AGGREGATOR TRANSFORMATION

ACTIVE

CONNECTED

WE CAN USE AGGREGATE FUNCTIONS IN AGGREGATOR TRANSFORMATION ONLY

GENERATES CACHE

DATA CACHE (.dat)

INDEX CACHE (.idx)

GROUP BY PORT IS there in AGGR TRF

IN AGGREGATOR TRANSFORMATION IF WE DON'T CHOOSE GROUP BY PORT IT GIVES ONLY LAST

RECORD OF THE SOURCE

Create a mapping for aggregator transformation in mapping designer

Drag and drop source definition to mapping designer

Drag and drop Target definition

Now Click on Transformation tab  Create

Choose Aggregator and provide some name as shown below

Mapping looks as shown below.

We are going to get SUM salary by department

Now Edit Aggr transformation  Ports tab

Add New port  make it output port

Edit output port

Now check GroupBy port box for Department_id

 APPLY  OK

Mapping looks as below.

Now Create a session and workflow then execute the work flow

Properties Tab

Sorted input which will improve aggregator transformation performance.

We need make sure that Group by ports must be in sorted order to use sorted input (use sorter
transformation)