Unit 2.

PowerCenter Components
and User Interface

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Unit Objectives
Understand PowerCenter components and user
interfaces
Integration
Service

Repository

Administration
Console
Workflow Workflow Designer Repository
Manager Monitor
Manager
Administration Console

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PowerCenter Architecture
Domain
Sources

Integration
Service

Repository
Service
Repository
Service Process

Targets

Administration
Console

PowerCenter Client

Repository

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PowerCenter Client Applications

Administration

Development

Administration
Console

Repository
Manager
Manage repository
connections
folders
objects
users and groups

Administration Console
(browser-based)

Designer

Perform domain and

repository service tasks:
Create/configure nodes
and repository services
Upgrade/delete
Start/stop
Backup/restore

Create ETL
Create and
mappings start workflows

Workflow
Manager

Workflow
Monitor
Monitor and
control
workflows

Client workstations must connect to all source/target platforms

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Designer User Interface

Transformations

Client
Apps*
Navigator
Window

Workspace

Designer
Tools

Output
Window
Status
Bar

* Single login to client applications click on icons to open other

tools they are already connected to repository

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Designer Tools

Target
Transformation Mapplet
Source
Designer:
Developer:
Designer:
Analyzer:
create
create source create target create reusable
objects
transformations mapplets
objects

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Mapping
Designer:
create
mappings

Transformation Views
Iconized shows the transformation
in relation to the rest of the mapping
Normal shows the flow of data
through the transformation

Edit shows transformation ports

and properties; allows editing
Ports represent table
columns or file fields

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Workflow Manager User Interface

Connections

Client
Applications

Tasks

Workflow
Manager
Tools

Navigator
Window

Workspace

Output
Window

Status
Bar

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Workflow Manager Tools

Create reusable tasks

Create worklets

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Create workflows

Task Views
Iconized shows the task in relation
to the rest of the workflow
Edit shows task properties,
allows editing

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Unit 2 Lab
Using the Designer and Workflow Manager

Designer

Workflow
Manager

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Lab Review
What did we accomplish with this lab?
Questions?

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Unit 2 Quiz
Match the terms and explanations:
1.

PowerCenter Server

2.

Repository

3.

Repository Server

4.

Repository Server
Admin Console

5.

Repository Manager

6.

Designer

7.

Workflow Manager

8.

Workflow Monitor

9.

Repository Agent

a.

Centralized management of repository

connections

b.

Perform repository administrative tasks

c.

Monitor and control workflows

d.

Create and start workflows

e.

ETL processing engine

f.

Multi-threaded process that retrieves/

inserts/updates repository metadata

g.

Collection of tables that contains

PowerCenter metadata

h.

Create mapping objects

i.

Perform repository security

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