Project 1:

Project Explanation:
Im giving generic explanation of the project. Any project either banking or sales or insurance can use this
explanation.
First u have to start with
1) U have to first explain about objective of the project and what is client expectations
2) u have to start where ur involvement and responsibility of ur job and limitations of job.
Add some points from post Project Architecture reply like offshore and onsite model and team structure..
etc.,
Main objective of this project is we are providing a system with all the information regarding Sales /
Transactions (sales if sales domain / transactions if bank domain or insurance domain) of entire
organizations
all over the country US / UK ( based on the client location US/UK/..). we will get the daily transaction
data
from all branches at the end of the day. We have to validate the transactions and implement the business
logic
based on the transactions type or transaction code. We have to load all historical data into dwh and once
finished historical data. We have to load Delta Loads. Delta load means last 24 hrs transactions captured
from
the source system. In other words u can call it as Change Data Capture (CDC). This Delta loads are
scheduled
daily basis. Pick some points from What is Target Staging Area Post.. Source to Staging mappings, staging
to
warehousing.. based on ur comfort level..
Each transaction contains Transaction code.. based on the transaction code u can identify whether that
transaction belongs to sales, purchase / car insurance, health insurance, / deposit , loan, payment ( u have to
change the words based on the project..) etc., based on that code business logic will be change.. we validate
and
calculate the measure and load to database.
One Mapping explanation:
In Informatica mapping, we first lookup all the transaction codes with code master table to identify the
transaction type to implement the correct logic and filter the unnecessary transactions.. because in an
organization there are lot of transactions will be there but u have to consider only required transactions for
ur
project.. the transaction code exists in the code master table are only transactions u have to consider and
other
transactions load into one table called Wrap table and invalid records( transaction code missing, null,

spaces) to
error table. For each dimension table we are creating surrogate key and load into dwh tables.
SCD2 Mapping:
We are implementing SCD2 mapping for customer dimension or account dimension to keep history of the
accounts or customers. We are using SCD2 Date method.before telling this u should know it clearly abt this
SCD2 method..careful abt it..
Responsibilities.. pick from Project architecture Post and tell according ur comfortable level.. we are
responsible for only development and testing and scheduling we are using third party tools..( Control M,
AutoSys, Job Tracker, Tivoli or etc..) we simply give the dependencies between each mapping and run
time.
Based on that Information scheduling tool team will schedule the mappings. We wont schedule in
Informatica .. thats it
Finished
Please Let me know if u required more explanation regarding any point reply

Project 2:

What are the differences between Connected and Unconnected Lookup?

Connected Lookup

Unconnected Lookup

Connected lookup participates in

dataflow and receives input directly
from the pipeline

Unconnected lookup receives input

values from the result of a LKP:
expression in another transformation

Connected lookup can use both dynamic

and static cache

Unconnected Lookup cache can NOT be

dynamic

Connected lookup can return more than

one column value ( output port )

Unconnected Lookup can return only

one column value i.e. output port

Connected lookup caches all lookup

columns

Unconnected lookup caches only the

lookup output ports in the lookup
conditions and the return port

Supports user-defined default values (i.e.

Does not support user defined default

value to return when lookup conditions

are not satisfied)

values

What is the difference between Router and Filter?

Router

Filter

Router transformation divides the

incoming records into multiple groups
based on some condition. Such groups
can be mutually inclusive (Different
groups may contain same record)

Filter transformation restricts or blocks

the incoming record set based on one
given condition.

Router transformation itself does not

block any record. If a certain record does
not match any of the routing conditions,
the record is routed to default group

Filter transformation does not have a

default group. If one record does not
match filter condition, the record is
blocked

Router acts like CASE.. WHEN

statement in SQL (Or Switch().. Case
statement in C)

Filter acts like WHERE condition is

SQL.

What can we do to improve the performance of Informatica Aggregator

Transformation?
Aggregator performance improves dramatically if records are sorted before passing to the
aggregator and "sorted input" option under aggregator properties is checked. The record
set should be sorted on those columns that are used in Group By operation.
It is often a good idea to sort the record set in database level (why?) e.g. inside a source
qualifier transformation, unless there is a chance that already sorted records from source
qualifier can again become unsorted before reaching aggregator

What are the different lookup cache?

Lookups can be cached or uncached (No cache). Cached lookup can be either static or
dynamic. A static cache is one which does not modify the cache once it is built and it
remains same during the session run. On the other hand, A dynamic cache is refreshed
during the session run by inserting or updating the records in cache based on the
incoming source data.

A lookup cache can also be divided as persistent or non-persistent based on whether

Informatica retains the cache even after session run is complete or not respectively

How can we update a record in target table without using Update

strategy?
A target table can be updated without using 'Update Strategy'. For this, we need to define
the key in the target table in Informatica level and then we need to connect the key and
the field we want to update in the mapping Target. In the session level, we should set the
target property as "Update as Update" and check the "Update" check-box.
Let's assume we have a target table "Customer" with fields as "Customer ID", "Customer
Name" and "Customer Address". Suppose we want to update "Customer Address"
without an Update Strategy. Then we have to define "Customer ID" as primary key in
Informatica level and we will have to connect Customer ID and Customer Address fields
in the mapping. If the session properties are set correctly as described above, then the
mapping will only update the customer address field for all matching customer IDs.