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Course Outline
Course Introduction
- Course Objectives
Mapping Techniques – Local Variables
- Utilizing local variables: self-references and forward references
Mapping Techniques – Data Pivoting
- Employing the Normalizer transformation (occurrence levels, generated keys, and examples)
- Normalizing flat file outputs
- Denormalizing using unconnected Lookups
- Denormalizing with the Aggregator (conditional clauses and local variables)
Mapping Techniques – Self-Joins
- Using a Joiner with the sorted input property
Mapping Techniques – Lookup Transformation
- Implementing dynamic caching
- Utilizing pipeline lookups
- Lab: Self-join, Dynamic Lookup, and Denormalization
Mapping Techniques – Surrogate Keys
- Using the Sequence generator transformation
- Utilizing triggers, GUIDs, or update overrides
Mapping Techniques – Additional Topics
- Invoking stored procedures
- Transaction Control transformation and commit points
- Understanding transaction scope
Advanced Parameter Usage
- Details are not available.
Mapping Templates
- Slowly Changing Dimension updates (Type 1, 2, 3, and mixed)
- Lab: Dimensional updates
- Data validation and error trapping
- Comparing table contents and extracting 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
- Tuning blocking transformations
- Tuning Lookup transformations
- Lab: Mapping tuning
- Optimizing sessions, caches, and memory
- Implementing session partitioning
- Tuning workflows
- Executing multiple instances of the same workflow
- Running sessions or workflows on a grid
- Lab: Session partitioning
- Utilizing PushDown optimization (optional)
Mapping Templates
- Slowly Changing Dimension updates (Type 1, 2, 3, and mixed)
- Lab: Dimensional updates
- Data validation and error trapping
- Comparing table contents and extracting differences
- Constructing parameter files
- Lab: Parameter files
Working with XML
- Overview
- XML definitions
- Using XML sources and targets
- Using the XML editor
- Midstream XML transformations
- Lab: Working with XML
Review of Command Line Utilities
- Infacmd
- pmcmd
- pmrep
28 Hours
