How to define Informatica ?
Informatica is a tool, supporting all the steps of
Extraction, Transformation and Load process . and is also used as a Integration
tool .
It is a currently the most commonly used ETL tool for
extracting the source data and loading it into the target after applying the
required transformation.
It
is one of the leading data integration
solution /tool that can integrate more data, from more systems, in less time
than any other.
It is an
Datawarehousing ETL tool to maintain online Analytical Processing (OLAP) from
different OLTP (Online Transaction Processing) systems.
Informatica is amongst the top leading
software companies operating in the market and is known to be the most trusted
and widely popular brand for data integration tools. Thus it offers a wide
variety and range of products to the users. The famous amongst them are Power
Center and the Ultra messaging software. Informatica Company incorporated
various training classes as well for the public to understand the benefits ,
functioning and advantages of the varied software.
This is the tool that provides DW
solution to more than 70% of all DWBI projects presently. Informatica is
emerging in the market and overcoming all challenges of DWBI compared to any of
its competitors
How does it work ?
It has got a simple visual interface like forms in visual
basic.
The user just need to do transformations and design process
flow for Data extraction transformation and load which results in a continuous
processes flow diagrams which are known as mappings. After the mapping
is done , the tool can be run as and when required. Along with that the
Informatica server takes care of capturing the data from source, modifying it,
& installing it to the target systems/databases.
Why informatica ETL tool is successful in data
integration space ?
Informatica etl tool is a market leader in data integration .
This
tool is utilized to integrate data from the disparate proprietary systems and
Applications
.
Informatica
pulls all the complex outsourcing data together so that the data makes some
sense.
Advantage of Informatica:
·
It’s Graphical User Interface tool .
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Can communicate with all major data
sources (mainframe/RDBMS/Flat Files/XML/VSM/SAP etc).
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Informatica can handle very large
data in less time and also very efficiently.
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User can apply Mappings and any
change in any of the object will give minimum impact of other object.
·
Reusability of the object
(Transformation Rules)
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Informatica has different
"adapters" for extracting data from packaged ERP
applications (such as SAP or PeopleSoft)..
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Sufficient resources are available
in the market .
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Can be run on Window/Unix version easily.
·
User
can group one or more session in a workflow and it can be schedule to run as
and when required.
·
Informatica
server extracts/gathers data from source, transforms it and loads it to the
target system/databases.
·
Technically
the server is used to maintain history at datawarehousing by loading the data
from different source systems.
Transformations in Informatica :
·
Informatica PowerCenter, the forerunner tool of
Informatica works on basis of transformations which transform data in multiple
ways.
Types of transformations:
• Active :
One that can change the number of rows being output.
• Passive : One that cannot change the number of rows being
output.
Transformations examples:
• Source qualifier - conversion of
source datatypes to Informatica datatypes
• Expression - transforming data
with functions
• Lookups - joining data with
lookups
• Sorter & Aggregator - sorting
and aggregating data
• Update Strategy expressions
• Transaction control - how to
create transactions and control commits and rollbacks
• Java transformation
Important components for Informatica
are :
1. Power
exchange
2. Power
center
3. Power
center connect
4. Power
exhange
5. Power
channel
6. Metadata
exchange
Why Choose us ? Why choose RS TRAININGS?
·
Our Informatica Training aims to teach
the complete Data Warehousing Concepts in a easier way. We are the Best Online Informatica
Software Training Institute in Hyderabad in-terms of syllabus
and expert teaching . Our syllabus and training covers almost all the informations
and techniques which is required for companies in Informatica.
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Each passing day, more and more companies are
joining the Informatica
band wagon for achieving Data Warehousing through ETL..
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The candidates who are looking for a excellent
career in DWBI , then they may opt for this tool.
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The fastest growing and the most running
datawarehousing ETL tool in market is Informatica.
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Here at our center we will help you master this
tool with
interactive sessions. The benefit of getting trained in
Informatica here is that, the topics will be covered by professionals working
in live ETL projects thus giving you an insight into how this ETL tool used in
today’s business.
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The candidates looking forward for a bright
future in IT and that too for long time, then look no further, ETL is your
answer and RSTrainings
is your solution.
