Performance Tuning

Version 8.6

Ben Lee
Informatica Professional Services
Senior Consultant
Mid-Atlantic IUG – October 8, 2009

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Agenda

• Memory optimization
• Performance tuning methodology
• Tuning source, target, & mapping bottlenecks
• Pipeline partitioning
• Server Grid
• Q&A
• Course evaluation

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 Anatomy of a Session

Integration Service

Data Transformation Manager

(DTM)

DTM Buffer

Source Target
WRITER data
data READER

Transformation
caches
TRANSFORMER

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DTM Buffer

• Temporary storage area for data

• Buffer is divided into blocks
• Buffer size and block size are tunable
• Default setting for each is Auto

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Reader Bottleneck

Transformer & writer threads wait for data

DTM Buffer
waiting

READER WRITER
Slow reader

waiting waiting

TRANSFORMER

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Transformer Bottleneck

Reader waits for free blocks; writer waits for data

DTM Buffer
waiting waiting

READER WRITER

TRANSFORMER
Slow transformer

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Writer Bottleneck

Reader & transformer wait for free blocks

DTM Buffer
waiting

READER WRITER
Slow writer

waiting waiting

TRANSFORMER

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Large Commit Interval

DTM Buffer
waiting

READER WRITER

TRANSFORMER

Target rows remain in the buffers until the DTM reaches the
commit point

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Tuning the DTM Buffer

• Temporary slowdowns in reading, transforming

or writing may cause large fluctuations in
throughput
• A “slow” thread typically provides data in
spurts
• Extra memory blocks can act as a “cushion”,
keeping other threads busy in case of a
bottleneck

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Transformation Caches

• Temporary storage area for certain transformations

• Except for Sorter, each is divided into a Data & Index
Cache
• The size of each transformation cache is tunable
• If runtime cache requirement > setting, overflow
written to disk
• The default setting for each cache is Auto

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Max Memory for Transformation Caches

Only applies to transformation caches set to Auto

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Max Memory for Transformation Caches

• Two settings: fixed number & percentage

• System uses the smaller of the two
• If either setting is 0, DTM assigns a default size to each
transformation cache that’s set to Auto

• Recommendation: use fixed limit if this is the

only session running; otherwise, use percentage
• Use percentage if running in grid or HA
environment

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Tuning the Transformation Caches

• If a cache setting is too small, DTM writes

overflow to disk
• Determine if transformation caches are
overflowing:
• Watch the cache directory on the file system while the
session runs
• Use the session performance counters

• Options to tune:
• Increase the maximum memory allowed for Auto
transformation cache sizes
• Set the cache sizes for individual transformations manually

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Performance Counters

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Tuning the Transformation Caches

• Non-0 counts for readfromdisk and writetodisk

indicate sub-optimal settings for transformation
index or data caches
• This may indicate the need to tune transformation
caches manually
• Any manual setting allocates memory outside of
previously set maximum
• Cache Calculators provide guidance in manual
tuning of transformation caches

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Aggregator Caches

• Unsorted Input
• Must read all input before releasing any output rows
• Index cache contains group keys
• Data cache contains non-group-by ports

• Sorted Input
• Releases output row as each input group is processed
• Does not require data or index cache
(both =0)
• May run much faster than unsorted BUT
must consider the expense of sorting

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Joiner Caches: Unsorted Input

MASTER
Staging algorithm:
All master data loaded
into cache

Specify smaller data

set as master

DETAIL

• Index cache contains join keys

• Data cache contains non-key connected outputs

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Joiner Caches: Sorted Input

Streaming algorithm: MASTER

Both inputs must be
sorted on join keys

Selected master data

loaded into cache

Specify data set with

fewest records under a
single key as master DETAIL

• Index cache contains up to 100 keys

• Data cache contains non-key connected outputs
associated with the 100 keys

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Lookup Caches

• To cache or not to cache?

• Large number of invocations – cache
• Large lookup table – don’t cache
• Flat file lookup is always cached

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Rank Caches

• Index cache contains group keys

• Data cache contains non-group-by ports
• Cache sizes related to the number of groups &
the number of ranks

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Sorter Cache

• Sorter Transformation
• May be faster than a DB sort or 3rd party sorter
• Index read from RDB = pre-sorted data
• SQL SELECT DISTINCT may reduce the volume of data
across the network versus sorter with “Distinct” property set

• Single cache
(no separation of index & data)

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64 bit vs. 32 bit OS

• Take advantage of large memory support in 64-

bit
• Cache based transformations like Sorter,
Lookup, Aggregator, Joiner, and XML Target can
address larger blocks of memory

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Performance Tuning Methodology

• It is an iterative process
• Establish benchmark
• Optimize memory
• Isolate bottleneck
• Tune bottleneck
• Take advantage of under-utilized CPU & memory

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The Production Environment

• Multi-vendor, multi-system environment with

many components:
• Operating systems, databases, networks and I/O
• Usually need to monitor performance in several places
• Usually need to monitor outside Informatica as well

Disk Disk

Disk Disk Disk Disk

LAN / DBMS
Disk WAN OS Disk
Disk Disk
Disk PowerCenter Disk
Disk Disk

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Preliminary Steps

• Eliminate transformation errors & data rejects

“first make it work, then make it faster”
• Source row logging requires reader to hold onto buffers
until data is written to target, EVEN IF THERE ARE NO
ERRORS; can significantly increase DTM buffer
requirement
• You may want to set stop on errors to 1

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Preliminary Steps

• Override tracing level to terse or normal

• Override at session level to avoid having to examine each
transformation in the mapping
• Only use verbose tracing during development & only with
very small data sets
• If you expect row errors that you will not need to correct,
avoid logging them by overriding the tracing level to terse
(not recommended as a long-term error handling solution)

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Benchmarking

• Hardware (CPU bandwidth, RAM, disk space,

etc.) should be similar to production
• Database configuration should be similar to
production
• Data volume should be similar to production
• Challenge: production data is constantly
changing
• Optimal tuning may be data dependent
• Estimate “average” behavior
• Estimate “worst case” behavior

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Identifying Bottlenecks

• The first challenge is to identify the bottleneck

• Target
• Source
• Transformations
• Mapping/Session

• Tuning the most severe bottleneck may reveal

another one
• This is an iterative process

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Thread Statistics

• The DTM spawns multiple threads

• Each thread has busy time & idle time
• Goal – maximize the busy time & minimize the
idle time

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Thread Statistics - Terminology

• A pipeline consists of:

• A source qualifier
• The sources that feed that source qualifier
• All transformations and targets that receive data from that
source qualifier

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Thread Statistics - Terminology

PIPELINE 1 A pipeline on the master

MA
input of a joiner terminates
ST
ER at the joiner

DETAIL

PIPELINE 2

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Using Thread Statistics

• By default PowerCenter assigns a partition point

( ) at each Source Qualifier, Target, Aggregator
and Rank.
Partition Points

Reader Thread Transformation Thread Transform Writer Thread

Thread
(First Stage) (Second Stage) (Third Stage) (Fourth Stage)

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Target Bottleneck

• The Aggregator transformation stage is waiting

for target buffers

Reader Thread Transformation Thread Transform Writer Thread

Thread
(First Stage) (Second Stage) (Third Stage) (Fourth Stage)
Busy% Busy% Busy%=15 Busy%=95

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 Transformation Bottleneck

• Both the reader & writer are waiting for buffers

Reader Thread Transformation Thread Transform Writer Thread

Thread
(First Stage) (Second Stage) (Third Stage) (Fourth Stage)
Busy%=15 Busy%=60 Busy%=95 Busy%=10

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Integration Service Monitor in WFMonitor

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Other Methods of Bottleneck Isolation

• Write to flat file

If significantly faster than relational target – Target
Bottleneck
• Place FALSE Filter right after Source Qualifier
If significantly faster – Transformation Bottleneck
• If target & transformation bottlenecks are ruled
out – Source Bottleneck

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Session Statistics in WFMonitor

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Target Optimization

• Target Optimization often involves non-

Informatica components
• Drop Indexes and Constraints
• Use pre/post SQL to drop and rebuild
• Use pre/post-load stored procedures

• Use constraint-based loading only when

necessary

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Target Optimization

• Use Bulk Loading

• Informatica bypasses the database log
• Target cannot perform rollback
• Weigh importance of performance over recovery

• Use External Loader

• Similar to bulk loader, but the DB reads from a flat file

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Target Optimization

• “update else insert” session property

• Works well if you rarely insert
• Index required for update key but slows down insert
• PowerCenter must wait for database to return error before
inserting

• Alternative – lookup followed by update strategy

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Source Bottlenecks

• Source optimization often involves non-

Informatica components
• Generated SQL available in session log
• Execute directly against DB
• Update statistics on DB
• Used tuned SELECT as SQL override

• Set the Line Sequential Buffer Length session

property to correspond with the record size

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Source Bottlenecks

• Avoid transferring more than once from remote

machine
• Avoid reading same data more than once
• Filter at source if possible (reduce data set)
• Minimize connected outputs from the source
qualifier
• Only connect what you need
• The DTM only includes connected outputs when it
generates the SQL SELECT statement

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Reduce Data Set

• Remove Unnecessary Ports

• Not all ports are needed
• Fewer ports = better performance & lower memory req.

• Reduce Rows in Pipeline

• Place Filter Transformation as far upstream as possible
• Filter before aggregator, rank, or sorter if possible
• Filter in source qualifier if possible

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Expressions Language Tips

• Functions are more expensive than operators

• Use || instead of CONCAT()

• Use variable ports to factor out common logic

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Expressions Language Tips

• Simplify nested functions when possible

instead of:
IIF(condition1,result1,IIF(condition2,
result2,IIF… ))))))))))))

try:
DECODE (TRUE,
condition1, result1,
:
conditionn, resultn)

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General Guidelines

• High precision (session property) is expensive

but only applies to “decimal” data type
• UNICODE requires 2 bytes per character; ASCII
requires 1 byte per character
• Performance difference depends on number of string ports
only.

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Transformation Specific

Reusable Sequence Generator –

Number of Cached Values Property
• Purpose: enables different sessions to share the
same sequence without generating the same
numbers
• >0: allocates the specified number of values &
updates the current value in the repository at the
end of each block
(each session gets a different block of numbers)

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Other Transformations

• Normalizer
• This transformation INCREASES the number of rows
• Place as far downstream as possible

• XML Reader/ Mid Stream XML Parser

• Remove groups that are not projected
• We do not allocate memory for these groups, but still need
to maintain PK/FK relationships
• Don’t leave port size lengths as infinite. Use appropriate
length.

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Iterative Process

• After tuning your bottlenecks, revisit memory

optimization
• Tuning often REDUCES memory requirements
(you might even be able to change some settings back to Auto)

• Change one thing at a time & record your results

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Partitioning

• Apply after optimizing source, target, &

transformation bottlenecks
• Apply after optimizing memory usage
• Exploit under-utilized CPU & memory
• To customize partitioning settings, you need the
partitioning license

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Rules for Adding Partition Points

• You cannot add a partition point to a Sequence

Generator
• You cannot add a partition point to an unconnected
transformation
• You cannot add a partition point on a source
definition
• If a pipeline is split and then concatenated, you
cannot add a partition point on any transformation
between the split and the concatenation
• Adding or removing partition points requires the
partitioning license

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Guidelines for Adding Partition Points

• Make sure you have ample CPU bandwidth

• Make sure you have gone through other optimization
techniques
• Add on complex transformations that could benefit
from additional threads
• If you have >1 partitions, add where data needs to be
re-distributed
• Aggregator, Rank, or Sorter, where data must be grouped
• Where data is distributed unevenly
• On partitioned sources and targets

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 Partition Points & Partitions

• Partitions subdivide the data

• Each partition represents a thread within a stage
• Each partition point distributes the data among the partitions

Threads - partition 1
Threads – partition 2
Threads – partition 3

3 Reader Threads 3 Transformation Threads 3 more trans threads 3 Writer Threads

(First Stage) (Second Stage) (Third Stage) (Fourth Stage)

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Rules for Adding Partitions

• The master input of a joiner can only have 1 partition

unless you add a partition point at the joiner
• A pipeline with an XML target can only have 1
partition
• If the pipeline has a relational source or target and
you define n partitions, each database must support
n parallel connections
• A pipeline containing a custom or external
procedure transformation can only have 1 partition
unless those transformations are configured to allow
multiple partitions

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Rules for Adding Partitions

• The number of partitions is constant on a given

pipeline
• If you have a partition point on a Joiner, the number of
partitions on both inputs will be the same

• At each partition point, you can specify how you

want the data distributed among the partitions
(this is known as the partition type)

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Cache Partitioning

• DTM may create separate caches for each

partition for each cached transformation; this is
called cache partitioning
• DTM treats cache size settings as per partition
for example, if you configure an aggregator with:
2 MB for the index cache,
3 MB for the data cache,
& you create 2 partitions–
DTM will allocate up to 4 MB & 6 MB total

• DTM does not partition lookup or joiner caches

unless the lookup or joiner itself is a partition
point

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Monitoring Partitions

• The Workflow Monitor provides runtime details

for each partition
• Per partition, you can determine the following:
• Number of rows processed
• Memory usage
• CPU usage

• If one partition is doing more work than the

others, you may want to redistribute the data

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Dynamic Partitioning

• Integration Service can automatically set the

number of partitions at runtime.
• Useful when the data volume increases or the
number of CPU’s available changes.
• Basis for the number of partitions is specified as
a session property

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Concurrent Workflow Execution (8.5)

• Prior to 8.5

• Only one instance of Workflow can run

• Users duplicate workflows – maintenance issues

• Concurrent sessions required duplicate of session

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Concurrent Workflow Execution

• Allow workflow instances to be run

concurrently
• Override parameters/ variables across run
instances
• Same scheduler across multiple instances
• Supports independent recovery/ failover
semantics

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Workflow on Grid (WonG)

• Integration Service is deployed on a Grid – an IS

service process (pmserver) runs on each node in
the grid
• Allows tasks of a workflow to be distributed
across a grid – no user configuration necessary
if all nodes homogenous

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Load Balancer Modes

• Round Robin
• Honors Max Number of Processes per Node

• Metric-based
• Evaluates nodes in round-robin
• Honors resource provision thresholds
• Uses stats from last 3 runs - if no statistics is collected yet,
defaults used (40 MB memory, 15% CPU)

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Session on Grid (SonG)

• Session partitioned and dispatched across

multiple nodes
• Allows Unlimited Scalability
• Source and targets may be on different nodes
• More suited for large sessions
• Smaller machines in a grid is a lower cost option
than large multi-CPU machines

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Configuring Session on Grid

• Enable Session on Grid attribute in session configuration

tab
• Assign workflow to be executed by an integration service
that has been assigned to a grid

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SonG Partitioning Guidelines

• Set # of partitions = # of nodes to get an even

distribution
• Tip: use dynamic partitioning feature to ease expansion of
grid

• In addition, continue to create partition-points to

achieve parallelism

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SonG Partitioning Guidelines

• To minimize data traffic across nodes:

• Use pass-through partition type which will try to keep
transformations on the same node
• Use resource-map to dispatch the source and target
transformations to the node where source or target are
located
• Keep the target files unmerged whenever possible (e.g. if
being used for staging)

• Resource requirement should be specified at the

lowest granularity e.g. transformation instead of
session (as far as possible)
• This will ensure better distribution in SonG

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File Placement Best Practices

• Files that should be placed on a high-bandwidth shared

file system (CFS / NAS)
• Source files
• Lookup source files [sequential file access]
• Target files [sequential file access]
• Persistent cache files for lookup or incremental aggregation [random file
access]

• Files that should be placed on a shared file system but

bandwidth requirement is low (NFS)
• Parameter files
• Other configuration files
• Indirect source or target files
• Log files.

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File Placement Best Practices

• Files that should be put on local storage

• Non-persistent cache files (i.e. sorter temporary files)
• Intermediate target files for sequential merge
• Other temporary files created during a session execution
• $PmTempFileDir should point to a local file system

• For best performance, ensure sufficient

bandwidth for shared file system and local
storage (possibly by using additional disk i/o
controllers)

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 Q&A

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 Appendix
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B2B Data Exchange
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Strategy Engagements Recommended Courses
• B2B Data Transformation • Informatica B2B Data
Architectural Review Transformation (D)
Baseline Engagements • Informatica B2B Data Exchange
(D)
• B2B Data Transformation
Baseline Architecture
Implement Engagements
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Payment Hub

Target Audience for Courses

D = Developer M = Project Manager
A = Administrator
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Data Governance
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Strategy Engagements
• Informatica Environment
Assessment Service
• Metadata Strategy and Enablement
• Data Quality Audit
Baseline Engagements
• Data Governance Implementation
• Metadata Manager Quick Start
• Informatica Data Quality Baseline
Deployment
Implement Engagements
• Metadata Manager Customization
• Data Quality Management
Implementation
Recommended Courses
• PowerCenter Level I Developer (D)
• Informatica Data Explorer (D)
• Informatica Data Quality (D)
Related Courses
• PowerCenter Administrator (A)
• Metadata Manager (D)
Certifications:
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A = Administrator
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Data Migration
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Strategy Engagements
• Data Migration Readiness
Assessment
• Informatica Data Quality Audit
Baseline Engagements
• PowerCenter Baseline Deployment
• Informatica Data Quality (IDQ),
and/or Informatica Data Explorer
(IDE) Baseline Deployment
Implement Engagements
• Data Migration Jumpstart
• Data Migration End-to-End
Implementation
Data Migration
Education Services
Recommended Courses
• Data Migration (M)
• Informatica Data Explorer (D)
• Informatica Data Quality (D)
• PowerCenter Level I Developer (D)
Related Courses
• PowerExchange Basics (D)
• PowerCenter Administrator (A)
Certifications
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• Data Quality
Target Audience for Courses
D = Developer M = Project Manager
A = Administrator
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Data Quality
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Data Quality

Professional Services Education Services

Strategy Engagements
• Data Quality Management Strategy
• Informatica Data Quality Audit
Baseline Engagements
• Informatica Data Quality (IDQ),
and/or Informatica Data Explorer
(IDE) Baseline Deployment
• Informatica Data Quality Web
Services Quick Start
Implement Engagements
• Data Quality Management
Implementation
Recommended Courses
• Informatica Data Explorer (D)
• Informatica Data Quality (D)
Related Courses
• Informatica Identity Resolution (D)
• PowerCenter Level I Developer (D)
Certifications
• Data Quality

Target Audience for Courses

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Data Synchronization
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Strategy Engagements
• Project Definition and Assessment
Baseline Engagements
• PowerExchange Baseline
Architecture Deployment
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Deployment
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• Data Synchronization
Implementation
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• PowerCenter Level I Developer (D)
• PowerCenter Level II Developer (D)
• PowerCenter Administrator (A)
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• PowerExchange Basics Oracle Real-
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• PowerExchange SQL RT (D)
• PowerExchange for MVS DB2 (D)
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Enterprise Data Warehousing
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Strategy
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Deployment
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• EDW Implementation
Recommended Courses
• PowerCenter Level I Developer (D)
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• PowerCenter Metadata Manager (D)
Related Courses
• Informatica Data Quality (D)
• Data Warehouse Development (D)
Certifications
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Target Audience for Courses

D = Developer M = Project Manager
A = Administrator
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Integration Competency Centers
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• ICC Assessment
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• ICC Director
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• ICC Launch
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Education Services
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• ICC Overview (M)
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• PowerCenter Administrator (A)
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• Metadata Manager (D)
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Master Data Management
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Strategy
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• Informatica Data Quality (IDQ)
Baseline Deployment
• PowerCenter Baseline Architecture
Deployment
Implementation
• MDM Implementation
Recommended Courses
• Informatica Data Explorer (D)
• Informatica Data Quality (D)
• PowerCenter Level I Developer (D)
Related Courses
• Metadata Manager (D)
• Informatica Identity Resolution (D)
Certifications
• PowerCenter
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Target Audience for Courses

D = Developer M = Project Manager
A = Administrator
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Services Oriented Architecture
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Data Services

Professional Services Education Services

Strategy Engagements Recommended Courses
• Data Services (SOA) Strategy • PowerCenter Level I Developer (D)
Baseline Engagements • Informatica Data Quality (D)
• Informatica Web Services Quick Certifications
Start • PowerCenter
• Informatica Data Quality Web • Data Quality
Services Quick Start
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• Data Services (SOA) Implementation

Target Audience for Courses

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A = Administrator
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Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)
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Strategy Engagements
• Informatica Environment
Assessment Service
• Enterprise Data Warehouse Strategy
• Data Quality Audit
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• Informatica Data Quality Baseline
Deployment
• Metadata Manager Quick Start
Recommended Courses
• PowerCenter Level I Developer (D)
• Informatica Data Explorer (D)
• Informatica Data Quality (D)
Related Courses
• Data Warehouse Development (D)
• ICC Overview (M)
• Metadata Manager (D)

Implement Engagements Certifications

• Risk Management Enablement Kit • PowerCenter
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Implementation

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A = Administrator
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Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
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• PowerCenter Baseline Deployment
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Implement Engagements
• Data Migration Jumpstart
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Implementation
Education Services
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• Data Migration (M)
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• Informatica Data Explorer (D)
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Pie Chart Example

20%
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Table Example

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Text with Graphic on Right

• Body: Arial Bold 26 pt.;

Large Label
Bullet: Normal text;
Sentence case
• Sub-bullets: Arial 22 pt.; Bullet:
Normal text;
• Second sub-bullet
• Third sub-bullet

Small Label Small Label

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Sample Quote

“When a billion wireless phones wake up in

the next few years, a distributed architecture
will be the only way people will be able to
receive the information they need.”

Anonymous
Title
Company

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 How To Apply Different Styles To Objects
Use this way if you see a color you want to use from the “Graphics Elements” slide

Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Final Result

Select the object with Click on the object you Depending on the
the style and color you Click on the “Format Painter”. want to apply the new object the 3D effect
want to use If you do not see it then select style and color may look different
“View/Toolbars/Standard”
from the top menu bar

(To apply a style to more than one object

double click the “Format Painter” and then
click on the object you want to change.
When done click once more on the
“Format Painter” to turn it off.)

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How To Apply Different Colors To Objects
Use this way if you don’t see a color you want to use from the “Graphics Elements” slide

Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Final Result

Right mouse click on Click on the “Color” Select Select the new
the object you want pop-up and select “More Colors” color you want and
to change and select “Fill Effects” click “OK”
“Format AutoShape”
from the pop-up

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 Color Palette

Primary colors Highlights

white white white white white white

Solid ⌧
text ⌧
text ⌧
text ⌧
text ⌧
text text

0-85-149 190-192-194 92-135-39 236-137-29 128-130-133 191-49-26

Gradient/ white white white white white white

effects text text text text text text

Use this style for PPT objects

To apply this style to an object:
Click on object with desired style, click the “format painter” tool in the toolbar

Then click on your new object to apply the style

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 PowerPoint Object Parts

Database_grouped Arrow Connectors

Circle Shape: Triangle Shape:

To change color: To change color:
Ungroup, change fill Ungroup, change fill
color of top object, color of top object,
Box/Rectangle Shapes: regroup regroup
To change color: Ungroup, change fill color
of top object, regroup

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2008 PowerPoint Icon Library

• For an up to date version of our icon library,

please download the latest file from our
Marketing website on INFAnet:
http://infanet-prod/SiteDirectory/Departments/marketing/

• Sample icons from our library:

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Informatica Logo

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Informatica Logo

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Slide Transitions

All slides: “wipe right”

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Out-of-Bounds

Graphics and text should not extend into this red area

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