Suggested Naming Conventions

The following naming conventions appear throughout the Informatica documentation and
client tools. Informatica recommends using the following naming convention when you
design mappings and create sessions.
Transformations
Table A-1 lists the naming convention you should use for all transformations:
Transformation

Naming Convention

Aggregator

AGG_TransformationName

Application Source Qualifier

ASQ_TransformationName

Custom

CT_TransformationName

Expression

EXP_TransformationName

External Procedure

EXT_TransformationName

Filter

FIL_TransformationName

Joiner

JNR_TransformationName

Lookup

LKP_TransformationName

MQ Source Qualifier

SQ_MQ_TransformationName

Normalizer

NRM_TransformationName

Rank

RNK_TransformationName

Router

RTR_TransformationName

Sequence Generator

SEQ_TransformationName

Sorter

SRT_TransformationName

Stored Procedure

SP_TransformationName

Transaction Control

TC_TransformationName

Update Strategy

UPD_TransformationName

XML Generator

XG_TransformationName

XML Parser

XP_TransformationName

XML Source Qualifier

XSQ_TransformationName

Targets:
The naming convention for targets is: T_TargetName.
Mappings
The naming convention for mappings is: m_MappingName.
Mapplets
The naming convention for mapplets is: mplt_MappletName
Sessions
The naming convention for sessions is: s_MappingName
Worklets
The naming convention for session is: wl_WorkletName
Workflows
The naming convention for workflows is: wf_WorkflowName