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Classifieds: Education / Training | | Informatica online trainings @TEK | | Posted By: Muralidhar Kamuni at: 18, Nov 2011 3:32:25 PM IST | 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
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What is Data warehouse and why we need Data warehouse
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OLTP vs ODS vs Data warehouse
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Dimensional modeling
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Star schema/Snowflake schema/Galaxy schema
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Dimensions / Facts tables.
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Slowly Changing Dimensions and its types.
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Data Staging Area
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Different types of Dimensions and Facts.
Data Mart vs Data warehouse
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DWH Approaches: Ralph Kimball''s vs Bill Inmon''s
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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
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PowerCenter 8.x architecture
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PowerCenter 7 architecture vs PowerCenter 8 architecture
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Extraction, Transformation and loading process
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Power Center tools: Designer, Workflow manager, Workflow Monitor,
Repository Manager.
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Repository Server and agent
Repository maintenance
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Repository Server Administration Console
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Security, Repository, privileges and folder permissions
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Metadata extensions
Power Center Developer Topics:
Lab 1- Create a Folder.
Source Object Definitions
Source types
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Source properties
Lab 2- Analyze Source Data, Import Source.
Target Object Definitions
Target types
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Target properties
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Lab 3- Import Targets
Transformation Concepts
Transformation types and views
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Transformation features and ports
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Informatica functions and data types
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Mappings
Mapping components
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Source Qualifier transformation
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Pre SQL and Post SQL
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Mapping validation
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Data flow rules
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Lab 4 –Create a Mapping, session, and workflow
Workflows
Workflow Tools
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Workflow Structure and configuration
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Workflow Tasks
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Workflow Design and properties
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Session Tasks
Session Task properties
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Session components
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Transformation overrides
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Session partitions
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Workflow Monitoring
Workflow Monitor views
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Monitoring a Server
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Actions initiated from the workflow Monitor
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Gantt chart View and Task view.
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Lab 6 – Start and Monitor a Workflow
Debugger
Debugger features
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Debugger windows
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Tips for using the Debugger
Lab 7 –The Debugger
Expression transformation
Expression, variable ports, storing previous record values.
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Different type of Ports
Input/ output / Variable ports and Port Evaluation
Filter transformation
Filter properties
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Lab 8- Expression and Filter
Aggregator transformation
Aggregation function and expressions
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Aggregator properties
Using sorted data
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Incremental Aggregation
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Joiner transformation
Joiner types
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Joiner conditions and properties
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Joiner usage and Nested joins
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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
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Sorter limitations
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Lab 10 – Sorter
Propagate Attributes.
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Shared Folder and Working with shortcuts.
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Informatica built in functions.
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Lookup transformation
Lookup principles
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Lookup properties
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Lookup techniques
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Connected and unconnected lookups.
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Lab 11 – Basic Lookup
Target options
Row type indicators
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Row loading operations
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Constraint- based loading
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Rejected row handling options
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Lab 12 – Deleting Rows
Update Strategy transformation
Update strategy expressions
Lab 13 – Data Driven Inserts and Rejects
Router transformation
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Using a router
Router groups
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Lab 14 – Router
Conditional Lookups
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Usage and techniques
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Advantage
Functionality
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Lab 15 – Straight Load
Lab 16 – Conditional Lookups
Heterogeneous Targets
Heterogeneous target types
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Target type conversions and limitations
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Lab 17 – Heterogeneous Targets
Mapplets
Functionality and Advantages
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Mapplet types and structure
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Mapplet limitations
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Lab 18 – Mapplets
Reusable transformations
Advantages
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Limitations
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Promoting and copying transformations
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Lab 19 – Reusable transformations
Sequence Generator transformation
Using a sequence Generator
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Sequence Generator properties
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Dynamic Lookup
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Dynamic lookup theory
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Usage and functionality
Advantages
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Lab 20 – Dynamic Lookup
Concurrent and sequential Workflows
Concurrent Workflows
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Sequential Workflows
Stopping, Starting and suspending tasks and workflows
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Lab 21 – Sequential Workflow
Additional Transformations
Union Transformation
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Rank transformation
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Normalizer transformation
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Custom Transformation
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Transformation Control transformation
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XML Transformation
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SQL Trasnformation
Stored Procedure Transformation
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External procedure Transformation
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Lab Sessions- For above transformations
Error Handling
• Overview of Error Handling Topics
Lab 22 – Error handling fatal and non Fatal
Workflow Tasks:
Command
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Email
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Decision
Timer
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Control
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Even Raise and Wait
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Lab Sessions – With Workflow tasks
Link Conditions
Team Based Development
Version Control
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Checking out and checking in objects.
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Performance Tuning
Overview of System Environment
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Identifying Bottlenecks.
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Optimizing Source, Target, mapping, Transformation, session.
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Mapping Parameters and Variables
Introduction to Mappng Variables and Parameters
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Creating Mapping Variables and Updating Variables
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Creating Parameter File and associating file to a Session
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System Variables
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Variables functions
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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
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Worklets Limitation
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Lab 29 – Create Worklets using Tasks
Command Line Interface ( PMCMD)
Overview of PMCMD and functions.
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Lab 30 : PMCMD
Informatica Migrations:
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Copying Objects
Objects export and import (XML)
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Deployment groups
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Workflows Scheduling:
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Using Informatica
Unix crontab, third party tools.
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Lab 30: Informatica Project- Case Study
Sales Data mart.
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Loading Dimensions and Facts.
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