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What will be the value of v2 for the first time, if the order of ports evaluation is v2 and v1

Asked By: kirangvr | Asked On: Feb 2nd, 2007

I have two variable ports v1 and v2; v2 is calculated based on v1. What will be the value of v2 for the first time, if the order of ports evaluation is v2 and v1

Answered by: satyaneerumalla on: Feb 5th, 2007

The PowerCenter Server does not set the initial value for variables to NULL. Instead, the PowerCenter Server uses the following guidelines to set initial values for variables: Zero for numeric ports E...

Answered by: Guest on: Feb 5th, 2007

The PowerCenter Server does not set the initial value for variables to NULL. Instead, the PowerCenter Server uses the following guidelines to set initial values for variables: Zero for numeric ports E...

What r the mapping specifications? How versionzing of repository objects?

Asked By: Bhanu | Asked On: Sep 18th, 2006

Answered by: calltomadhu on: Sep 22nd, 2006

hi

mapping is nothing but flow or work. where the data is coming and where data is going. for this we need

mapping name

source table

target table

session.

thanks

madhu

Answered by: sperumandla on: Sep 21st, 2006

Please let me know the answer for this question.

What is cdc?

Asked By: vinoth | Asked On: Sep 14th, 2006

Answered by: kusum on: Sep 27th, 2006

Whenever any source data is changed we need to capture it in the target system also this can be basically in 3 waysTarget record is completely replaced with new record(Type 1)Complete changes can be c...

Answered by: calltomadhu on: Sep 22nd, 2006

CDC Changed Data Capture. Name itself saying that if any data is changed it will how to get the values. for this one we have type1 and type2 and type3 cdc's are there. depending upon our requirement we can fallow.

thanks

madhu

What about rapidly changing dimensions?Can u analyze with an example?

Asked By: siva | Asked On: Sep 1st, 2006

Answered by: calltomadhu on: Sep 22nd, 2006

hi

question itself there that data is quite freequently changing. Changing means it can be modify or added.

Example.

The best example of this one is Sales Table.

Answered by: Sravan on: Sep 14th, 2006

Rapidly changing dimension is that whre the dimensions changes quikly.

best example is ATM transactions(BANKS).The data being changes continuesly and concurently for each second so it is very difficult to capture this dimensions. 

How do we load from PL/SQL script into Informatica mapping?

Asked By: adarsh | Asked On: Aug 26th, 2006

Answered by: informatica_buddy on: Nov 10th, 2006

You can actually create a view and import it as source in mapping ....

Answered by: calltomadhu on: Sep 23rd, 2006

hi

for database procedure we have procedure transmission. we can use that one.

thanks

madhu

What is the difference between materialized view and a data mart? Are they same?

Asked By: gnaneswarkumar | Asked On: Aug 25th, 2006

Answered by: calltomadhu on: Sep 23rd, 2006

hi view direct connect to tableit wont contain data and what we ask it will fire on table and give the data.ex: sum(sal).materilized view are indirect connect to data and stored in separte scheema. it...

Answered by: satyaneerumalla on: Sep 5th, 2006

A materialized view provides indirect access to table data by storing the results of a query in a separate schema object unlike an ordinary view, which does not take up any storage space or contain da...

What is incremental loading in Informatica(that is used to load only updated information in the source)?How and where u use it in Informatica?

Asked By: amark123 | Asked On: Aug 23rd, 2006

Answered by: rsannu2k on: Jun 7th, 2007

Rangini,Incremental Aggregations, I think informatica provides this feature to load the sessions which are abruptly termination in middle of the load, am I right? also I would like to know how you can...

Answered by: Rangini vignesh on: Aug 30th, 2006

The above answer is slightly correct.The incremental loading is done in 3 ways by using Transformations.1.Aggregate Transformation,2.Dynamic Lookup Transformation,3.Update Strategy Transformation,In t...

Kindly suggest how to install and configure Informatica in UNIX. I have installed Informatica in windows 2000 can I use the same cds to install in UNIX ..

Asked By: mohamedismath | Asked On: Aug 22nd, 2006

Answered by: sidhu on: Jan 25th, 2007

You cannot install informatica using the same CD that used for windows. You need to have a separate licence key for unix. Install process is quite simples , only you need to run the file called inst...

Answered by: sri on: Sep 5th, 2006

you need seperate licence key for unix.

I dont think windows licenese key works for UNIX.

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1) how to load the data (like refresh load, quarterly load, hourly load etc)2) what is lookup ? (lookup is a join is it wright or wrong)ub

Asked By: UB | Asked On: Aug 16th, 2006

Answered by: pradeeshkumar on: Aug 19th, 2010

Lookup is not a join. Lookup is more similar to the real world example, you are conducting a interview and you have the list of registered candidates in hand. In oreder to see whether a candidate is registered or not, you'll look into the list and then verify. That's it.

Answered by: calltomadhu on: Sep 23rd, 2006

hi

through sheduling

What is the architecture of any data warehousing project? What is the flow?

Asked By: kiran | Asked On: Aug 14th, 2006

Answered by: jayapraveen on: Oct 18th, 2010

architecture is like1. Source Systems: Like Mainframe,Oracle,People soft,DB2.2. Landing tables: These are tables act like source. Usedfor easy to access, for backup purpose, as reusable forother mappi...

Answered by: parimikiran227 on: Aug 31st, 2006

nice answer i have more doubts and can u give me ur mail id

Why did u use update stategy in your application?

Asked By: C.Ravi | Asked On: Aug 8th, 2006

Answered by: calltomadhu on: Sep 23rd, 2006

to perform dml operations

thanks

madhu

Answered by: satyaneerumalla on: Aug 25th, 2006

Update Strategy is the most important transformation of all Informatica transformations.The basic thing one should understand about this is , it is essential transformation to perform DML operations o...

How many types of dimensions are available in Informatica?

Asked By: Deeprekha | Asked On: Jul 24th, 2006

Answered by: Santosh on: Dec 26th, 2011

In Informatica 4 types of dimensions are available, these are 1) Degenerate dimensions 2) Junk dimesnsions ( a dimension which contains the less numbers of cordinality vales are less number of ind...

Answered by: suren on: Nov 22nd, 2011

Hi Guys, Please don't answer wrong answers the above mentioned are Schema. , the dimension are discussed bellow. 1.Junk Dimension:Contains miscellaneous data such as flags and indicator 2.Degener...

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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