Informatica PowerCenter is an ETL tool used to extract data from source systems like OLTP databases, transform it to meet business needs, and load it into data warehouses like OLAP systems. It provides capabilities for understanding, cleaning, and modifying source data as well as assigning keys and loading data into the target. Mappings in PowerCenter define the ETL process. PowerCenter has been released in multiple versions since 2002 and is used by companies to integrate and move data between different systems.

1. What is Informatica Powercenter ?

2. WHY DATA INTEGRATION?

3. OLTP SYSTEM
Operational data is the data you use to run your business.This
data is what is typically stored, retrieved, and updated by your
OnlineTransactional Processing (OLTP) system.
An OLTP system may be, for example, a reservations system,
an accounting application, or an order entry application.
OLAP SYSTEM
Informational data is created from the wealth of operational
data that exists in your business and some external data
useful to analyze your business.
Informational data is what makes up a data warehouse.

4. Informatica PowerCenter is one of the Enterprise Data Integration products
developed by Informatica Corporation.
Informatica PowerCenter is an ETL tool used for extracting data from the
source, transforming and loading data in to the target.
•The Extraction part involves understanding, analyzing and cleaning of the
source data.
•Transformation part involves cleaning of the data more precisely and
modifying the data as per the business requirements.
• Loading part involves assigning the dimensional keys and loading into
the warehouse.
• ETL Process in Informatica Powercenter is called as Mapping
WHAT IS INFORMATICA POWERCENTER ?

5. Sample Mapping

6. DifferentVersions
Version Release Date
6.x September 2002
7.x March 2004
8.1.x May 2006
8.5.x October 2007
8.6.x June 2008
9.0.x
9.1
9.5.x
9.6
December 2009
March 2011
June 2012
Feb 2014

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