Informatica PowerCenter Foundation Bootcamp For Developers Version 8.1 Course

Course Code: RT 438
Course Abstract:

This course teaches the fundamentals of the Informatica PowerCenter 8.1 platform, through lecture and numerous hands-on lab exercises. Participants will gain a clear understanding of the product and acquire the solid foundation needed to make them successful Informatica developers.

Audience:

This course is designed for ETL developers with no previous PowerCenter experience.

Duration: 4 days
Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to:
> Develop in Informatica

Course Topics:

Day One
Course Introduction
Course Objectives
Introduction to Informatica PowerCenter
Architecture & Connections

Designer Overview
Interface
Tools

Live Demo: creating and debugging a mapping

Concepts
Mappings
Sources and Targets
Transformations Objects

Transformation Objects in Depth
Source Qualifier
Expression
Filter
Aggregator
Target Instance

Student Lab 1
Expression and Aggregator Transformations

Transformation Objects in Depth
Lookup

Working with Flat Files
Importing and Editing flat file sources & targets
Flat file data-types

Designer: Clearing the Workspace

Student Lab 2
Flat files, lookups

Day 2
Review Quiz

Using the Debugger
Debugging process and strategies
Breakpoints, evaluate expressions

Designer Tips
Documenting Objects
Getting Help

Transformation Objects in Depth
Stored Procedure
Router

Designer: Autolink

Student Lab 3
Stored Procedure and Router Transformation

Designer: Linkpath

Transformation Objects in Depth
Sorter

Local Variables
Using Local variables
Port evaluation

Student Lab 4
Local variables, sorter transformation

Transformation Objects in Depth
Rank
Joiner

String Functions
Substr, Instr, ReplaceChr, ReplaceStr
RegMatch, RegExtract

User defined Functions

Student Lab 5
Joiner Transformation, String Functions

Day 3
Review Quiz

Designer: Propagate attributes

Sharing and Reusing Designer Objects
Reusable transformations
Working with shortcuts

Transformation Objects in Depth
Union
Normalizer
Java Transformation

Student Lab 6
Normalizer, reusable transformations

Mapplets

Designer: Foreign Key Relationships

Student Lab 7
Mapplets

Transformation Objects in Depth
Update Strategy
Sequence Generator

Slowly-Changing Dimensions

XML
Sources and Targets
Parser and generator
Editor Overview

Student Lab 8
Slowly changing dimension type 1

Day 4
Review Quiz

Workflow Manager
Menus and Tools
5 steps to creating a workflow
Session properties

Workflow Monitor
Interface
Controlling workflows and tasks
Viewing logs and session properties
Gantt Chart View & Task View

Student Lab 9
Simple Workflow

Workflow Tasks
Command
Email
Decision
Timer
Control
Event Raise and Wait

Worklets

Student lab 10
Worklets and Complex Workflow

Parameters and Variables
In mappings
In sessions and workflows
Parameter files

Student Lab 11
Mapping Parameters and Variables

Team Based Development Overview
Version Control 101
Checking Out and Checking in Objects
Repository queries

Prerequisites:

None

Note: All fields are required
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