9.x 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.

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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

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

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Transformation overrides

Session partitions

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Workflow Monitoring Workflow Monitor views

Monitoring a Server

Actions initiated from the workflow Monitor

Gantt chart View and Task view. Lab 5– Start and Monitor a Workflow Debugger Debugger features

Debugger windows

Tips for using the Debugger Lab 6 –The Debugger Expression transformation Expression, variable ports, storing previous record values. Different type of Ports Input/ output / Variable ports and Port Evaluation Filter transformation Filter properties Lab 7- 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

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Lab 8 – Aggregator, Heterogeneous join

DAY 2 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 9 – Sorter Propagate Attributes.

Shared Folder and Working with shortcuts.

Informatica built in functions. Lookup transformation Lookup principles

Lookup properties

Lookup techniques

Connected and unconnected lookups. Lab 10 – Basic Lookup Target options Row type indicators

Row loading operations

Constraint- based loading

Rejected row handling options Lab 11 – Deleting Rows Update Strategy transformation Update strategy expressions

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Lab 12 – Data Driven Inserts and Rejects Router transformation Using a router

Router groups Lab 13 – Router Conditional Lookups Usage and techniques

Advantage

Functionality Lab 14 – Conditional Lookups Reusable transformations Advantages

Limitations

Promoting and copying transformations Lab 15 – Reusable transformations Sequence Generator transformation Using a sequence Generator

Sequence Generator properties Dynamic Lookup Dynamic lookup theory

Usage and functionality

Advantages Lab 16 – Dynamic Lookup Concurrent and sequential Workflows Concurrent Workflows

Sequential Workflows

Stopping, Starting and suspending tasks and workflows

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Lab 17 – Sequential Workflow 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 18 - Override Mapping Variable with Parameter Files Lab 19 – Dynamically Updating a Source Qualifier with Mapping Variable Slowly Changing Dimensions Type 1, Type 2, Type 3

Lab 20– SCD 1, 2, 3

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DAY 3

Advance Level: Informatica

COURSE CONTENT

INFORMATICA OBJECTS

a. Sources & Targets o XML o Normalizer (EBCDIC)

b. Transformations o Cache

Basics Types Usage in transformations Properties

o Run-time properties o Ports

Usage o Parameters and Variables

Usage o Transformation rules o Reusable transformations – rules and how to create o Coding Standards o Transaction Control Transformations

c. Mapping & Mapplets

o Creation o Definition o Mapplets – rules and how to create and use o Validation o Coding Standards

d. Tasks

o Types of tasks o Properties and configuration o Re-usable and non re-usable tasks o Coding Standards

e. Workflows and Worklets

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o Connections and Links o Worklets – rules and how to create and use o Coding Standards

A. OTHER CONCEPTS

a. Versioning o What is versioning o How it is available in Informatica o Usage

b. Incremental aggregation c. Pushdown optimization d. External Loader

B. PERFORMANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

a. Workflow Monitoring o Workflow Monitor views o Monitoring a Server o Actions initiated from the Workflow Monitor o Filtering views

b. Performance Tuning o Bottlenecks o Configuring Properties of Infa objects for Performance Tuning o DTM – basics o Threads – basics

c. Monitoring o Monitoring workflows o Different Views

e. Debugging o Ways and approach to debug issues o Using Debugger Tool o Test data Load o Different log files generated o How to interpret messages in Log File o Tracing Levels

f. Repository o Backup and Restoration o Code Pages and Character Sets

g. Purge Version

C. PMREP/PMCMD COMMANDS

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Hands On Exercise o INFORMATICA ADMIN CONSOLE o DEPLOYMENT GROUP o XML SOURCE o XML TARGET o JAVA TRANSFORMATION o SQL TRANSFORMATION o EXTERNAL LOADER o SCD TYPE 2 MAPPING o DYNAMIC LOOKUP o PERSISTANT LOOKUP o PUSH DOWN OPTIMIZATION o PMREP/PMCMD COMMANDS

DAY 4

Informatica Powercenter 9 – New features

PowerCenter9.0 Real-Time Enhancements to Support 24x7 Operations

PowerCenter Transformations Enhancements

o Lookup Transformation Multiple rows return SQL overrides for uncached lookups Database deadlock resilience

o SQL transformation Passive transformation

o Session Log files rollover o Data Transformation source and target o XML transformation o Data Masking

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Mapping Architect for Visio Enhancements

Newly added Mapping Templates

DAY 5

Meta Data Manager o mmcmd Command Line Program o Data Lineage o Logging o Resources o Metadata Manager Service Options o Architecture o Browse and Search Metadata o Edit Metadata Objects o Custom Models o Metadata Manager Components

New features- Metadata Manager and Business Glossary

Deployment: o Command-line Enhancements for Easier Deployment

• PowerExchange9.0

. PowerExchangeforMainframePerformance Enhancements

. ImprovedSupportforHighAvailability

. Unified Administration with PowerCenter

. PowerExchange for Warehouse Appliances

. PowerExchange for Applications

• InformaticaAdminstrator9.0

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• UpgradingtoRelease9

• Informatica Platform Architecture

New Components/Services in Informatica 9 Architecture. Connection management Monitoring