Informatica Tutorial

In this Informatica tutorial, we will show you the step by step process to connect with different data sources. Next, extract data from data source, transform the data using transformations. Last section of this Informatica tutorial covers the creating session and workflow, and load data into the destination with screenshots.

What is Informatica ETL Tool?

Informatica is the Market Leader in ETL tools, and over 5800 enterprises depend on it. This business intelligence tool is mainly used to build powerful business applications for extracting data from Source(s), transforming and loading data into the target(s). In this Informatica tutorial page, we explain everything about this data integration tool or ETL tool. Use this tutorial to learn all the features of Informatica.

The Power Center Client contains different applications or tools that help to design Mappings and Mapplets. Use this PowerCenter client to create a Session and WorKflow.

Informatica Introduction

This is an introduction to this Informatica tutorial, which covers, installation of the software, configuring Power center, Workflows etc.

The PowerCenter application allows to load or extract data from multiple sources (Source Qualifier). Next, transform the data as per the business requirements (transformation), and loads the processed data into the destination table (Target Designer).

1. How to Download Informtica
2. Step by Step approach to installing Software
3. How to Configure the Repository Service & Integration Service
4. PowerCenter Repository Manager
5. Introduction to PowerCenter Designer
6. PowerCenter Source Analyzer
7. Introduction to Workflow Manager
8. Introduction to Workflow Monitor

Informatica Tutorial on Data Connections

Informatica PowerCenter accesses the information or data from different sources. They are Flat files, XML, Relational Databases, SAP Hana, Teradata, Mainframes, Excel, and Access. Similarly, it supports the same destinations to load data. This section of Informatica Tutorial covers the different types of Data Connections, and learn basic ETL operations such as extraction, transformation, and load.

1. Informatica Tutorial on ODBC Connection
2. Import from Relational Database
3. How to Import from Flat File
4. Import from Excel Workbook
5. Move Data from One SQL Database to another Database
6. Export from SQL Server to Flat File
7. Load From Text File to SQL Server
8. Load Multiple Text Files into SQL Server

Informatica Tutorial on Transformations

This section of Informatica tutorial covers the list of available Transformations.

1. List of Transformations
2. Aggregator
3. Expression
4. Filter Transformation
5. Java Transformation
6. Joiner Transformation
   1. Normal Join
   2. Master Outer Join
   3. Detail Outer Join
   4. Full Outer Join
7. Informatica tutorial on Lookup.
   1. Lookup Transformation
   2. Unconnected Lookup
8. Normalizer
9. Rank Transformation
10. Rank Transformation with Group By
11. Router Transformation
12. Sequence Generator
13. Sorter Transformation
14. Sorter Transformation – Remove Duplicates
15. Source Qualifier
16. SQL Transformation
17. Stored procedure Transformation
18. Transaction Control
19. Union Transformation
20. Update Strategy
21. Update Strategy using Session Properties
22. Example for Update Strategy
23. XML Generator
24. XML Parser
25. XMLSource Qualifier
26. Pre SQL and Post SQL

Learn Sessions & Mappings

This Informatica tutorial section explains the creation of Informatics Sessions, Mapping, and Workflow. These are very helpful to run the applications.

This section of Informatica tutorial is the most important section for learning data management. Because of its reusability in all the transformations.

1. Target Designer
2. Create Target table using Source Definition
3. Create New Target Table
4. How to Create Mapping
5. Create Session
6. How to Create Reusable Session
7. Create Workflow
8. Creating Workflow using Wizard
9. Command Task
10. Event Wait Task