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InformaticaPowerCenter9.x Level 1 Developer

Course Description

Delivery Methods Public Instructor-led training

Virtual Public Instructor Ledtraining

Onsite Instructor-led training

Dedicated Virtual Instructor-Led training

Course Duration Five Days of instructor-led

training

60% lecture, 40% hands onlab

Target Audience Database developers with little

or no experience ofPowerCenter.

Prerequisites

Windows GUI At least two years work

experience and someknowledge of SQL

Pricing Contact your Informatica

Education Representative forpricing information

More InformationCourses are convenientlyscheduled around the world.

Please visit our website atwww.informatica.com/education tofind the class that is right for you.

For onsite class information contactyour local Education SalesSpecialist.

Course Overview

This five-day, instructor led course introduces students to Informatica PowerCenter

9.x through lecture and hands-on exercises. The course is designed for Database

Developers who are new to Informatica PowerCenter.

Informatica PowerCenter is a collection of thick client workbench tools that

Developers can use to create, execute, monitor and schedule ETL processes.

The course will introduce attendees to working with the PowerCenter Designer,

Workflow Manager, and Workflow Monitor tools, performing tasks such as creating

transformations, mappings, reusable objects, sessions and workflows to extract,

transform and load data. They will develop cleansing, formatting, sorting and

aggregating procedures. They can learn how to use routers, update strategies,

parameters /variables and overrides. This course will cover many different types of

lookups, such as cached, persistent, dynamic and multiple row returns. Workflow

tasks will be created to define a set of instructions for executing the ETL.

Objectives

After successfully completing this course, students should be able to:

Use Informatica Support to resolve questions and problems with PC9.x.

Use PowerCenter 9.x Designer to build mappings that extract data from asource to a target, transforming it as necessary.

Use PowerCenter transformations to cleanse, format, join, aggregate and

route data to the appropriate targets Perform error handling/trapping using PowerCenter mappings

Use PowerCenter 9.x Workflow Manager to build and run a workflow whichexecutes a sessions associated with a mapping

Design and build simple mappings and workflows based on essentialbusiness needs.

Perform basic troubleshooting using PowerCenter logs and debugger.

D A T A S H E E T

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Course Agenda

1. An Overview of Informatica PowerCenter 9 Overview of PowerCenter covering areas such as the

Architecture, Terminology, Tools GUI, Mappings,Transformations, Sessions, Workflows and Workflow Monitor

2. ETL Fundamentals How to create:

o Flat file and relational Sources using the Source Analyzero Flat file and relational Targets using the Target Developero Mappings using the Mapping Designero Workflows using the Workflow Designer

Monitor the workflow using the Workflow Monitor

Preview Target Data using the PowerCenter Designer

3. Trouble Shooting Understand PowerCenter Log files

Use PC log files to:o View and look up error messageso Correct mapping and workflow errors

4. PowerCenter Transformations, Tasks andReusability

Define list of PC Designer Transformations and Workflow Tasks

Clarify Active vs. Passive Transformations Use the Expression Transformation and Editor in a mapping

which applies a file list to load multiple flat files into a stagetable utilizing expression and filter transformations to formatand screen erroneous customer data

Use Reusable Designer Transformations to apply sameformatting logic to Employee records

5. Joins and Link Conditions Define Joins

Clarify Heterogeneous vs. Homogeneous Joins

Use a Joiner Transformation to join relational and flat filesources

Use the Source Qualify to join two relational sources Make use of Link Conditions to execute one session when the

first finishes successfully.

6. Using the Debugger Outline Debugger Interface

Show creation of a break point

Show Evaluate the Expression functionality

Re-Execute mapping with different values

7. Sequence Generators, Lookups andCaching

Define the Sequence Generator

Define the Lookup Transformation

Understand the different types of Lookups

Clarify Lookup Caching

Use a Flat File Lookup to add data to a relational target.

Build a Dates Lookup Cache for use in determining start andend dates of target records

Utilize Event Wait, Event Timer and Email Tasks to wait for flatfiles and email users upon successful/failed load.

8. Update Strategies, Routers and Overrides Build a mapping that uses Update Strategies and Routers to

determine insert/update logic for a target. Overrides will beused for incremental (daily) loading of the target.

9. Sorter, Aggregator, Unconnected Lookups,Mapping Parameter/Variables andMapplets/Worklets

Define Sorter Transformation

Detail Aggregator Transformation and Aggregate Functions

Explain Unconnected Lookups and how they are called.

Describe Mapping Parameters/Variables and initializationpriority

Outline Mappets and Worklets

Use these Transformations to create a mapping which loadsrecords from warehouse Dimension tables to a Fact table.

10.Workflow Variables and Tasks Use PC workflow variables to pass information from one point

in a workflow to another

Use an Assignment task to establish the value of a workflowvariable within a workflow

Use a decision task to set criteria by which the workflow willdecide which execution branch to follow

11.Parameter Files and Command Tasks Use a Parameter file to make mappings and workflows more

flexible by defining values for mapping variables, source files,database connections for sessions and workflow log files

Use Command Tasks to run scripts to rename and move files

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12.Dynamic Lookups and ErrorLogging/Handling

Use Dynamic Lookup, Router and Update Strategy in amapping do a lookup on the target table and determine if therecord should be an insert, update or logged to a file as anerror.

Use PowerCenter Best Practices to create a mapping to trapfatal and non-fatal errors.

13.More Lookup Functionality Create a Multiple Row Return Lookup, use Aggregators and

Expressions to count the number of orders a Customer has aswell as total the sales for that customer. Add those values to atarget.

14.Mapping Design Workshop Business requirement details will be provided so that the

student can design and build their own mapping necessary to

load a Promotions Aggregate table. The workshop will provideVelocity Best Practices documents that can be used todetermine the correct logic for the mapping

15.Workflow Design Workshop Business requirement details will be provided so that the

student can design and build their own workflow necessary toload all staging tables in a single workflow. The workshop willprovide Velocity Best Practices documents that can be used todetermine the correct logic for the workflow.

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On-site training courses are designed to meet your specific business needs and

requirements. Convenient and cost-effective, on-site training events are delivered at your

location to reduce impact on your day-today business. Onsite training is ideal for

companies who desire the flexibility of training at their location. You set the date and time,

and we come to you! We provide a blending approach to learning instructor-led training

with hands on exercises and coaching that encourages team building and collaboration,

all in the convenience of your office.

Extremely cost effective for multiple students

Your team is trained together

Your team is accessible

You pick the date

Dedicated Virtual TrainingDedicated virtual training courses offer the same time convenience as an onsite training

class without the expense of instructor travel. Your team is trained privately, at your

schedule, from any location that is accessible via the internet.

Informatica Virtual Academy

The Informatica Virtual Academy (IVA) offers scheduled instructor-led, interactive

Webcasts. Course content is packaged in eight-hour single- and multi-day sessions.

Students no longer have to travel or spend time away from the office. Informatica Virtual

Academy delivers standard course material, with hands-on labs provided by ReadyTech

and instructor interaction, directly to the desktop.

Public Training & On Demand

Courses are conveniently scheduled around the world. Please visit our website atwww.informatica.com/education to find the class that is right for you.

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