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Welcome to the Informatica Cloud tutorial. Informatica Cloud is a well-known data integration platform. In this tutorial, you will get a complete Informatica Cloud overview starting with the services provided in the cloud to mapping, etc. We will give you a detailed overview of the topics related to Informatica and Informatica Cloud. Go through this tutorial to gain hands-on ETL knowledge.
Informatica is an American software development company founded in 1993 and headquartered in Redwood City, California. Informatica is also known as Informatica power centre. It uses the extraction, transformation and loading (ETL) tool, which is widely used in building an enterprise data warehouse.
Informatica launched its Informatica integrated cloud services (IICS) in 2017. The main goal is to accelerate data that drive digital transformation in businesses. Informatica power centre's data integration connects and retrieves data from different sources and processes them. The PowerCenter server accomplishes tasks on a workflow that workflow managers create, and the workflow monitor in the power centre monitors the workflows. Informatica's IICS has a massive demand for data integration and management platforms which work similarly to Software as a Service (SaaS). Informatica has helped more than 9000 customers. Many clients like Allianz, Fannie Mae, ING, and Samsung use Informatica's power career centre as their data integration system.
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Informatica Cloud provides almost all the abilities that Informatica PowerCenter offers. Additionally, Informatica Cloud provides Cloud Designer.
Informatica architecture is a type of Service-oriented Architecture (SOA). Service-oriented architecture is a group service where one can communicate with each other, and it simplifies data transfer during this communication.
Informatica ETL tool has the below services and components, such as:
The latest version of Informatica PowerCenter is Informatica 10.4 has released on December 2nd, 2019.
Prerequisites
We must install a database like Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, or DB2. Informatica uses this for the metadata repository.
To download Informatica PowerCenter, go to https://edelivery.oracle.com and register for a free account (if you do not already have one). Sign in to your account and accept the terms and conditions. Select 'All Categories' from the left dorp-down. Give 'Informatica PowerCenter' in the search box and click on 'Search'. 'Informatica PowerCenter and PowerCenter Adapters' will be shown. Click on the software link, select your operating system, and click on 'Continue'. Choose the version that you need and click on 'Download'. A set of zip files will have downloaded to your local machine.
Extract all the zip files and sub zip files into a single folder where you desire to set up the installation. You will get two folders - one for the client and the other for the server.
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Open the server folder and run the installer. The installation wizard will open. Click on 'Install Informatica'. It will verify and show the list of prerequisites, click on 'Next'. It will then ask you to provide the license key. The license key file will be available in your installation folder where the zip files have extracted. It will also give the installation path by default, and you can change this too. Click on 'Next' and then click on 'Install'.
Once the installation his completed, it will ask for the Domain. Select the option 'Create a domain' and click on 'Next'. You will get Windows alert to allow access. Click on 'Allow access'. Next, we need to set up the database. Give the database type, user id, user password, and other details. We will have an option to see if the connection has established or not. Click on 'Test Connection'. If the connection is successful, click on 'Next'. It will then prompt for the encryption key. Give a secure keyword and click on 'Next'. Click on 'Ok'.
The next screen will be for the domain node configuration. Give all the details like Domain name, node hostname, node name, domain username, domain password and click on 'Next'. Make sure that you note all these details somewhere for future purposes. Click on 'Next' for the next screen as well. On successful installation, you will get the administrator home page link.
Open to the client folder in your local system where the extracted file has located. Run the installer. The installation wizard will be opened, select 'Install Informatica' and click on 'Next'. In the next screen, select all the clients and click on 'Next'. The default server installation directory has shown. You will have an option to change this too. Click on 'Next'. The next step is for configuring the transformation studio. Select 'Install data transformation studio and a standalone copy of Eclipse' and click on 'Next'. It will show a summary of the installation. Click on 'Install'. Once the client has successfully installed, you will get the post-installation summary. Click on 'Done'.
Components are resources which assist in mapping and tasks; there are many components in the Informatica cloud.
An API collection gives the following mappings schemas
Request schema used to map incoming fields in transformation
Response schema is used to map response fields from the Rest API
one can create and save multiple fixed-width file formats that specify the formatting details for fixed-width flat files. It can be used as a source or target in mappings and mapping tasks.
A business service is a web service which includes configured operations.
A hierarchical schema is considered an asset which is based on a schema file or sample JSON file, XML sample file or XML schema that is imported into Data Integration.
A file listener listens to a particular folder and the file patterns. Some events trigger a notification in the below assets.
Intelligent structure creates a model which articulates the expected output data. An intelligent structure model is used in mappings to analyse structured, semi-structured or unstructured data. Users can create multiple formats by using
using the Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services transformation language, one can create user-defined functions. User-defined functions are reusable functions that you can use in expressions.
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Following are the advantages of Informatica Cloud,
Informatica offers a wide range of intelligent, high-performing, in-built cloud connectors.
The connection between data endpoints, including databases, data warehouses, applications, APIs, and big data repositories, is made easy.
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Many pre-installed connectors are available in Informatica the cloud, and in addition to them, one can create new connections for any connector installed in Informatica, the intelligent cloud service. One needs connectors in creating connections. Connections are provided to access features like data in cloud and on-premise applications, flat files,database and platforms.
OData connector:OData connector is known as Open Data Protocol (OData) which is a standard version of OASIS with best practices to build and consume RESTful APIs. With OData, one can customise their needs and develop RESTful APIs.
Web service consumer connector:
Web service applications that support SOAP API are connected to consumers by a web service consumer connector. Web service consumer connector is used in web services for transforming data.
REST V2 Connector:
REST V2 Connector is used to interact with web service applications that are built on REST architecture. REST V2 Connector can also be used in other areas like Source transformation, Target transformation, or midstream in a Web Services transformation. REST V2 Connector is used to midstream a mapping to pass one or many requests to a web service application and process the response data.
JSON Target Connector:
With the help of a JSON template, the JSON target connector converts source data into JSON format. In synchronisation tasks, JSON Target Connectors objects as targets.
To create a mapping in Informatica, one needs to follow the steps :
Step1: open designer in IICS then,
Click New and then in the New Asset dialogue box,
then click mapping.
step2 :
Click Create. The Mapping Designer appears with a new mapping dialogue box displaying the mapping canvas.
Step3:
Click on the Properties panel and enter m_Accounts_by_State to give a name.
Step4:
To save mapping in a specific location, browse to the folder you want and then map to save it, or it will be saved in the default location.
Conclusion
Informatica's cloud service is an all-in-one tool widely used. Many companies rely on this as its diversity in applications. It allows users to take full advantage and the ability to integrate services. One can check and monitor the tasks carried out or finished. Connecting is very easy with its high performing and intelligent inbuilt connectors.
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