Duration 5 days – 35 hrs
Overview
This training course provides in-depth, hands-on instruction in Informatica PowerCenter workflow design and development, focusing on real-world data warehouse support scenarios. The course teaches participants how to design efficient ETL workflows, manage session and mapping dependencies, and troubleshoot workflow issues effectively. Special emphasis is placed on enabling support teams to maintain, enhance, and debug existing data warehouse processes with confidence and accuracy. To develop the technical skills of the support team in using Informatica PowerCenter effectively to design, develop, and troubleshoot workflows that support data warehouse applications and operations.
Objectives
- Understand Informatica PowerCenter architecture and core components
- Design and develop mappings, sessions, and workflows
- Apply transformation logic to extract, transform, and load data
- Schedule, monitor, and troubleshoot workflows and session failures
- Support and optimize ETL processes in a production data warehouse environment
- Collaborate with developers and DBAs for efficient issue resolution
Audience
- Support Engineers and ETL Support Analysts
- Data Warehouse Support Team Members
- Junior Informatica Developers
- QA/Testers involved in ETL validation
- IT professionals transitioning to Informatica support roles
Pre- requisites
- Basic understanding of databases and SQL
- Familiarity with data warehousing concepts
- Prior exposure to ETL tools (preferred, but not mandatory)
Course Content
Module 1: Introduction to Informatica PowerCenter
- Informatica architecture and components
- Role of Informatica in Data Warehousing
- Repository Manager, Designer, Workflow Manager, Workflow Monitor
Module 2: Mapping and Session Design
- Introduction to Source and Target Definitions
- Creating simple to complex mappings
- Common Transformations: Expression, Filter, Router, Lookup, Aggregator, Joiner
- Mapping Parameters
- Session properties and configuration
Module 3: Workflow Basics and Development
- Understanding Workflows, Tasks, and Links
- Creating, configuring, and scheduling workflows
- Types of tasks: Session, Command, Email, Event-Wait, Decision
- Workflow Variables and Parameters
Module 4: Workflow Execution and Monitoring
- Workflow execution flow
- Monitoring using Workflow Monitor
- Analyzing session logs and run statistics
- Handling failed sessions and error recovery
Module 5: Advanced Workflow Concepts
- Reusable tasks and workflows
- Pre- and post-session shell commands
- Event-based workflows and dependencies
- Parameter files and configuration settings
- Concurrent Workflow Execution
Module 6: Troubleshooting and Support Best Practices
- Common workflow and session failure scenarios
- Troubleshooting techniques for mapping and transformation errors
- Managing invalid objects and configuration mismatches
- Working with error logs and debugging tools
Module 7: Performance Tuning Essentials
- Factors affecting ETL performance
- Caching and buffer settings
- Optimizing mappings and session strategies
Module 8: Case Study and Hands-On Lab
- Support scenario walkthroughs
- Hands-on: Fix and troubleshoot a failed workflow
- Simulate a real-time incident and document resolution steps
