what is ETL? ETL is a process that extracts the data from different source systems, then transforms the data (like applying calculations, concatenations, etc.), and finally loads the data into the Data Warehouse system. The full form of ETL is Extract, Transform, and Load. What is a data warehouse (DW)? A Data Warehouse (DW) is […]
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Slowly Changing Dimension(SCD) TYPE 3 in Informatica PowerCenter
What is a Slowly Changing Dimension? Slowly Changing Dimension (SCD) is a dimension that allows us to store and manage both current and previous data over time in a data warehouse. It is considered and implemented as one of the most critical ETL tasks in tracking the history of dimension records. There are three types […]
Implementation of SCD type 1 in Informatica PowerCenter
What is a Slowly Changing Dimension? A Slowly Changing Dimension (SCD) is a dimension that stores and manages both current and historical data over time in a data warehouse. It is considered and implemented as one of the most critical ETL tasks in tracking the history of dimension records. Type 1 SCDs – Overwriting In […]
How to Implement Indirect File Load in Informatica PowerCenter
Informatica PowerCenter is an ETL tool which is used to extract data from source and apply some transformation rules on the source data and load it to the target system. Informatica indirect file load is an option used to load the data from multiple source files that have similar structure and properties. The integration service […]
Why migrate from Informatica PowerCenter to Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated multicloud adoption and research predicts that workloads primarily executed in cloud-based external environments will increase from 36% in 2020 to 63% in 2022. Taking a cloud or multicloud approach has many benefits like reducing vendor lock-in, greater agility, scalability, network performance improvement, improved risk management, and more. But a multicloud environment […]