Course Overview
This Advanced Boot Camp for Developers Informatica PowerCenter 9.6.x course teaches advanced mapping techniques and performance tuning and provides a thorough review of session partitioning features found in PowerCenter Version 9.6.x. This course builds on the four-day Foundation boot camp course (INPC-155).
What you’ll learn
Upon completion of the Advanced Boot Camp for Developers Informatica PowerCenter 9.6.x course, students will be able to:
- Use local variables, pivoting data, and self-joins
- Understand Data validation and error trapping
- Recognize PowerCenter’s architecture
- Identify bottlenecks and use session partitioning
- Review of command line utilities
Requirements
- INPC-155 Boot Camp for Developers Informatica PowerCenter 9.6.x, or equivalent experience
Target audiences
- ETL Developer with a previous PowerCenter Experience
Curriculum
- 1 Section
- 3 Lessons
- 3 Days
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- Topics3
- 1.1Day one Introduction Course objectives Mapping Techniques – local variables Using local variables: self and forward references Mapping Techniques – Pivoting data Using the Normalizer transformation (level of occurs, generated keys, examples) Normalizing flat file outputs Denormalizing with unconnected Lookups Denormalizing with the Aggregator (conditional clause and local variables) Mapping techniques – self-joins Using a Joiner with the sorted input property Mapping Techniques – Lookup Transformation Using dynamic caching Pipeline lookups Lab: Self-join, Dynamic Lookup and Denormalizing Mapping Techniques – Surrogate Keys Using the Sequence generator transformation Using a trigger, GUID or update overrides Mapping Techniques – other Calling stored procedures Transaction Control transformation and commit points Transaction scope Advanced Parameter usage Sharing mapping parameters between sessions
- 1.2Day Two Mapping Templates Slowly changing dimension updates (type 1, 2, 3 and mixed) Lab: dimensional updates Data validation and error trapping Comparing the contents of two tables and extracting differences Building parameter files Lab: parameter files Performance Tuning Understanding PowerCenter’s architecture Getting baseline numbers Using performance counters Identifying bottlenecks Tuning the target and source components Tuning blocking transformations Tuning Lookup transformations Lab: tuning the mapping Tuning the session, caches and memory Using session partitioning Tuning the workflow Running multiple instances of the same workflow Running a session or a workflow on a grid Lab: session partitioning Using PushDown optimization (optional)
- 1.3Day Three Mapping Templates Slowly changing dimension updates (type 1, 2, 3 and mixed) Lab: dimensional updates Data validation and error trapping Comparing the contents of two tables and extracting differences Building parameter files Lab: parameter files Using XML (optional) Overview XML definitions Using XML sources and targets Using the XML editor Midstream XML transformations Lab: Using XML Review of command line utilities Infacmd pmcmd pmrep
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