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Dimensional modelling vs data modelling vs er modelling

Asked By: sarun5 | Asked On: Feb 25th, 2008

What is dimensional modelling ? What is the difference between data modelling and dimensional modelling and erwin modelling.

Answered by: raj_infadev on: Oct 13th, 2008

Modeling is nothing but designing the database by using any Database Normalization techniques (1NF, 2NF, 3NF.......etc)Data Modeling is having 2 types:1. ER Modeling2. Dimensional ModelingER Modeling ...

Answered by: pal.amol on: Feb 27th, 2008

Dimensional modelling sometimes mistaken as the ER modelling but no it is wrong, DM is just modelling which is more flexible for the user perspective.In ER it is not mapped unlike DM for creating sche...

What is the need for an ods(operational data store)

Asked By: tanya123 | Asked On: Feb 23rd, 2008

What is the need for an ods(operational data store) in data warehousing?What are the advantages of using an ods?

Answered by: anupama2000 on: May 26th, 2008

The need for ODS is to clean the data coming from hetrogenous sources. To maintain data quality for better warehouse which provides good reporting.

Answered by: pal.amol on: Mar 1st, 2008

The Data cleaning tool name which is been widely used unliked Informatica (ETL tool ) name is FirstLogic.

Run sessions

Asked By: sarun5 | Asked On: Feb 18th, 2008

How do you run sessions one after another?

Answered by: pal.amol on: Feb 25th, 2008

There are two methods for running the session one is to run concurrently and second one is to run sequentially which you want to do. There are three things need to be configured at properties lev...

Meta data and data dictionary

Asked By: maheshdurai | Asked On: Feb 17th, 2008

What are the differences between meta data and data dictionary?

Answered by: jryan999 on: May 1st, 2008

The “data dictionary” in a database tool (eg. Oracle or Informatica) is simply a repository of metadata. Metadata is however data about the data.  The following are examples of m...

Answered by: pal.amol on: Feb 26th, 2008

HI  Metadata is nothing but the data about data , if you take term of informatica in that through metadata only you will be converting or solving the problem. In the flow of Informatica mapp...

Migration of mappings

Asked By: info_dev | Asked On: Feb 6th, 2008

How do we move mappings from development environment to testing environment and from there to production?

Answered by: Noel Lastra on: Mar 5th, 2008

Export your mappings into XML, place it in your local folder then go the next environment and import the xml mappings you've exported.

Answered by: pal.amol on: Feb 26th, 2008

Dear Friend,Migration of mappings are very delicate things. In this process you need to take backup of repository if it is test to QA and from QA to Production as you mentioned.Follow on i would like ...

Informatica powercenter repository server configuration error - "the server could not contact" message

Asked By: ramkumar | Asked On: Dec 18th, 2006

Hi, this is ram working as a system administrator I had installed the Informatica powercenter 7.1.1 and when I was configuring the repository server it is giving "the server could not contact" message, I never faced this problem before pls anybody had any solution pls send to me as early as possible...

Answered by: pal.amol on: Feb 25th, 2008

Hi Ram,You could first go to repository manager give relational connection and then you could configure server add new and give details.Give port name as defined in the  configue repository serve...

Answered by: akmohanty on: Feb 7th, 2007

At the time of configuring the repository server just give the port number is 5001 and put a passwordThen start the service first then open the repository server administrator console.Just connect it ...

Unable to start my Informatica repository service windows XP and Oracle 10g

Asked By: nagesh | Asked On: Jan 30th, 2006

I am unable to start my Informatica repository service, even if I start the service, it stops immediately.Please, any one have a solution to this problem(i installed Informatica 7.1 on windows XP home edition, Oracle 10g)thanks a lot.Nagesh

Answered by: k.praveenkumar on: Dec 6th, 2011

Software could be corrupted or has attacked with Virus,
Re-install and if the problem persist then you change the OS and try Informatica, it may work.

Answered by: Srikanta on: Nov 11th, 2011

In order to up your IRS, please follow up the guidelines:- 1) Create a database, if u have already DB exist, then u can go with the same. 2) Create two db users, give admin privilege to those users....

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