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Course Outline
Course Introduction
- Course Objectives
Mapping Techniques – Local Variables
- Utilising local variables: self and forward references
Mapping Techniques – Pivoting Data
- Employing the Normalizer transformation (level of occurs, generated keys, examples)
- Normalizing flat file outputs
- Denormalizing using unconnected Lookups
- Denormalizing via the Aggregator (conditional clause and local variables)
Mapping Techniques – Self-Joins
- Utilizing a Joiner with the sorted input property
Mapping Techniques – Lookup Transformations
- Leveraging dynamic caching
- Pipeline lookups
- Lab: Self-join, Dynamic Lookup, and Denormalization
Mapping Techniques – Surrogate Keys
- Using the Sequence generator transformation
- Implementing triggers, GUIDs, or update overrides
Mapping Techniques – Other Considerations
- Invoking stored procedures
- Transaction Control transformation and commit points
- Transaction scope
Advanced Parameter Usage
- Details are not available.
Mapping Templates
- Updates for slowly changing dimensions (types 1, 2, 3, and mixed)
- Lab: Dimensional updates
- Data validation and error trapping
- Comparing table contents to extract differences
- Constructing parameter files
- Lab: Parameter files
Performance Tuning
- Understanding PowerCenter’s architecture
- Establishing baseline metrics
- Utilizing performance counters
- Identifying bottlenecks
- Optimizing target and source components
- Optimizing blocking transformations
- Optimizing Lookup transformations
- Lab: Tuning the mapping
- Optimizing the session, caches, and memory
- Implementing session partitioning
- Optimizing the workflow
- Running multiple instances of the same workflow
- Executing a session or workflow on a grid
- Lab: Session partitioning
- Utilizing PushDown optimization (optional)
Mapping Templates
- Updates for slowly changing dimensions (types 1, 2, 3, and mixed)
- Lab: Dimensional updates
- Data validation and error trapping
- Comparing table contents to extract differences
- Constructing parameter files
- Lab: Parameter files
Working with XML
- Overview
- XML definitions
- Utilizing XML sources and targets
- Using the XML editor
- Midstream XML transformations
- Lab: Using XML
Review of Command Line Utilities
- Infacmd
- pmcmd
- pmrep
28 Hours
