Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; Acknowledgments; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Starting the Development Phase
Using the Designer Screen Basics; Informatica PowerCenter Designer; The Designer screen's components; Working with sources; Adding a new ODBC data source; Working with relational database tables
the Import option; Working with flat files
the Import option; Working with sources
the Create option; Working with targets; Working with target relational database tables
the Import option
Working with target flat files
the Import optionWorking with the target
the Create option; Working with the target
the Copy option; A feel of the data inside the repository
a preview; Previewing the source data
flat files; Previewing the source data
a relational table; Creating a database table; The skeleton
a mapping; Summary; Chapter 2: Using the Designer Screen
Advanced; Debug me please
the debugger; Reuse me please
reusable transformation; Using Transformation Developer; Making existing transformation reusable; Mapplet; Managing constraints
the target load plan
I hate hardcoding
parameters and variablesComparing objects; Summary; Chapter 3: Implementing SCD
Using Designer Screen Wizards; SCD1
I hate history!; SCD2 (version number)
I need my ancestors!; SCD2 (flag)
flag the history; SCD2 (date range)
marking the dates; SCD3
store something, if not everything!; Summary; Chapter 4: Finishing the Development
Using the Workflow Manager Screen Basics; Using Workflow Manager; Creating a workflow; Creating a workflow manually; Creating a workflow automatically; Adding tasks in a workflow; Adding tasks to the workflow directly
Creating nonreusable tasks
Task DeveloperAdding tasks to the workflow
Task Developer; Working with the session task
basic properties; Connecting the tasks
links; Assigning Integration Service to a workflow; Deleting a workflow; Trigger
starting a workflow; Running the complete workflow; Running a part of the workflow; Running a task; Working with connection objects; Creating a connection object; Configuring a relational database; Summary; Chapter 5: Using the Workflow Manager Screen
Advanced; Working with tasks; Configuring a task; The session task; Tabs of the session task
Creating a session taskThe command task; Creating a command task; The e-mail task; Creating an e-mail task; The assignment task; Creating an assignment task; The timer task; Creating a timer task; The control task; Creating a control task; The decision task; Creating a decision task; Event tasks
event wait and event raise; Creating an event (wait/raise) task; The link task; Creating a link task; Worklets
groups of tasks; Creating a worklet; Schedulers; File List
the indirect way; Incremental aggregation; The parameter file
parameters and variables; Defining session-level variables