Build Reusable Code in Informatica PowerCenter Using Mapplets

Build Reusable Code in Informatica PowerCenter Using Mapplets

Reusability is a great feature in Informatica PowerCenter which can be used by developers. Its general purpose is to reduce unnecessary coding which ultimately reduces development time and increases supportability. In this article lets see how we can build mapplet in Informatica PowerCenter to make your code reusable.

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SCD Type 4, a Solution for Rapidly Changing Dimension

SCD Type 4, a Solution for Rapidly Changing Dimension

SCD Type 2, is design to generate new records for every change of a dimension attribute, so that complete historical changes can be tracked correctly. When we have dimension attributes which changes very frequently, the dimension grow very rapidly causing considerable performance and maintenance issues. In this article lets see how we can handle this rapidly changing dimension issue using SCD Type 4.

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SCD Type 6 Implementation using Informatica PowerCenter

SCD Type 6 Implementation using Informatica PowerCenter

In one of our prior articles we described the SCD Type 6 dimensional modeling technique. This technique is the combination of SCD Type1, Type 2 and Type 3, which gives much more flexibility in terms of the number of queries it can answer. But off course at the cost of complexity. In this article lets discuss the step by step implementation of SCD Type 6 using Informatica PowerCenter.

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Use Informatica Persistent Lookup Cache and Reduce Fact Table Load Time

Use Informatica Persistent Lookup Cache and Reduce Fact Table Load Time

In a matured data warehouse environment, it is very common to see fact tables with dozens of dimension tables linked to it. If we are using informatica to build this ETL process, we would expect to see dozens of lookup transformations as well; unless any other design techniques are used. Since lookup is the predominant transformation, turning this will help us gain some performance. Lets see how we can use persistent lookup cache for this performance improvement.

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SCD Type 6, a Combination of SCD Type 1, 2 and 3

SCD Type 6, a Combination of SCD Type 1, 2 and 3

In couple of our previous articles, we discussed how to design and implement SCD Type1, Type 2 and Type 3. We always can not fulfill all the business requirements just by these basic SCD Types. So here lets see what is SCD Type 6 and what it offers beyond the basic SCD Types.

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