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Learning Informatica PowerCenter 10.x

You're reading from   Learning Informatica PowerCenter 10.x Enterprise data warehousing and intelligent data centers for efficient data management solutions

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2017
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ISBN-13 9781788471220
Length 426 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Rahul Malewar Rahul Malewar
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Preface 1. Downloading and Extracting Informatica PowerCenter Software FREE CHAPTER 2. Understanding Admin Console 3. Understanding Designer Screen and its Components 4. The Lifeline of Informatica - Transformations 5. Using the Designer Screen - Advanced Features 6. Implementing SCD Using Designer Screen Wizards 7. Using the Workflow Manager Screen 8. Learning Various Tasks in Workflow Manager screen 9. Advanced Features of Workflow Manager Screen 10. Working with Workflow Monitor - Monitoring the code 11. The Deployment Phase - Using Repository Manager 12. Optimization - Performance Tuning

Expression transformation


Expression transformation is used for row-wise manipulation. For any type of manipulation you wish to do on an individual record, use expression transformation. Expression transformation accepts row-wise data, manipulates it, and passes to the target. The transformation receives the data from the input port and sends the data out from the output ports.

Use the expression transformation for any row-wise calculation, for instance, if you want to concatenate the names, calculate the total salary and convert in upper case, and so on. To understand functionality of expression transformation, let's consider the following scenario:

Scenario for expression transformation: Using the flat file we created in Chapter 3, Understanding Designer Screen and its Components as the source, concatenate FIRST_NAME and LAST_NAME to get FULL_NAME, and get TOTAL_SALARY from JAN_SALARY and FEB_SALARY of individual employee.

We are using expression transformation in this scenario because the...

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