Infromatica Components and Introduction

Client Components

1. Informatica PowerCenter Designer
2. Informatica PowerCenter Workflow Manager
3. Informatica PowerCenter Workflow Montior
4. Informatica PowerCenter Repository

Server Component

1. Informatica Administrator Home Page

Uses Of Components

1. Informatica PowerCenter Designer:

-->Importing Source Table Structure

-->Importing Target Table Structure

-->Creating Mapping

-->Creating Transformation

-->Creating Reusable Transformation

-->Creating Mapplet

2. Informatica PowerCenter Workflow Manager

-->Creating Task (Session)

-->Creating Workflow

-->Creating Task

3. Informatica PowerCenter Workflow Montior

-->Monitoring Status of Workflow

-->Getting session log

-->Getting Workflow log

-->Getting Run Properties

4. Informatica PowerCenter Repository

-->Creating Folders

-->Changing log in Password

-->Taking Backup/Restore

1. Informatica Administrator Home Page

-->Creating and Managing Services

-->Creating User and Group

Definitions

Mapping:-> Mapping is a graphical representation that how the data will travel from source to target.

Session--> Session is a set of instruction which determines that how mapping will run.

Workflow--> Workflow is a set of instruction which determines that how task (Session) will run.

Transformation--> Transformation is an Informatica object which is used to implement business requirement.