Informatica is an ETL tool - Extract , transform, load data

ETL is used for -

                  1. Data migration: moving data from one system to another   

    
                                                       

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reporting), at sales counter, as the person. How much profit do you make on this
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Informatica power-center / informatica- multiple tools

Steps to ETL

Step 1 - Check the data in db / oracle

                                                    
Step 2 - Use informatica desinger to create a program (map ) to move data.   

Sub steps -- >Bring the source, bring the target,      [do transformation] , conn source and
target thru transofrmation.

Step 3 - Use workflow manager, create a workflow (program) to run the above
program. , check the connections
Run the workflow

Step 4 - Use workflow monitor, check the progress of program.

Step 5- test the result in oracle

[* informatica is name of company, the tool is called informatica powercenter"]

Basic SQL / advanced SQL

Transformations -
Expression - Used for simple calculations/ string operation

common Issues - not able to connect with designer

- reason - oracle or informatica service is not started on windows
- solution - check informatica or oracle services are running fine or
not, wait for 1/ 2 min
map is failing in workflow monitor
solution - ckeck the log in workflow monitor

Link to create a drop box account -

www.dropbox.com

For running the oracle / db progr which transformation to use?

                                  Create an oracle program and run from informatica.

A. Business scenrio in which to use the transformation.

When to use stored procedure?

1. Already many stored proce are created. - simply re-use the program.
                        2. For complex logic, (100 lines of code), we cannot write on informatica, use
oracle.
                        3. For privacy purpose.

B. Tricky questions. - How to move duplicate records in one table and unique record in
another?

C. How did you use it in your project? in interview , never give example of emp table.

D. Process flow should be described.

E. Perf tunining -