Course Content

Informatica 9.5 Course Contents
Duration: 40-45 Hours

Data Warehousing Basic Concepts
Table of Contents
What is Data Warehouse
What is Data warehousing?
Characteristics of Data warehouse.
Principles of Data warehouse.
Benefits of DWH.
commonly used terms in Data Warehousing like (Data scrubbing, Data Transformation and Source
Validation, etc.)
What is online transactional systems (OLTP)?
Difference between OLTP and DWH.
Approaches of Data warehousing.
DWH Lifecycle:
Data Warehouse Modeling
Staging Area
Materialized View
Dimension table
Types of Dimension Table
Fact Table
Types of Fact Table
Schemas
Star schema
Snowflake schema
Fact less Fact
Slowly changing Dimension Concepts
SCD-1
SCD-2
SCD-3
Data Mart
Top down Approach
Top UP Approach
Type of Fact Tables
Junk Dimensions
Informatica 9.5 Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Product Overview
Introduction
Sources
Targets
Informatica Domain
PowerCenter Repository
PowerCenter Client Components
Power Center Server Components
PowerCenter Designer
Repository Manager
Workflow Manager
Workflow Monitor
PowerCenter Repository Service
PowerCenter Integration Service
Chapter 2: Before You Begin
Getting Started
Using the PowerCenter Client /Workflow/Monitor/Repository
Informatica architecture component wise
Use of ODBC/Relational Connection
Software Installation and Administrator
Chapter 3: Tutorial Lesson 1
Connecting to the Repository
Creating a Folder
Changing Password
Creating Source Definitions
Creating Target Definitions and Target Tables
Creating Target Definitions
Creating a Mapping
Creating Transformations
Creating Sessions and Workflows
Configuring Relational Connection in the Workflow Manager
Creating a Workflow
Running and Monitoring Workflows
Fetching Session Log
Getting Run Properties
Working With Files (Source/Target)
Working with Fixed width files
Working with Delimited files
Working with XML Files
Chapter 4: Tutorial Lesson 2
Definition of Transformation
Types of Transformation
Active/Passive Transformation
Reusable and Non-Reusable Transformation
Filter Transformation
Router Transformation
Expression Transformation
Rank Transformation
Sorter Transformation
Aggregator Transformation
Sequence Generator Transformation
Joiner Transformation
Union Transformation
Update Strategy Transformation
Lookup Transformation
Stored Procedure Transformation
Normalizer Transformation
Source Qualifier Transformation
Transaction Control Transformation
XML Source Qualifier Transformation
SQL Transformation
Unconnected Stored Procedure Transformation
Unconnected Lookup Transformation
Chapter 5: Tutorial Lesson 3
Working with Parameters/Variables (Mapping/Session/Workflow)
Scheduling
Debugging
Session Properties
Error Handling
Bad Files
Analyzing Workflow and Session Logs
Performance Tuning
Unit Testing
Export/Import (Backup/Restore)
User Defined Function
Worklet
Reusable and Non Reusable Sessions
Implementing SCD1, SCD2, SCD3
Task
Reusable and Non Reusable Task
Session Task
Command Task
Email Task
Decision Task
Assignment Task
Timer Task
Event Wait Task
Event Raise Task
Control Task
Link Task
Partitioning
Push Down Optimization (PDO)
Target Load Plan
Constraint Based Load Ordering
Cache
Data Transformation Manager (DTM) and its threads.
ETL Life Cycle

Each and every topic will be covered with example, exercise and
scenario with completely practical approach.
Software Installation
3 Practical Assignments
Test
Project
Interview Preparation