1.

Assignment task in informatica

2. what is a source qualifier?-
It represents all data queried from the source.
3. What is a Shortcut and What is the difference between a Shortcut and a Reusab
le Transformation?
4. What is difference between cbl (constaint based commit) and target based comm
it?When we use cbl?
5. what types of Errors occur when you run a session, can you describe them with
real time example
6. What is key factor in BRD?
7. How to implement de-normalization concept in Informatica Mappings?
8. What is intermediate task in informatica? In what situation this task will be
executed?
9. How many types of facts and what are they?
10. Performance tuning in Informatica?
11. How to append records in flat file using Informatica?For eg : In Datastage w
e can append the records in flat file(sequential file) using the options i) over
write the existinf file.ii) Append the existing file.
12. How to append the records in flat file(Informatica) ? Where as in Datastage
we have the options i) overwrite the existing fileii) Append existing file
13. how to get the first 100 rows from the flat file into the target?
14. Explain pmcmd?
15. Explain Session Recovery Process?
16. in which particular situation we use unconnected lookup transformation?
17. parameter file
how to create parameter file and how to use it in a mapping explain with example
18. aggregator transformation
how does sorted input works in aggregator transformation

19. Informatica Working with flat files

how can we display delimiters beside column names of target flat file?
20.How many repositories can we create in Informatica?What is aggregate awarenes
s?
21. How can we delete duplicate rows from your source in mapping without using S
ELECT DISTINCT option in source qualifier?
22. What is Target Update Override? What is the Use ?
23. When we are having data in the target table and there are no primary key or
foreign key mentioned in the target table then how will you update as well as in
sert the data?
24. 1.how to enter same record twice in target table? give me syntax.2. how to g
et particular record from the table in informatica?3.how to create primary key o
nly on odd numbers?4. how to get the records starting with particular letter lik
e A in informatica?
25. How can you join two tables without using joiner and sql override transforma
tions?
26. Can u start a batches with in a batch?
U can not. If u want to start batch that resides in a batch,create a new indepen
dent batch and copy the necessary sessions into the new batch.
27. Can u copy the batches?
28. What is the difference between SQL Overriding in Source qualifier and Lookup
transformation?
29. Informatica : set statement in update
Need to update the existing records,The record which is coming for update should
be inserted and also the previous record's one column must be modified. i have
used look up to look up the data.used ro
30. Informatica sessions
what is the difference between a session and a task?

31. What is source qualifier transformation?

When U add a relational or a flat file source definition to a maping,U need to c
onnect it to a source qualifer transformation.The source qualifier transformatio
n represnets the records that the inform
32. What are tracing levels in transformation?
33. What are Meta Data Extenstions used in an informatica mapping? What is the s
ignificance,usage and how informatica handles them?
34. In your mapping using sequence generator transformation, the limitation of t
he transformation is it generates key values only around 2 million. If it is mor
e than 3 million records are there in your source, how will you generate key val
ues and load into target.
35. why do we need lookup sql override? Do we write sql override in lookup with
special aim?
36. Informatica union transformation
What is the practical use of a union transformation?
37. How many types of TASKS we have in Workflomanager? What r they?
38. What is the size of data mart?
39. Repository deletion
what happens when a repository is deleted?If it is deleted for some time and if
we want to delete it permanently?where is stored (address of the file)
40. Informatica objects File Format
What is the file extension and format of the files for the Informatica objects l
ike Mappings, sessions etc in the repository ?
41. how to use the shared cache feature in look up transformation
42. what are the steps follow in performance tuning ?
43. In case of use of dynamic lookup cache in a lookup transformation, the looku
p cache gets updated first and then the target table. What happens if the target
table rejects a row after it is updated in the Cache?
44. In which condtions we can not use joiner transformation(Limitaions of joiner
transformation)?
Both pipelines begin with the same original data source. Both input pipelines or
iginate from the same Source Qualifier transformation. Both input pipelines orig
inate from the same Normalizer transform
45. What is the use of Shared Folder?
46. What is Informatica basic data flow?
47. what is the difference between reusable transformation and mapplets?

48. What is the functionality of Lookup Transformation

(connected & un connected) Asked by: M.Maheswar Reddy
49. How do you maintain Historical data and how to retrieve the historical data?
50. Which transformation replaces the look up transformation?
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51. What are Dimensions and various types of Dimensions?

set of level properties that describe a specific aspect of a business, used for
analyzing the factual measures of one or more cubes, which use that dimension. E
gs. Geography, time, customer and produc
52. What is pre-session and post-session?
53. which activities can be performed using the repository manager?
54. what is the difference between source qualifier transformation and filter tr
ansformation?
55. What r the diffrence between joiner transformation and source qualifier tran
sformation?
U can join hetrogenious data sources in joiner transformation which we can not a
chieve in source qualifier transformation. U need matching keys to join two rela
tional sources in source qualifier trans
56. why do we use reusable sequencegenerator transformation only in mapplet?
57. what is the economic comparision of all the Informatica versions?
58. What is one disadvantage of using an unconnected (sometimes called function
mode) Lookup transformation? (1) If there is no match in the Lookup condition, t
he Informatica server returns a transformation error(2) A reusable unconnected L
ookup can not have more than one instance in a mapping(3) An unconnected Lookup
transformation does not support user-defined default values(4) An unconnected Lo
okup transformation does not support a static lookup cache
59. when we create a target as flat file and source as oracle.. how can i specif
y first rows as column names in flat files..
60. Eliminate Duplicate Records
61. How to assign a work flow to multiple servers?
I have multiple servers, I want to assign a work flow to multiple servers Asked
by: SRIRAM N

62. What are the locks with respect to mappings?How do you manually lock or unlo
ck the mappings for chages?
63. What is the default join that source qualifier provides?
Inner equi join.
64. How to read rejected data or bad data from bad file and reload it to target?
65. Discuss the advantages & Disadvantages of star & snowflake schema?
66. Can U use the maping parameters or variables created in one maping into anot
her maping?
67. If i done any modifications for my table in back end does it reflect in info
rmatca warehouse or maping desginer or source analyzer?
NO. Informatica is not at all concern with back end data base.It displays u all
the information that is to be stored in repository.If want to reflect back end c
hanges to informatica screens, again u h
68. Suppose I have one source which is linked into 3 targets.When the workflow r
uns for the first time only the first target should be populated and the rest tw
o(second and last) should not be populated.When the workflow runs for the second
time only the second target should be populated and the rest two(first and last
) should not be populated.When the workflow runs for the third time only the thi
rd target should be populated and the rest two(first and second) should not be p
opulated.Could any one
69. total how many joiner transformations needed to join 10 different sources.(r
ecent tcs intervie w question)
70. How do you migrate from one environment to another like development to produ
ction in Informatica.
71. In what all transformations the mapplets cant be used in informatica??
72. What r the mapings that we use for slowly changing dimension table?
Type1: Rows containing changes to existing dimensions are updated in the target
by overwriting the existing dimension. In the Type 1 Dimension mapping, all rows
contain current dimension data.
74. Can we revert back reusable transformation to normal transformation?
75. inteview questionwhy do u use a reusable sequence genator tranformation in m
applets?
76. 1)how can we delete the cache files while we using aggregator transformaatio
n?2)exlain about cache files handling in informatica3) there are two flat files
and the two flat files contain two fileds as states.both the flat files contain
duplicates how to eliminate this duplicates?4) can we use lookup transformation
with out using source qualifier transformation?
77. When do you use Normal Loading and the Bulk Loading, Tell the difference?
78. How do you define fact less Fact Table in Informatica
79. What is Repository size, What is its min and max size?
80. would you recommend using an orderby clause as part of a lookup sql override
for a cached lookup da
81. Have you implmented Lookup in your mapping, If yes give some example?
82. What is aggregate cache in aggregator transforamtion?
The aggregator stores data in the aggregate cache until it completes aggregate c
alculations.When u run a session that uses an aggregator transformation,the info
rmatica server creates index and data ca
83. What does the first column of bad file (rejected rows) indicate? Explain
84. how do you measure slowly changing dimensions using lookup table
85. What is the difference between source definition database and source qualifi
er?
86. What is the logic will you implement to load data into a fact table from n d
imension tables?
87. what is semi additve measuresand fully additive measures
88. how do you add and delete header , footer records from flat file during load
to oracle?
89. What is the maplet?
Maplet is a set of transformations that you build in the maplet designer and U c
an use in multiple mapings.
90. What r two types of processes that informatica runs the session?
91. Hi Allwhat is the logic will you implement to laod the data in to one factv
from 'n' number of dimension tables.
92. what is update strategy transformation ?
This transformation is used to maintain the history data or just most recent cha
nges in to target table.
93. What r the connected or unconnected transforamations?
An unconnected transforamtion is not connected to other transformations in the m
apping.Connected transforamation is connected to other transforamtions in the ma
pping.
94. What r the mapping paramaters and maping variables?
95. Does Informatica provide a SAS exit in any of its products?
What I am trying to determine is if I could invoke a SAS session from within Inf
ormatica's ETL product(s) in order to execute a complicated transformation writt
en in SAS which would then return the re
96. Which SDLC suits best for the datawarehousing project.
97. in Dimensional modeling fact table is normalized or denormalized?in case of
star schema and incase of snow flake schema?
98. What is granularity in INFORMATICA? How should be the level of granularity f
or a fact table as well as for a dimension table?
99. What r the active and passive transforamtions?
100. What r the designer tools for creating tranformations?
101. What is Session and Batches?
Session - A Session Is A set of instructions that tells the Informatica Server H
ow And When To Move Data From Sources To Targets.
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151. What is the difference between SQL override in Source Qualifier and SQL ove
rride in Look up transformation.
152. What is the difference between power connect and power centre? What is the
use of power connect.
153. what is the new lookup port in look-up transformation?
154. What is source based commit and target based commit with an example ? What
is the background process that wil be done if you select source based commit or
target based commit ?
155. What does Check-In and Check-Out option refer to in the mapping designer?
Asked by: sanghala
156. can any body write a session parameter file which will change the source an
d targets for every session. i.e different source and targets for each session r
un. thx in advance
157. what is homogeneous transformation?
158. For homogeneous sources we use Source Qualifier to join the sources? Why no
t the joiner transformation.
159. If a Mapping is running slow, What steps you will take, to correct it?
160. How to delete duplicate rows in flat files source is any option in informat
ica
161. How to create slowly changing dimension in informatica?
162. How do you recover a session or folder if you accidentally dropped them?
163. How can you call trigger in stored procedure transformation
164. How do you automatically execute a batch or session?
165. If a session fails after loading of 10,000 records in to the target.How can
u load the records from 10001 th record when u run the session next time in inf
ormatica 6.1?
166. What is the difference between Power Centre and Power Mart?What is the proc
edure for creating Independent Data Marts from Informatica 7.1?
167. What are the general reasons of session failure with Look Up having Dynamic
Cache?
168. How do we estimate the depth of the session scheduling queue? Where do we s
et the number of maximum concurrent sessions that Informatica can run at a given
time?
169. What r the joiner caches?
When a Joiner transformation occurs in a session, the Informatica Server reads a
ll the records from the master source and builds index and data caches based on
the master rows. After building the cach
170. Where should U place the flat file to import the flat file defintion to the
designer?
171. Why we use stored procedure transformation?
For populating and maintaining data bases.
172. What is tracing level and what r the types of tracing level?
Tracing level represents the amount of information that informatcia server write
s in a log file. Types of tracing level Normal Verbose Verbose init Verbose data
173. What are Target Types on the Server?
Target Types are File, Relational and ERP.
174 What happens when the session stops half way while loading? How to join a fl
at file without matching keys in RDBMS?
175. What r the types of maping wizards that r to be provided in Informatica?
The Designer provides two mapping wizards to help you create mappings quickly an
d easily. Both wizards are designed to create mappings for loading and maintaini
ng star schemas, a series of dimensions
176. What r the reusable transforamtions?
Reusable transformations can be used in multiple mappings.When u need to incorpo
rate this transformation into maping,U add an instance of it to maping.Later if
U change the definition of the transform
177. what is the gap analysis?
178. If a session fails after loading of 10,000 records in to the target.How can
u load the records from 10001 th record when u run the session next time?
As explained above informatcia server has 3 methods to recovering the sessions.U
se performing recovery to load the records from where the session fails.
179 what is the mapping for unit testing in Informatica, are there any other tes
tings in Informatica, and how we will do them as a etl developer. how do the tes
ting people will do testing are there any specific tools for testing
180. What r the types of lookup?
181. what is the difference between mapplet and reusable Transformation?
182. How to parse characters using functions in the expression transformation. F
or example if a column has character like mgr=a. I have to parse the character '
mgr='. Which function should I use?
183. Strategy Transformation
By using Update Strategy Transformation we use to maintain historical data using
Type2 & Type3. By both of this which is better to use? Why? Asked by: phanimv
184. how do you test mapping and what is associate port?
185. Why can't we use normalizer transformation in mapplet?
186. what is associated port in look up.
187. what is session recovery?
188. What is use of event waiter?
189. which transformation can perform the non equi join?
190. Which objects cannot be used in a mapplet transformation
191. What is re-dimension?
192. What is inline view?
193. What is the exact difference between joiner and lookup transformation
194. How do you handle two sessions in Informatica
can any one tell me the option between the two session . if previous session exe
cute successfully than run the next session... Asked by: ravi214u
195. Explain about Informatica server process that how it works relates to mappi
ng variables?

196. What are the steps involved in to get source from OLTP system to staging ar
ea
197. Why use the lookup transformation ?
To perform the following tasks. Get a related value. For example, if your source
table includes employee ID, but you want to include the employee name in your t
arget table to make your summary data ea
198. How can you migrate Mappings and Sessions from informatica 6.2 to informati
ca 7.1?
199. what are steps invovlved in connecting OLTP system to DATAWARE HOUSE to get
the souce from OLTP system
200. How many mappings you have done in your project(in a banking)?
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201. What is Dataware house key?

202. How do we delete staging area in our project?
203. How to do aggregation with out using AGGREGAROR Transformation ?
204. 1)What are the various test procedures used to check whether the data is lo
aded in the back end, performance of the mapping, and quality of the data loaded
in INFORMATICA.2) What are the common problems developers face while ETL develo
pment
205. how do we remove the staging area
206. What are the types of loading in Informatica?
207. In my source table 1000 rec's are there. I want to load 501 rec to 1000 rec
into my Target table ?
208. how can we eliminate source bottleneck using query hint
209. when informatica 7.1.1 version was introduced into market
210. How to partition the Session?(Interview question of CTS)
211. How do you change change column to row in Informatica
212. How do we lookup data in the target and the source to compare them without
using lookup transformation? basically i mean getting lookup functionality witho
ut using lookup transformation?thank you

213. We can insert or update the rows without using the update strategy. Then wh
at is the necessity of the update strategy?
214. How a LOOKUP is passive?
215. Hello,I was asked this question in an interview,Where did you implement SCD
2 and what was the transformations used.What was the complex transformations did
you use.Answers please........
216. Hi ,About Informatica Power center 7:1) I want to Know which mapping proper
ties can be overridden on a Session Task level.2)Know what types of permissions
are needed to run and schedule Work flows.Someone can help me?Thank you.
217. write a query to retrieve the latest records from the table sorted by versi
on(scd).
218. what s an ODS? what s the purpose of ODS?s that a logical database that sto
res extracted data from source ?
219. Is it possible to execute work flows in different repositories at the same
time using the same informatica server?
220. Explain about scheduling real time in informatica
221. What are the Differences between Informatica Power Center versions 6.2 and
7.1, also between Versions 6.2 and 5.1?
222. hii. this question was asked in accenture interviewIf ur having source tabl
e in which there are records of 10 different countries and ur havig 10 target ta
bles so tell me how should we load the individual data of country in individual
table.i know that we can do this using router transformation but i m not able to
make it so plz can anyone help me in this.regardsTarang Jain
223. How Can we join one relational table and one flat file without having commo
n key using joiner transoformation? Is it possible to join without common key to
join using joiner transformation?
224. how can we remove/optmize source bottlenecks using "query hints"
225. what is the advantages of converting stored procedures into Informatica map
pings?
226. hi, how we validate all the mappings in the repository at once
227. How to use incremental aggregation in real time?
228. How many staging areas are there in your project? Recently I have asked thi
s question is there number of staging areas? Please briefly explain it , Thanks
in advance.
229. What are Target Options on the Servers?
Target Options for File Target type are FTP File, Loader and MQ.There are no tar
get options for ERP target typeTarget Options for Relational are Insert, Update
(as Update), Update (as Insert), Update
230. what is sql override where do we use and which transformations
231. what is constraint based error? how ll u clarify it?
232. How do you import 500file from tally software in informatica. ?
233. Which transformation has the most complexity Lookup or Joiner?
234. What's the difference between source and target object definitions in Infor
matica?
235. What are variable ports and list two situations when they can be used?
236. What are all the new features of informatica 8.1?
237. How to FTP a file to a remote server?
238. how do u check the source for the latest records that are to be loaded into
the target.i.e i have loaded some records yesterday, today again the file has b
een populated with some more records today, so how do i find the records populat
ed today.
239. What is the purpose of using UNIX commands in informatica. Which UNIX comma
nds are generally used w
What is the purpose of using UNIX commands in informatica. Which UNIX commands a
re generally used with informatica.
240. what is the difff between static cache and dynamic cache in which scenario
do we use them .give the
241. Kindly suggest how to install and configure Informatica in Unix. I have ins
talled informatica in Windows 2000 can I use the same CDs to install in unix ..
242. which one is better performance wise joiner or lookup
243. hi... this was asked in acccenture interview can anyone plz tell me the ans
werwhat is the difference between informatica 7.1 and 8.1
244. what is the logic will you implement to load the data in to one fact from '
n' number of dimension tables.
245. What is meant by source is changing incrementally? explain with example
246. how can we delete duplicate rows from flat files ?
247. How to load the time dimension using Informatica ?
248. What can we do in mapplets,that we cannot do in mappings
249 1. While executing an FTP command in a Shell script, we get following error
: TM_6056 Error executing shell command [FILE_TRANSFER.sh]. Return code is [256]
.
2. From experience we know that this is due to FTP failure. Resolution is to fir
st resolve the FTP error & then re-start the workflow/server.
3. I want to know what is the method of getting more details & resolution for su
ch "Return Codes" (256 or any other) ?
250. Explain the pipeline partition with real time example?
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251. where from we get the source data or how we access the source data
252. how many types of sessions are there in informatica.please explain them.
253. what is the diffrence between SCD and INCREMENTAL Aggregation?
254. What r the unsupported repository objects for a mapplet?
COBOL source definition Joiner transformations Normalizer transformations Non re
usable sequence generator transformations. Pre or post session stored procedures
Target defintions Power mart 3.5 style
255. What r the basic needs to join two sources in a source qualifier?
Two sources should have primary and Foreign key relation ships. Two sources shou
ld have matching data types.
256. what is the event-based scheduling?
257. You transfer 100000 rows to target but some records get discard. How wil yo
u trace them? and where its get loaded?
258. when do u we use dynamic cache and when do we use static cache in an connec
ted and unconnected lookup transformation
259. what is the look up transformation?
Use lookup transformation in u r mapping to lookup data in a relational table,view
,synonym. Informatica server queries the look up table based on the lookup ports
in the transformation.It compares the
260. You need to prepare common documentation of session+it's source and target.
How do You make it
261. How to load time dimension?
262. how do you load the time dimension.
263. What is the process of loading the time dimension?
264. what is dynamic insert?
265. 1.can u look up a flat file ? how ?2.what is test load?
266. what is auxiliary mapping ?
267. interview questiontell me what would the size of ur warehouse project?
268. what is authenticator ?
269. what is Powermart and Power Center?
270. What is the optimum method to load five flat files with same structures int
o target? What is meant
271. how can we store previous session logs
272. How to load fact table ?
273. What is exact use of 'Online' and 'Offline' server connect Options while de
fining Work flow in Work flow monitor? . The system hangs when 'Online' server c
onnect option. The Informatica is installed on a Personal laptop.
274. Differences between Informatica 6.2 and Informatica 7.0Yours sincerely,Rush
i.
275 how to write a filter condition to get all the records of employees hired be
tween any two given dates.
276. HOw do u setup a schedule for data loading from scratch?
277. I have an requirement where in the columns names in a table (Table A) shoul
d appear in rows of target table (Table B) i.e. converting columns to rows. Is i
t possible through Informatica? If so, how?
278. What is ODS ?what data loaded from it ? What is DW architecture?
279. what is the diff b/w source qualifier transformation and application source
qualifier transformation?
280. how to create primary key only on odd numbers?
281. what is meant by lookup caches?
The informatica server builds a cache in memory when it processes the first row
af a data in a cached look up transformation.It allocates memory for the cache b
ased on the amount u configure in the tr
282. how can we populate the data into a time dimension ?
283. Define maping and sessions?
Maping: It is a set of source and target definitions linked by transformation ob
jects that define the rules for transformation. Session : It is a set of instruc
tions that describe how and when to move
284. Why and where we are using factless fact table?
285. tell me one complecated mapping
286. why exactly the dynamic lookup?plz can any bady can clarify it?
287. Is a fact table normalized or de-normalized?
288. how did you handle errors?(ETL-Row-Errors)
289. what is referential Intigrity error? how ll u rectify it?
290. Informatica Live Interview Questions
291. what are the UTP'S
292. hw to work with pmcmd on windows platform
293. how to get 25 of 100 fields table is there any transformation available in
informatica i know route
how to get 25 of 100 fields table is there any transformation available in infor
matica i know router/filter or any other?
294. what is aggregate awareness?
295. E-R modelling is used for OLTP systemsDimesional modelling for data modelli
ng of datwarehouse.why is this so.what is the difference between E-R modelling a
nd dimesional modelling.thank in advance.
296. what is the difference between connected stored procedure and unconnected s
tored procedure?
297. Wat is QTP in Data Warehousing?
298. What are the questions asked in PDM Round(Final Hr round)
299. what is a transforamation? It is a repostitory object that generates,modifi
es or passes data.
300. How do you create single lookup transformation using multiple tables?
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301. How do we load from PL/SQL script into Informatica mapping?

302. what is grouped cross tab?
303. How to import oracle sequence into Informatica.
304. what is the procedure to write the query to list the highest salary of thre
e employees?

305. what are the differences between informatica6.1 and informatica7.1

306. what is the diff b/w STOP & ABORT in INFORMATICA sess level ?
307what is E-R modelling and why is it used for OLTP designwhat is dimesional mo
delling and why is it used for datawarehouse desgn
308. what is DTM process?

309. HOw do u select duplicate rows using informatica?

310. What is target load order ?
311. What TOAD and for what purpose it will be used?
312. How to extract 10 records out of 100 records in a flat file

313. What is user defined Transformation?

314. how to get two targets T1 containing distinct values and T2 containing dupl
icate values from one source S1.
315. When do u use a unconnected lookup and connected lookup....what is the diff
erence between dynamic and static lookup...y and when do v use these types of lo
okups ( ie...dynamic and static )

316. What are the common errors that you face daily?

317 Target file has duplicate records, eventhough the source tables has single r
ecords. Selecting data from 5 different SQL tables using the user defined join.
318. What Bulk & Normal load? Where we use Bulk and where Normal?

319. while Running a Session, what are the two files it will create?

320. Can we use lookup instead of join? Reason

321. What is JMS and what is the relation between powerconnect and JMS?
322. what is surrogate key ? how many surrogate key used in ur dimensions?

323. in which particular situation we use dynamic lookup?

324. Is it possible to run one loading session with one particular target and mu
ltiple types of data sources?
325. How to load data to target where the source and targets are XML'S?
326. Can we create duplicate rows in star schema?
327. what happens if the informatica server doesn't find the session parameter i
n the parameter file?
328. How to call stored Procedure from Workflow monitor in Informatica 7.1 versi
on

329. what r the types of target loads

330. what is suggested method for validating fields/marking them with errors?
331. In a flat file sql override will work r not? what is the extension of flatf
ile.
332. is there any relationship between java & inforematica?
333. 1. what is DTM process?2. what r the output files that informatica creates
during the session running?3. limitations of joiner transformations?under which
conditions we can't use joiner transformation?
334. what r the advantages and disadvantagesof a star schema and snoflake schema
.thanks in advance.

335. How many types of flatfiles available in Informatica?

336. Where persistent cache will be stored?
337. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LOGICAL DESIGN AND PHYSICAL DESIGN INA DATAW
AREHOUSE

338. what is the difference between constraind base load ordering and target loa
d plan

339. Architectural diff b/w informatica 7.1 and 5.1?

340. What r the different threads in DTM process?
341. what is cost effective transformation b/w lookup and joiner

342. Why did you use stored procedure in your ETL Application?

343. What is the difference between PowerCenter 6 and powercenter 7?

344. Explain in detail about Key Range & Round Robin partition with an example.

345. what are the transformations that restrict the partitioning of sessions?
*Advanced External procedure transformation and External procedure transformatio
n: This Transformation contains a check box on the properties tab to allow parti
tioning.*Aggregator Transformation: If y Asked by: satyaneerumalla
Latest Answer: Advanced External procedure transformation and External procedure
transformation: This Transformatio...

346. give me an scenario where flat files are used?

347. what is the use of Factless Facttable?
348. IS Router Transformation Active or Passive?Desc: RouT pass the rows by chec
king the condetion but IS Router Transformation Active or Passive?Desc: RouT pas
s the rows by checking the condetion but it never Rejects( Rejected Rows in Defa
ult target). so how ll u say it is active............
349. what r the types of data flows in workflow manager

350. In workflow can we send multiple email ?

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351. what is lookup transformation and update strategy transformation and explai
n with an example.Thanks in Advance
352. Is it possible to refresh the Materialized view?
353. what is difference between COM & DCOM?
354. Where we use Star Schema & where Snowflake?
355. At what frequent u load the data?
356. What is Shortcut? What is use of it?
357. COMMITS: What is the use of Source-based commits ? PLease tell with an exam
ple ?
358. What is SQL override? In which transformation we use override?
359. Can you update the Target table?
360. How to Generate the Metadata Reports in Informatica?
361. While importing the relational source definition from database, what are th
e meta data of source U import?
Source name Database location Column names Datatypes Key constraints
362. What is the use of incremental aggregation? Explain me in brief with an exa
mple.
363. what is difference between dimention table and fact table and what are diff
erent dimention tables and fact tables
364. how to create a custom transformation, can u give a realtime example where
exactly u have used it. just give some explanation why u used the custom transfo
rmation.thx in advance

365. How do we do complex mapping by using flatfiles / relational database?

366. if source qualifier having employee details.the empid is in 5th placle and
deptno is in 7th column then. u selected sort by 2. but how the informatica serv
er will come know that those r the fields to sort.
367. What is CDC?
368. If u had to split the source level key going into two seperate tables. One
as surrogate and other as primary. Since informatica does not gurantee keys are
loaded properly(order!) into those tables. What are the different ways you could
handle this type of situation?
369. What is the differance between Local and Global repositary?
370. what is bottleneck in informatica?
371. I am working on Infromatica. I want to do Certification in Infromatica desi
gner. Can anybody please suggest me on how to start?
372. How can you say that union Transormation is Active transformation.
373. what is the basic language of informatica?
374. what is Partitioning ? where we can use Partition? wht is advantages?Is it
nessisary?
375. how do we load data by using period dimension?
376. How can you improve the performance of Aggregate transformation?
377. why did u use update stategy in your application?
378. In update strategy target table or flat file which gives more performance ?
why?
379. 1) How to load the data (like refresh load, quarterly load, hourly load etc
)2) what is lookup ? (Lookup is a join is it wright or wrong)ub
380. What is the difference between materialized view and a data mart? Are they
same?
381. What about rapidly changing dimensions?Can u analyze with an example?
382. Wht is incremental loading?Wht is versioning in 7.1?
383. what are the type costing functions in informatica
384. what is the repository agent?
385. what r the mapping specifications? how versionzing of repository objects?
386. Can any one please tell me the architecture of Informatica and please tell
me the flow of data in Iinformatica?
387. what is the exact meaning of domain?

388. can u explain one critical mapping?2.performance issue which one is better?
whether connected lookup tranformation or unconnected one?
389. can we eliminate duplicate rows by using filter and router transformation ?
if so explain me in detail .
390. what are the difference between view and materialized view?
391. Differences between connected and unconnected lookup?
Connected lookupUnconnected lookup Receives input values diectly from the pipe l
ine.Receives input values from the result of a lkp expression in a another trans
formation.U can use a dynamic or s
392. What is Transaction?
393. What are Data driven Sessions?
The informatica server follows instructions coded into update strategy transform
ations with in the session mapping to determine how to flag records for insert,u
pdate,delete or reject. If you do not ch
394. what is the architecture of any Data warehousing project? what is the flow?
395. How can I get distinct values while mapping in Informatica in insertion?
396. whats the diff between Informatica powercenter server, repositoryserver and
repository?
Powercenter server contains the sheduled runs at which time data should load fro
m source to target Repository contains all the definitions of the mappings done
in designer.

397. my source is having 1000 rows. i have brought 300 records into my ODS. so n
ext time i want to load the remaining records. so i need to load from 301 th rec
ord. when ever i start the work flow again it will load from the begining. how d
o we solve this problem. thanks in advance kiran
398. what is surrogatekey ? In ur project in which situation u has used ? explai
n with example ?
399. can we modify the data in flat file?
401. What is Datadriven?
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