DATA WAREHOUSING

Duration: 8 Hrs

Database Basics – Oracle/SQL

Data Warehousing Basics Concepts

Data Warehouse concepts.

What is and OLTP?
What is Data Warehouse?
OLTP Vs Data Warehouse?
Where was this Data Warehouse before?
How is Data Warehouse evolved?
Why do you need Data Warehouse?
How do you build Data Warehouse?
Data Warehousing Technology Overview – Part I
Definitions and descriptions
Data Warehouse Architecture
Introduction to BI tools
Introduction to ETL tools
Data Warehousing Technology Overview – Part II
Data Warehouse – Infrastructure
Top Down Vs Bottom Up Approach
Data Warehouse Vs Data Marts
Standalone Data Marts
Enterprise Data Warehouse
Operational Data Store (ODS)
Front end architectures—OLAP, ROLAP, MOLAP, HOLAP
What is Data Modeling?
Relational Data Modeling Vs Dimensional Data Modeling?
Physical Vs Logical Modeling?
Reverse Engineering Vs Forward Engineering?
Physical Database Design
Star Schema Vs Snow Flake Schema
Facts & Dimensions
Type 1, Type 2 and Type 3 SCD updates.
Surrogate key Concept.
Data Staging
Basic ETL Techniques

Data Warehousing Management

Identify warehouse requirements

Plan and create a data warehouse
Maintain a data warehouse
Choose warehouse features based on requirements
Provide the proper hardware and software support for a data
warehouse
Match business requirements to warehouse features
INFORMATICA

Duration: 8 Hrs

Data Integration Concepts

Data Integration
Mapping and Transformations
Tasks and Workflows
Metadata

Power Center Components and User Interface

Power Center Architecture

Power Center Client Tools
Lab - Using the Designer and Workflow Manager

Source Qualifier

Source Qualifier Transformation

Lab A - Load Shipments Staging Table
Source Qualifier Joins
Lab B - Load Product Staging Table
Source Pipelines
Lab C - Load Dealership and Promotions Staging Table

Expression, Filter, File Lists and Workflow Scheduler

Expression Editor
Filter Transformation
Workflow Scheduler
Lab - Load the Customer Staging Table

Duration: 8 Hrs

Joins, Features and Techniques I

Joiner Transformation
Shortcuts
Lab A - Load Sales Transaction Staging Table
Lab B - Features and Techniques I

Lookups and Reusable Transformations

Lookup Transformation
Reusable Transformations
Lab A - Load Employee Staging Table
Lab B - Load Date Staging Table

Debugger
 Debugging Mappings
Lab - Using the Debugger

Sequence Generator

Sequence Generator Transformation

Lab - Load Date Dimension Table

Lookup Caching, More Features and Techniques

Lookup Caching
Lab A - Load Promotions Dimension Table
Lab B - Features and Techniques II

Duration: 8 Hrs

Sorter, Aggregator and Self-Join

Sorter Transformation
Aggregator Transformation
Active and Passive Transformations
Data Concatenation
Self-Join
Lab - Reload the Employee Staging Table

Router, Update Strategy and Overrides

Router Transformation
Update Strategy Transformation
Expression Default Values
Source Qualifier Override
Target Override
Session Task Mapping Overrides
Lab - Load Employee Dimension Table

Dynamic Lookup and Error Logging

Dynamic Lookup
Error Logging
Lab - Load Customer Dimension Table

Unconnected Lookup, Parameters and Variables

Unconnected Lookup Transformation

System Variables
Mapping Parameters and Variables
Mapping Wizard
Target Load Order Plan
Lab - Load Sales Fact Table

Duration: 8 Hrs
Mapplets

Mapplets
Lab - Load Product Daily Aggregate Table

Mapping Design

Designing Mappings

Workflow Variables and Tasks

Link Conditions
Workflow Variables
Assignment Task
Decision Task
Email Task
Lab - Load Product Weekly Aggregate Table

More Tasks and Reusability

Event Raise Task

Event Wait Task
Command Task
Reusable Tasks
Reusable Session Task
Reusable Session Configuration

Worklets and More Tasks

Worklets
Timer Task
Control Task
Scheduler
Relational Connections
FTP & External Loader
Lab - Load Inventory Fact Table

Workflow Design

Designing Workflows

Workflow Monitor

Monitoring workflow logs

Monitoring Session logs
Gantt Chart View & Task View

Administrative Tasks

Creating the Users, Groups , folders and granting privileges.

 Importing the Sources and Targets into the Common Objects Folders
and creating the shortcuts in the individual folders.
Creating/Deleting/Backing Up and restoring the repositories.
Brining the Informatica Services up and down.
Migrating objects from one repository to other repository.
Comparing the repository objects
PMCMD/PMREP commands

Duration: 8 Hrs

Performance Tuning & Pipeline Partitioning

ETL Requirements and Test Scripts documentation.

Introduction to Unix and understanding its necessity in ETL

Projects

A Real Time Project loading Facts and Dimensions

REPORTING TOOL

Duration: 8 Hrs

Business Objects Overview