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