1.Difference between Informatica 7x and 8x ? 2.Difference between connected and unconnected lookup transformation inInformatica ? 3.

Difference between stop and abort in Informatica ? 4.Difference between Static and Dynamic caches ? 5.What is Persistent Lookup cache ? What is its significance ?

6.Difference between and reusable transformation and Mapplet ? 7.How the Informatica server sorts the string values in Rank transformation ? 8.Is sorter an active or passive transformation ? be activeand passive ? 9.Explain about Informatica server Architecture ? 10.In update strategy Relational table or flat file which gives us more performance ? Why ? 11.What are the out put files that the Informatica server creates during running asession ? 12.Can you explain what are error tables in Informatica are and how we do error handling in Informatica ? 13.Difference between constraint base loading and target load plan ? 14.Difference between IIF and DECODE function ? 15.How to import oracle sequence into Informatica ? 16.What is parameter file ? 17.Difference between Normal load and Bulk load ? 18.How u will create header and footer in target using Informatica ? 19.What are the session parameters ? 20.Where does Informatica store rejected data ? How do we view them ? 21.What is difference between partitioning of relational target and file targets ? 22.What are mapping parameters and variables in which situation we can use them ? 23.What do you mean by direct loading and Indirect loading in session properties ? 24.How do we implement recovery strategy while running concurrent batches ? When do we consider it to

25.Explain the versioning concept in Informatica ? 26. What is Data driven ? 27. What is batch ? Explain the types of the batches ? 28. What are the types of Meta data repository stores ? 29. Can you use the mapping parameters or variables created in one mapping into another mapping ? 30. Why did we use stored procedure in our ETL Application ? 31. When we can join tables at the Source qualifier itself, why do we go for joiner transformation ? 32. What is the default join operation performed by the look up transformation ? 33. Whati s hash table Informatica ? 34. Ina joiner transformation, you should specify the table with lesser rows as the master table. Why ? 35. Differencebetween Cached lookup and Un-cached lookup ? 36. Explainwhat DTM does when you start a work flow ? 37. Explainwhat Load Manager does when you start a work flow ? 38. Ina Sequential batch how do I stop one particular session from running ? 39. Whatare the types of the aggregations available in Informatica ? 40. Howdo I create Indexes after the load process is done ? 41. Howdo we improve the performance of the aggregator transformation ? 42. Whatare the different types of the caches available in Informatica ? Explain in detail ? 43. Whatis polling ? 44. Whatare the limitations of the joiner transformation ? 45. Whatis Mapplet ? 46. Whatare active and passive transformations ? 47. Whatare the options in the target session of update strategy transformation ? 48. Whatis a code page ? Explain the types of the code pages ? 49. Whatdo you mean rank cache ?

50. Howcan you delete duplicate rows with out using Dynamic Lookup ? Tell me anyother ways using lookup delete the duplicate rows ? 51. Cant copy the session in to a different folder or repository ?

52. Whatis tracing level and what are its types ?

53. Whatis a command that used to run a batch ?

54. Whatare the unsupported repository objects for a Mapplet ? 55. If your workflow is running slow, what is your approach towards performancetuning ? 56. Whatare the types of mapping wizards available in Informatica ? 57. Afterdragging the ports of three sources (Sql server, oracle, Informix) to a singlesource qualifier, can we map these three ports directly to target ? 58. Whywe use stored procedure transformation ? 59. Whichobject is required by the debugger to create a valid debug session ? 60. Canwe use an active transformation after update strategy transformation ? 61. Explainhow we set the update strategy transformation at the mapping level and atthe session level ? 62. Whatis exact use of 'Online' and 'Offline' server connect Options while definingWork flow in Work flow monitor ? The system hangs when 'Online' Server connectoption. The Informatica is installed on a Personal laptop.63. Whatis change data capture ? 64. Writea session parameter file which will change the source and targets for everysession. I.e. different source and targets for each session run ? 65. Whatare partition points ? 66. Whatare the different threads in DTM process ? 67. Canwe do ranking on two ports ? If yes explain how ? 68. Whatis Transformation ? 69. Whatdoes stored procedure transformation do in special as compared to other transformation ? 70. Howdo you recognize whether the newly added rows got inserted or updated ? 71. Whatis data cleansing ?

72. Myflat files size is 400 MB and I want to see the data inside the FF with outopening it ? How do I do that ? 73. Differencebetween Filter and Router ? 74. Howdo you handle the decimal places when you are importing the flat file ? 75. Whatis the difference between $ & $$ in mapping or parameter file ? In which casethey are generally used ? 76. Whileimporting the relational source definition from database, what are the Metadata of source U import ? 77. Differencebetween Power mart & Power Center ? 78.Whatkinds of sources and of targets can be used in Informatica ? 79. If a sequence generator (with increment of 1) is connected to (say) 3 targets and eachtarget uses the NEXTVAL port, what value will each target get ? 80. Whatdo you mean by SQL override ? 81. Whatis a shortcut in Informatica ? 82. Howdoes Informatica do variable initialization ? Number/String/Date83. Howmany different locks are available for repository objects ? 84. Whatare the transformations that use cache for performance ? 85. Whatis the use of Forward/Reject rows in Mapping ? 86. Howmany ways you can filter the records ? 87. Howto delete duplicate records from source database/Flat Files ? Can we use post sqlto delete these records. In case of flat file, how can you delete duplicates before it startsloading ? 88. Youare required to perform bulk loading using Informatica on Oracle, what actionwould perform at Informatica + Oracle level for a successful load ? 89. Whatprecautions do you need take when you use reusable Sequence generator transformation for concurrent sessions ? 90. Isit possible negative increment in Sequence Generator ? If yes, how would youaccomplish it ? 91. Whichdirectory Informatica looks for parameter file and what happens if it ismissing when start the session ? Does session stop after it starts ? 92. Informaticais complaining about the server could not be reached ? What steps wouldyou take ? 93. Youhave more five mappings use the same lookup. How can you manage thelookup ?

94. Whatwill happen if you copy the mapping from one repository to another repositoryand if there is no identical source ? 95. Howcan you limit number of running sessions in a workflow ? 96. AnAggregate transformation has 4 ports (l sum (col 1), group by col 2, col3), which port should be the output ? 97. Whatis a dynamic lookup and what is the significance of NewLookupRow ? How will use them for rejecting duplicate records ? 98. If you have more than one pipeline in your mapping how will change the order of load ? 99. Whenyou export a workflow from Repository Manager, what does this xml contain ? Workflow only ? 100. Your session failed and when you try to open a log file, it complains that the sessiondetails are not available. How would do trace the error ? What log file would you seek for ? 101. Youwant to attach a file as an email attachment from a particular directory usingemail task in Informatica, How will you do it ? 102. Youhave a requirement to alert you of any long running sessions in your workflow.How can you create a workflow that will send you email for sessions running more than30 minutes. You can use any method, shell script, procedure or Informatica mapping or workflow control?