Learning Path: Complete Roadway To Informatica Powercenter 9

Sharpen your data warehousing skills by mastering the techniques of Informatica PowerCenter

What you'll learn

Get familiar with the admin console

Add transformations using input and output ports

Work with the repository manager screen

Classify active, passive, connected, and unconnected transformations

Work on parameter files and gain an insight to the scheduling workflow

Find out how to debug and identify issues in mappings

Configure the internal scheduler and file lists

Get equipped to handle different types of partitions

Requirements

Basic understanding of ETL and PowerCenter is needed

Description

Informatica is a leader in the ETL market and provides lot of job opportunities in the industry. The components within Informatica PowerCenter aid in extracting data from its source, transforming it as per business requirements and loading it into a target data warehouse. The main components of Informatica PowerCenter are its client tools, server, repository server and repository. The PowerCenter server and repository server make up the ETL layer, which completes the ETL processing.  If you're interested to work with various transformations and implement different types of SCDs in PowerCenter 9 to create reusable transformations and mapplets, then go for this Learning Path.



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The highlights of this Learning Path are:

Learn to use the designer screen
Use advanced transformations such as Rank and Joiner to classify active, passive, connected, and unconnected transformations
Implement SCD1, SCD2, and SCD3 mappings


This Learning Path will kick-start with taking you through downloading Informatica Power Center and extracting it. It will help you to gain a deeper insight at various aspects of the Informatica administrator console, such as domains, node, repository and integration service. You will then learn to import and create a source and target, and move on to creating mappings and using transformations ports. Next, the course will walk you through the Workflow Manager Screen and skill you to set up a path and connection. You will also learn how to work with the repository manager screen and thus, make the optimum use of Informatica Power Center!


Further, you will learn how to use transformations such as aggregator and filter, after which you will move onto more advanced transformations such as Joiner, Union, and Rank. You will also learn to debug a mapping, which will help you identify any issues in mappings. You’ll be introduced to the advanced aspects of the Designer and Workflow Manager screens. Finally, you’ll find out how to create reusable transformations and mapplets. Then, we move on to working with the target load plan and you’ll learn to compare objects.
By the end of this Learning Path, you will be able to work with various transformations and implement different types of SCDs to master the advanced aspects of the Informatica client to create reusable transformations and mapplets.



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Rahul Malewar has been working on various Data Warehousing tools for 10 years, mostly on Informatica Power Center. He has worked on various versions of Informatica Power Center starting at version 8.1 up to the latest version 9.x and Informatica Cloud. He has worked for various MNCs in India such as UST Global, Cognizant Technologies, and Principal Financial services in Pune. He has worked on the implementation of some Data Warehouses involving Informatica for fortune 500 MNCs such as Wellpoint and Principal. He has experience of working on multiple real-time projects in MNCs. He has run his own training center named Learn Well Technocraft since 2010, which provides training on more than 25 Data Warehousing technologies via classroom, corporate, and online. He has also written a blog on data warehousing concepts. As of today, he has provided training to more than 1200 candidates ranging from freshers to 20-year experienced professionals. He is also a Director of a software firm named Gut Lernen Technocraft Pvt. Ltd., where they work on data warehousing and mobile-related projects. He provides free assistance on Informatica installation related and other technical issues.

Overview

Section 1: Getting Started with Informatica

Lecture 1 The Course Overview

Lecture 2 Downloading the Tool

Lecture 3 Extracting the Tool from Its .zip File

Lecture 4 Installing the Server

Lecture 5 Installing the Client

Lecture 6 Configuring Domain and Node

Lecture 7 Configuring Repository and Integration Service

Lecture 8 Configuring Users and Granting Permissions

Lecture 9 Configuring the Repository Manager

Lecture 10 Using the Designer Client Interface

Lecture 11 Working with Sources as Files and Databases

Lecture 12 Working with Targets as Files and Databases

Lecture 13 Creating a New Mapping

Lecture 14 Adding Transformation Using Input and Output Ports

Lecture 15 Using the Workflow Manager Interface

Lecture 16 Using the Workflow Manager

Lecture 17 Setting the Source And Target Paths

Lecture 18 Executing the Workflow

Lecture 19 The Workflow Monitor

Lecture 20 The Workflow Log, Session Log, And Run Properties

Lecture 21 Copy-Paste and Drag-Drop Features

Lecture 22 The Export-Import Feature

Section 2: Implementing Informatica PowerCenter 9

Lecture 23 The Course Overview

Lecture 24 The Expression Transformation

Lecture 25 The Aggregator Transformation

Lecture 26 The Sorter Transformation

Lecture 27 The Filter Transformation

Lecture 28 The Router Transformation

Lecture 29 The Rank Transformation

Lecture 30 The Joiner Transformation

Lecture 31 The Union Transformation

Lecture 32 The Source Qualifier Transformation

Lecture 33 The Sequence Generator Transformation

Lecture 34 Classification of Transformation

Lecture 35 The Lookup Transformation

Lecture 36 Types of Caches

Lecture 37 The Update Strategy Transformation

Lecture 38 The Stored Procedure Transformation

Lecture 39 Understanding SCD Types

Lecture 40 Implementing SCD1 Mapping

Lecture 41 Implementing SCD2 Mapping

Lecture 42 Implementing SCD3 Mapping

Section 3: Mastering Informatica PowerCenter 9

Lecture 43 The Course Overview

Lecture 44 Creating Reusable Transformations

Lecture 45 Creating Mapplets

Lecture 46 Working With Debugger

Lecture 47 Target Loan Plan

Lecture 48 Comparing Objects

Lecture 49 Dependencies

Lecture 50 Tracing Level

Lecture 51 Types Of Tasks

Lecture 52 Command task

Lecture 53 Email Task

Lecture 54 Event Task

Lecture 55 Timer Task

Lecture 56 Link Task

Lecture 57 Decision Task

Lecture 58 Assignment Task

Lecture 59 Control Task

Lecture 60 Session Task Properties

Lecture 61 Configuring internal Scheduler

Lecture 62 Reusable Tasks

Lecture 63 Worklets

Lecture 64 Configuring File Lists

Lecture 65 Working with Incremental Aggregation

Lecture 66 Working on Parameter Files

Lecture 67 Performance Optimization

Lecture 68 Partitioning

Lecture 69 Pushdown Optimization

This Learning Path is aimed at technical and non-technical people who aim to make their career using one of the most sought after data warehousing tools in the market