1. How do u change parameter when u move it from development to production. 2 How does the session recovery work 3.

why use shortcuts(Instead of making copies)? 4. where is the reject loader 5. how do you use reject loader 6. do u have to change the reject file b4 using reject loader utility 7. Differences between version 4.7 and 5.1 8. Differences between version 5.1 and 1.7 9. Debugger \u2013 what are the modules, what are the options you can specify wh en using debugger, can you change the expression condition dynamically when the debugger is running 4. Mapplets \u2013 can you use an active transformation in a mapplet, 5. What are active transformations? Name them 6. Can u use flat files in Mapplets 7. How many transformations can be used in mapplets 8. Can a joiner be used in a mapplet? 9. What are active transformations 12. How can you join 3 tables? Why cant you use a single Joiner to join 3 tables 13. Global and Local shortcuts. Advantages. 16. Mapping variables, parameters syntax, if you create mapping variables and parameters in mapplet can u use them in the mapping? 17. Have you worked with/created Parameter file 18. What\u2019s the layout of parameter file (what does a parameter file contain ?)? 19. Why do u use Mapping Parameter and mapping variable? 20. Where do u create/define mapping parameter and mapping variable? 22. Session Recovery. 1000 rows in the source of which 500 passed through and th en I killed the session. Can you perform a recovery and how 23. Slowly changing dimensions, types and where will you use them 24. What are the modules in Power Center 25. filter transformation in the condition one of the data is NULL would the rec ord be dropped. 1) parameter&variable differences 2) reusable transformation & shortcut differences 3) mapplets ( can u use source qyalifier, can u use sequence generator, can u us e target) 5) implementation methodology 6) do u have knowledge in ralph kimball methodology 7) according to his methodology what all u need before u build a datawarehouse 9) how do u recover rows from a failed session 11)sequence generator, when u move from develoment to production how will u rese t 13)whats there in global repository 14)repository user profiles 15)how do u set a varible in incremental aggregation 16)can u create a flatfile target 17)what did u do in source pre load stored procedure 18)scheduling properties,whats the default (sequential) 19)in a concurrent batch if a session fails, can u start again from that session 20)when u move from devel to prod how will u retain a variable 21)partition, what happens if the specified key range is shorter n longer 22)performance tuning( what u did in performance tuning)

6.what are conformed dimensions? 7.what are factless facts? And in which scenario will you use such kinds of fact tables. 8.can you avoid static cache in the lookup transformation? I mean can you disable caching in a lookup transformation? 9.what is the meaning of complex transformation? 10.in any project how many mappings they will use(minimum)? 10\u2022 How do u implement unconn. Stored proc. In a mapping? 11\u2022 Can u access a repository created in previous version of Informatica? 12\u2022 What happens if the info. Server doesn\u2019t find the session paramete r in the parameter file? 31. How big was your fact table 32. How did you handle performance issues If you have data coming in from multip le sources, just walk thru the process of loading it into the target 33. How will u convert rows into columns or columns into rows 4. What are the steps involved in the migration from older version to newer vers ion of Informatica Server? 7. What are the main features of Oracle 8i with context to datawarehouse? 2. What are the new features of Power Center 5.0? 3. How to run a session, which contains mapplet? 4. Differentiate between Load Manager and DTM? What are session parameters ? How do u set them? When do u use mapping parameters? (In which transformations) What is a parameter When and where do u them when does the value will be created Desing time, run time. If u don\u2019t create parameter what will happen 5. What are variable ports and list two situations when they can be used? 6. What are the parts of Informatica Server? 7. How does the server recognise the source and target databases. Elaborate on this. 8. List the transformation used for the following: a) Heterogeneous Sources b) Homogeneous Sources c) Find the 5 highest paid employees within a dept. d) Create a Summary table e) Generate surrogate keys 9. What is the difference between sequential batch and concurrent batch and whic h is recommended and why? 14. A session S_MAP1 is in Repository A. While running the session error message has displayed \u2018server hot-ws270 is connect to Repository B \u2018. What does it mean? 15. How do you do error handling in Informatica? 16. How do you implement scheduling in Informatica? 17. What is the meaning of up gradation of repository? 18. How can you run a session without using server manager? 21. Consider two cases: 1. Power Center Server and Client on the same machine 2. Power Center Sever and Client on the different machines what is the basic difference in these two setups and which is recommended? 22. Informatica Server and Client are in different machines. You run a session f rom the server manager by specifying the source and target databases. It displays an err or. You are confident that everything is correct. Then why it is displaying the error?

23. When you connect to repository for the first time it asks you for user name & password of repository and database both. But subsequent times it asks only repository password. Why? 24. What is the difference between normal and bulk loading? Which one is recommended? 25. What is a test load? 27. How can you use an Oracle sequences in Informatica? You have an Informatica sequence generator transformation also. Which one is better to use? 28. What is the difference between a shortcut of an object and copy of an object ? Compare them. 29. What is mapplet and a reusable transformation? 30. How do you implement configuration management in Informatica? 31. What are Business Components in Informatica? 32. Dimension Object created in Oracle can be imported in Designer 33. Cubes contain measures 34. COM components can be used in Informatica 36. What is the advantage of persistent cache? When it should be used. 37. When will you use SQL override in a lookup transformation? 38. Two different admin users created for repository are______ and_______ 39. Two Default User groups created in the repository are____ and______ 40. A mapping contains Source Table S_Time ( Start_Year, End_Year ) Target Table Tim_Dim ( Date, Day, Month, Year, Quarter ) Stored procedure transformation : A procedure has two input parameters I_Start_Y ear, I_End_Year and output parameter as O_Date, Day , Month, Year, Quarter. If this s ession is running, how many rows will be available in the target and why? 39. Two Sources S1, S2 containing measures M1,M2,M3, 4 Dimensions D1,D2,D3,D4, 1 Fact F1 containing measures M1, M2,M3 and Dimension Surrogate keys K1,K2,K3,K4 (a) Write a SQL statement to populate Fact table F1 (b) Design a mapping in Informatica for loading of Fact table F1. 40. What is the difference between connected lookup and unconnected lookup?

1.What is data warehouse and why should we go for and what are advantages anddi sadvantages?2.How many numbers of transformations are there in Informatica 7.1 a nd 6.1 anddifference between 6.1 and 7.1?3.What is metadata?4.Difference between star schema and snowflake schema?5.What is dimensional modeling and why we need to go for it.6.What is normalization and how many types of normal forms are the re?7.What is data mining?8.Difference between OLAP and OLTP?9.What is fact less fact table?10.What are casual dimensions and confirmed dimensions?11.How can you import a flat file or relational sources to your work area?12.What is active an d passive transformation and how many active and passivetransformations are ther e?13.What is meant of performance tuning and what are the parameters for increas ing performance.14.Why is meant by direct and indirect loading options in sessio ns?15.What is scheduling and how many types of scheduling options are there?16.W hat are batches and what are the types of batches?17.What is difference between stored procedure transformation and lookuptransformation and where to use which one?18.What is difference between SQL override and lookup override?19.What is di fference between having clause and where clause in oracle?20.Write a query to displa y top 3 high pay salaries employees from a emp table?21.Write a query to display average salary of top 4,5 and 6.22.What is staging area in informatica and wher e it exist and do we need it and howmuch of data can it store?23.What is ODS and how much of information can it store in it and what are datamarts?24.Interviewe

r may ask draw your architecture of your project and informaticaarchitecture?25. How can you handle errors in informatica and how can you identify them?26.What i s auxiliary mapping and where in appears?27.What is difference between Mapplets and reusable transformations?28.In which scenario we can use unconnected and con nected lookup transformationand stored procedure?29.In which scenario we can use update strategy transformation and how many waysthat we can use update strategy transformation.30.What is difference between filter transformation and router t ransformation?31.What is difference between source qualifier transformation and joiner transformation?32.In a scenario I want to change the dimensions of a tabl e and normalize thedenoralized table which transformation can I use?33.Why we us e lookup condition in lookup transformation? 34.How can you delete duplicate records from a flat file and also from a relatio nalfile?35.What is the method of loading 5 flat files of having same structure t o a singletarget and which transformations I can use?36.If am having n rows in m y source and I want n+ 1 row in my target what is thelogic that I can go for.37. On a day, I load 10 rows in my target and on next day if I get 10 more rows to b eadded to my target out of which 5 are updated rows how can I send them totarget ? How can I insert and update the record?38.What is difference between functions and procedures? And what are cursors,indexes (types of indexes and where we can use), triggers (type of triggers), partitions, clusters, exceptions, packages a nd sequence in oracle.39.What is the logic will you implement to load data into a fact table from ndimension tables?40.How many types of caches are there in inf ormatica? And what is difference between static and dynamic cache?41.Which cache s are used when you use aggregator, filter, rank, join, sequencegenerator transf ormation?42.How can u increase the cache size and what is the maximum size?43.In a scenario I have col1, col2, col3, under that 1,x,y, and 2,a,b and I want in t hisform col1, col2 and 1,x and 1,y and 2,a and 2,b, what is the procedure?44.Wha t is informatica server background?45.What is pmcmd? Where is works?46.What are worklets?47.When u use an update strategy transformation what are the parameters you had togo for? And what is forward reject rows and what happens if we not en able thisoption and what happens if we place a target next to the update transfo rmationwill they appear?48.What is materialized view and in which scenario it wo rks and have uimplemented any MV?49.If am having n tables how many joiner transf ormations I require to join them andwhat is the condition that I need to join an y two tables?50.How can we call an unconnected lookup and stored procedure in a mapping andfrom which transformation we can call them?51.What is CDC and in whic h scenario in works?52.How can u import a file which is having a header and foot er into source analyzer?53.What is fact constellation and how many facts and dim ensions are there in your project and how many mappings you have done in your p roject, can u namethem?54.What is a complex mapping had u done any complex mappi ng in your project?55.Explain what is SCD and types of scd s and which one works i n which scenario?56.How many cursors u can run at a time?57.Can u use a trigger in a trigger?58.What is mapping parameters and mapping variables and where can w e use themand can we use them in another mapping also?59.Why we use stored proce dures? 60.Can we create an n number of tasks from a single mapping?61.What is event rai se and event wait?62.What are partitions in informatica and how many types of pa rtitions are there andcan u make partitions on a flat file?63.Explain about cube s and dimensions?64.What are the components of informatica?65.What is debugger a nd what is the advantage of going for that?66.If u have no accessible to debugge r and run workflow monitor how can u knowthat your mapping is successful?67.What is target load order and what is target load plan?68.Think that your source is COBOL file and which transformation will u use toimport?69.What is the size of u r project and size of the data that u use in mappings, and sizeof the staging ar ea?70.What is difference between surrogate key, natural key and primary key?71.H ow can u join a flat and relational without having any matching keys?72.What is MOLAP, DOLAP?73.What is slice and dicing?74.What is table mutating?75.What is xx _sh_alloc, where does this appear?76.How can u identify that a table is partitio

ned or not?77.What is purpose of dd in update strategy transformation?78.What are DTM and LM?79.How can u recover a session if it fails in between?80.How many typ es are there to create a reusable transformation?81.A table having 100 records i n it and how can you copy these records to another table in oracle?82.How can u improve performance of queries in oracle?83.What are the output files that infor matica server creates when session runs?