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This document outlines an Informatica course covering topics like data warehouse concepts, PowerCenter architecture and installation, data integration concepts, source qualifier transformations, joins, lookups, aggregators, routers, workflows, performance tuning, mapping techniques, and advanced topics like partitioning and high availability. The course includes lectures, demonstrations of tools like the PowerCenter designer and workflow manager, and hands-on labs to practice loading data and designing mappings and workflows.

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Informatica Course Content

This document outlines an Informatica course covering topics like data warehouse concepts, PowerCenter architecture and installation, data integration concepts, source qualifier transformations, joins, lookups, aggregators, routers, workflows, performance tuning, mapping techniques, and advanced topics like partitioning and high availability. The course includes lectures, demonstrations of tools like the PowerCenter designer and workflow manager, and hands-on labs to practice loading data and designing mappings and workflows.

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Informatica Course Content

Pre request: RDBMS Concepts and working knowledge with any database

Agenda
Introduction data warehouse concepts and data warehouse techniques, about star schema ,
snowflack schemas, life cycle of data warehouse etc

PowerCenter 9.5 Architecture


Installation and Configuration
Overview
Installation - Windows
Repository Server Setup - Windows
PowerCenter Server Configuration (Windows)

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Repository Architecture
Repository Server Features
Repository Agents
Repository Types

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Repository Server Administration Console


Repository Tasks
Backup and Restore
Activity Log

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Repository Manager
User Interface
Menus
Security

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Exporting/Importing Objects
Troubleshooting
Error Messages
Error Logs

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data Integration Concepts


Data Integration
Mapping and Transformations
Tasks and Workflows
Metadata
PowerCenter Components and User Interface
o PowerCenter Architecture
o PowerCenter Client Tools
o Lab - Using the Designer and Workflow Manager

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Source Qualifier
Source Qualifier Transformation
Source Qualifier Joins
Source Pipelines
Expression, Filter, File Lists and Workflow Scheduler
o Expression Editor
o Filter Transformation
o File Lists
o Workflow Scheduler
o Lab - Load the Customer Staging Table
Joins, Features and Techniques I
o Joiner Transformation

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Lookups and Reusable Transformations


Lookup Transformation
Reusable Transformations
Debugger
o Debugging Mappings
Sequence Generator
o Sequence Generator Transformation
Lookup Caching, More Features and Techniques
o Lookup Caching
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Sorter, Aggregator and Self-Join


Sorter Transformation
Aggregator Transformation
Active and Passive Transformations
Data Concatenation
Self-Join
Router, Update Strategy and Overrides
o Router Transformation
o Update Strategy Transformation
o Expression Default Values
o Source Qualifier Override
o Target Override
o Session Task Mapping Overrides
Dynamic Lookup and Error Logging
o Dynamic Lookup
o Error Logging
o Lab - Load Customer Dimension Table
Unconnected Lookup, Parameters and Variables
o Unconnected Lookup Transformation
o System Variables
o Mapping Parameters and Variables
Mapplets
o Mapplets

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Mapping Design
Designing Mappings

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Workshop
Workflow Variables and Tasks
o Link Conditions
o Workflow Variables
o Assignment Task
o Decision Task
o Email Task
More Tasks and Reusability
o Event Raise Task
o Event Wait Task
o Command Task
o Reusable Tasks
o Reusable Session Task
o Reusable Session Configuration
o PMCMD Utility
Worklets and More Tasks
o Worklets
o Timer Task
o Control Task
Workflow Design
o Designing Workflows
o Workshop (Optional)
Performance Tuning
o Performance Tuning Overview
o Server Architecture
o Measuring Performance Internal to Informatica
o Establishing Baselines Internal to Informatica
o Identifying Bottlenecks
o Mapping Optimization
o Session Optimization
Mapping Techniques
Mapping Specification Documents
Stored Procedure
Mapping Parameters and Variables
Self Join
Transaction Control Transformation
Data Driven Aggregation
Incremental Aggregation
Unconnected Lookup Techniques
Dynamic Lookup Techniques

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Workflow Techniques
Workflow Alerts
Advanced Command Task and Parameter File Creation

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Data Error Handling


Introduction
Data Error Handling with Transaction Control

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Advanced topic

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Introduction to Grid
Introduction to Partitioning
Introduction to High availability
Pushdown optimization

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