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Course Outline
Course Introduction
- Course Objectives
Mapping Techniques – Local Variables
- Using local variables: self and forward references
Mapping Techniques – Pivoting Data
- Utilizing the Normalizer transformation (level of occurs, generated keys, examples)
- Normalizing flat file outputs for government
- Denormalizing with unconnected Lookups
- Denormalizing with the Aggregator (conditional clause and local variables)
Mapping Techniques – Self-Joins
- Using a Joiner with the sorted input property
Mapping Techniques – Lookup Transformation
- Using dynamic caching
- Pipeline lookups
- Lab: Self-join, Dynamic Lookup and Denormalizing
Mapping Techniques – Surrogate Keys
- Using the Sequence generator transformation
- Using a trigger, GUID or update overrides
Mapping Techniques – Other
- Calling stored procedures
- Transaction Control transformation and commit points
- 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 the contents of two tables and extracting differences
- Building parameter files
- Lab: Parameter files
Performance Tuning
- Understanding PowerCenter’s architecture for government applications
- Getting baseline numbers
- Using performance counters
- Identifying bottlenecks
- Tuning the target and source components
- Tuning blocking transformations
- Tuning Lookup transformations
- Lab: Tuning the mapping
- Tuning the session, caches, and memory
- Using session partitioning
- Tuning the workflow
- Running multiple instances of the same workflow
- Running a session or a workflow on a grid
- Lab: Session partitioning
- Using PushDown optimization (optional)
Mapping Templates
- Slowly changing dimension updates (type 1, 2, 3 and mixed)
- Lab: Dimensional updates
- Data validation and error trapping
- Comparing the contents of two tables and extracting differences
- Building parameter files
- Lab: Parameter files
Using XML
- Overview
- XML definitions
- Using XML sources and targets for government data
- Using the XML editor
- Midstream XML transformations
- Lab: Using XML
Review of Command Line Utilities
- Infacmd
- pmcmd
- pmrep
28 Hours
