Informatica PowerMart /

Power Center Basics

Informatica Corporation, 2003. All rights reserved.
At the end of this course you will:
Understand how to use all major Power Center
components
Be able to perform basic Repository administration tasks
Be able to build basic ETL Mappings and Mapplets
Be able to create, run and monitor Workflows
Understand available options for loading target data
Be able to troubleshoot most problems

Course Objectives
Extract, Transform, and Load
RDBMS Mainframe Other
Operational Systems
Data
Warehouse
Decision Support
Transaction level data
Optimized for Transaction
Response Time
Current
Normalized or De-
Normalized data
Aggregated data
Historical
ETL
Extract
Load
Transform
Aggregate Data
Cleanse Data
Consolidate Data
Apply Business Rules
De-normalize
PowerCenter Architecture
PowerCenter 7 Architecture
Not Shown: Client ODBC Connections for Source and Target metadata
Targets Sources
native native
TCP/IP
Heterogeneous
Targets
Repository
Repository
Server
Repository
Agent
TCP/IP
native
Server
Heterogeneous
Targets
Repository Designer Workflow Workflow Rep Server
Manager Manager Monitor Administrative
Console
PowerCenter Repository
PowerCenter Repository Server
PowerCenter Client
Designer
Repository Manager
Repository Server Administration Console
Workflow Manager
Workflow Monitor
PowerCenter Server
External Components
Sources
Targets
PowerCenter 7 Components
Repository Topics
By the end of this section you will be familiar with:
The purpose of the Repository Server and Agent
The Repository Server Administration Console GUI
interface
The Repository Manager GUI interface
Repository maintenance operations
Security and privileges
Object sharing, searching and locking
Metadata Extensions
Each Repository has an independent architecture for the
management of the physical Repository tables
Components: one Repository Server, and a Repository Agent
for each Repository
Repository Server
Client overhead for Repository management is greatly
reduced by the Repository Server
Repository
Repository
Server
Repository
Agent
Server
Repository
Manager
Repository Server
Administration Console
Manages connections to the Repository from client
applications
Can manage multiple Repositories on different machines
on a network
Uses one Repository Agent process to insert, update and
fetch objects from the Repository database tables, for
each Repository it manages
Maintains object consistency by controlling object locking
Repository Server Features
The Repository Server runs on the same system running the Repository Agent
Use Repository Administration console to Administer Repository Servers and

Repositories through Repository Server. Following tasks can be performed:

Add, Edit and Remove Repository Configurations
Export and Import Repository Configurations
Create a Repository
Promote a local Repository to a Global Repository
Copy a Repository
Delete a Repository from the Database
Backup and Restore a Repository
Start, Stop, enable and Disable a Repositories
View Repository connections and locks
Close Repository connections.
Upgrade a Repository

Repository Server Administration Console
Repository Server Administration Console
Information
Nodes
Console Tree
HTML View
Hypertext Links to
Repository
Maintenance Tasks
Repository Management
Perform all Repository maintenance
tasks through Repository Server
from the Repository Server
Administration Console
Create the Repository Configuration
Select Repository Configuration and
perform maintenance tasks:
Create
Delete
Backup
Copy from
Disable
Export Connection
Make Global
Notify Users
Propagate
Register
Restore
Un-Register
Upgrade

Use Repository manager to navigate through multiple folders and
repositories. Perform following tasks:

Manage the Repository
Launch Repository Server Administration Console for this purpose
Implement Repository Security
Managing Users and Users Groups
Perform folder functions
Create, Edit, Copy and Delete folders
View Metadata
Analyze Source, Target, Mappings and Shortcut dependencies.


Repository Manager
Repository Manager Interface
Navigator
Window
Main Window
Dependency Window
Output Window
Users, Groups and Repository
Privileges
Steps:

Create groups
Create users
Assign users to
groups
Assign privileges to
groups
Assign additional
privileges to users
(optional)
Managing Privileges
Check box assignment of privileges
Folder Permissions
Assign one user as the
folder owner for first tier
permissions

Select one of the owners
groups for second tier
permissions

All users and groups in
the Repository will be
assigned the third tier
permissions
Object Locking
Object Locks preserve Repository integrity
Use the Edit menu for Viewing Locks and Unlocking
Objects
Object Searching
(Menu- Analyze Search)
Keyword search
Limited to keywords
previously defined in
the Repository
(via Warehouse
Designer)
Search all
Filter and search
objects
Object Sharing
Reuse existing objects
Enforces consistency
Decreases development time
Share objects by using copies and shortcuts








Required security settings for sharing objects:

Repository Privilege: Use Designer
Originating Folder Permission: Read
Destination Folder Permissions: Read/Write
COPY SHORTCUT
Copy object to another folder Link to an object in another folder
Changes to original object not
captured
Dynamically reflects changes to
original object
Duplicates space Preserves space
Copy from shared or unshared folder Created from a shared folder
Allows developers and partners to extend the metadata
stored in the Repository
Accommodates the following metadata types:
Vendor-defined - Third-party application vendor-created
metadata lists
For example, Applications such as Ariba or PowerConnect for
Siebel can add information such as contacts, version, etc.
User-defined - PowerCenter/PowerMart users can define and
create their own metadata
Must have Administrator Repository or Super User
Repository privileges
Adding Metadata Extensions
Sample Metadata Extensions
Sample User Defined
Metadata, e.g. - contact
information, business user
Reusable Metadata Extensions can also be created in the Repository Manager
Design Process
1. Create Source definition(s)
2. Create Target definition(s)
3. Create a Mapping
4. Create a Session Task
5. Create a Workflow from Task components
6. Run the Workflow
7. Monitor the Workflow and verify the results

By the end of this section you will:
Be familiar with the Designer GUI interface
Be familiar with Source Types
Be able to create Source Definitions
Understand Source Definition properties
Be able to use the Data Preview option

Source Object Definitions
Source Analyzer
Analyzer Window
Navigation
Window
Designer Tools
Import from Database
Import from File
Import from Cobol File
Import from XML file
Create manually
Methods of Analyzing Sources
Repository
Relational Flat file COBOL file XML file
Source
Analyzer
Analyzing Relational Sources
Table
View
Synonym
Relational Source
DEF
Source Analyzer
Repository
Repository
Server
Repository
Agent
TCP/IP
native
DEF
ODBC
Analyzing Relational Sources
Editing Source Definition Properties
Analyzing Flat File Sources
Mapped Drive
NFS Mount
Local Directory

DEF
Fixed Width or
Delimited

Flat File
Source Analyzer
Repository
Repository
Server
Repository
Agent
TCP/IP
native
DEF
Flat File Wizard
Three-step
wizard

Columns can
be renamed
within wizard

Text, Numeric
and Datetime
datatypes are
supported

Wizard
guesses
datatype
XML Source Analysis
Mapped Drive
NFS Mounting
Local Directory
In addition to the DTD file, an
XML Schema or XML file
can be used as a Source
Definition
DEF
.DTD File
DATA
Source Analyzer
Repository
Repository
Server
Repository
Agent
TCP/IP
native
DEF
Analyzing VSAM Sources
Supported Numeric Storage Options:
COMP, COMP-3, COMP-6
Mapped Drive
NFS Mounting
Local Directory
DEF
.CBL File
DATA
Source Analyzer
Repository
Repository
Server
Repository
Agent
TCP/IP
native
DEF
VSAM Source Properties
By the end of this section you will:
Be familiar with Target Definition types
Know the supported methods of creating Target Definitions
Understand individual Target Definition properties

Target Object Definitions
Methods of creating Target Definitions
Import from Database
Import from an XML file
Manual Creation
Automatic Creation

Creating Target Definitions
Automatic Target Creation
Drag-and-
drop a
Source
Definition
into
the
Warehouse
Designer
Workspace
Can Reverse engineer existing object definitions from
a database system catalog or data dictionary
Import Definition from Database
Table
View
Synonym
Warehouse
Designer
Database
DEF
Repository
Repository
Server
Repository
Agent
TCP/IP
native
DEF
ODBC
2. Add desired columns
ALT-F can also be used to create a new column
Manual Target Creation
1. Create empty definition
3. Finished target definition
Target Definition Properties
Target Definition Properties
Creating Physical Tables
LOGICAL

Repository target table
definitions
PHYSICAL

Target database
tables
DEF
DEF
DEF
Execute SQL
via
Designer
Create tables that do not already exist in target database
Connect - connect to the target database
Generate SQL file - create DDL in a script file
Edit SQL file - modify DDL script as needed
Execute SQL file - create physical tables in target database
Use Preview Data to verify
the results (right mouse
click on object)
Creating Physical Tables
Thank you