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Informatica Certification Training - Los Angeles, USA
The Informatica training by Intellipaat is a career-oriented training that helps you learn Informatica PowerCenter, deploying data integration and data warehousing processes, installation and configuration of Informatica, the architecture of Informatica, Informatica transformation and more.
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Key Features
- Instructor Led Training : 42 Hrs
- Self-paced Videos : 42 Hrs
- Exercises & Project Work : 60 Hrs
- Certification and Job Assistance
- Flexible Schedule
- Lifetime free upgrade
- 24 x 7 Lifetime Support & Access
About Informatica Certification Training Course
Intellipaat’s Informatica online training in Los Angeles, California, is a definitive training for learning the top ETL tool, Informatica. You will work on hands-on projects in Informatica data warehousing, repository management and monitoring and testing critical data processes by creating an auditable, automated and scalable methodology.
What will you learn in this Informatica training course?
- Introduction to the Informatica tool
- Detailed architecture of Informatica
- Managing and monitoring Informatica workflow
- Handling Jobs and Tasks with PowerCenter
- Deploying Informatica performance tuning
- Various functions and scenarios of ETL
- SQL and XML transformation with Informatica
Who should take up this Informatica certification course?
- ETL and SQL Developers and Business Intelligence Professionals
- Database and Mainframe Professionals and Project Managers
What are the prerequisites for learning this Informatica certification training?
You don’t need any specific skills to learn Informatica. Basic knowledge of SQL can be helpful.
What are the Informatica job opportunities in Los Angeles?
Los Angeles, California, is one of the biggest cities in the United States that is offering very good job opportunities in the domain of Informatica. Informatica is extensively being deployed by top industries in Los Angeles like information technology, banking, finance, manufacturing, high technology and aerospace, among others. Getting the right training in Informatica can help you make the best of this growing jobs market for Informatica in Los Angeles.
What is the Informatica market trend in Los Angeles?
The Informatica market in Los Angeles, California, is growing at a rapid pace, thanks to the extensive use of this tool by most of the organizations in Los Angeles. Due to the need to parse big data on an ongoing basis, the importance of Informatica cannot be stressed enough. By learning Informatica you can make the best of this growing market trend in Informatica in Los Angeles.
Why should you learn Informatica?
- Cloud Analytics market to be worth $23.1 billion in the next two years – MarketsandMarkets
- Informatica PowerCenter is the most widely adopted ETL technology – Forrester Research
Informatica is a powerful tool for working on the processes of extract, transform and load on unstructured data. This powerful ETL tool can take data from varied sources in a variety of formats and convert it into a format from which businesses can benefit. Intellipaat is offering a complete training in Informatica that is in line with the industry standards to help you grab the best jobs in the market.
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Informatica Course Content
Data Warehousing and Cleansing Concepts
What is data warehousing, understanding the extract, transform and load processes, what is data aggregation, data scrubbing and data cleansing and the importance of Informatica PowerCenter ETL
Informatica Installation and Configuration
Configuring the Informatica tool and how to install the Informatica operational administration activities and integration services
Hands-on Exercise: Step-by-step process for the installation of Informatica PowerCenter
Working with Active and Passive Transformatio
Understanding the difference between active and passive transformations and the highlights of each transformation
Working with Expression Transformation
Learning about expression transformation and connected passive transformation to calculate value on a single row
Hands-on Exercise: Calculate value on a single row using connected passive transformation
Working with Sorter, Sequence Generator and Filter Transformation
Different types of transformations like sorter, sequence generator and filter, the characteristics of each and where they are used
Hands-on Exercise: Transform data using the filter technique, use a sequence generator and use a sorter
Working with Joiner Transformation
Working with joiner transformation to bring data from heterogeneous data sources
Hands-on Exercise: Use joiner transformation to bring data from heterogeneous data sources
Working with Ranking and Union Transformation
Understanding the ranking and union transformation, the characteristics and deployment
Hands-on Exercise: Perform ranking and union transformation
Syntax for Rank and Dense Rank
Learn the rank and dense rank functions and the syntax for them
Hands-on Exercise: Perform rank and dense rank functions
Router Transformation
Understanding how router transformation works and its key features
Hands-on Exercise: Perform router transformation
Source Qualifier Transformation and Mappings
Lookup transformation overview and different types of lookup transformations: connected, unconnected, dynamic and static
Hands-on Exercise: Perform lookup transformations: connected, unconnected, dynamic and static
Slowly Changing Dimension in Informatica
What is SCD, processing in xml, learn how to handle a flat file, list and define various transformations, implement ‘for loop’ in PowerCenter, the concepts of pushdown optimization and partitioning, what is constraint-based loading and what is incremental aggregation
Hands-on Exercise: Load data from a flat file, implement ‘for loop’ in PowerCenter, use pushdown optimization and partitioning, do constraint-based data loading and use incremental aggregation technique to aggregate data
Mapplet and Loading to Multiple Designer
Different types of designers: Mapplet and Worklet, target load plan, loading to multiple targets and linking property
Hands-on Exercise: Create a mapplet and a worklet, plan a target load and load multiple targets
Performance Tuning in Informatica
Objectives of performance tuning, defining performance tuning and learning the sequence for tuning
Hands-on Exercise: Do performance tuning by following different techniques
Repository Manager
Managing repository, Repository Manager: the client tool, functionalities of previous versions and important tasks in Repository Manager
Hands-on Exercise: Manage tasks in Repository Manager
Best Practices in Informatica
Understanding and adopting best practices for managing repository
Workflow Informatica
Common tasks in workflow manager, creating dependencies and the scope of workflow monitor
Hands-on Exercise: Create workflow with dependencies of nodes
Parameters and Variables
Define the variable and parameter in Informatica, parameter files and their scope, the parameter of mapping, worklet and session parameters, workflow and service variables and basic development errors
Hands-on Exercise: Define variables and parameters in functions, use the parameter of mapping, use worklet and session parameters and use workflow and service variables
Error Handling and Recovery in Informatica
Session and workflow log, using debuggers, error-handling framework in Informatica and failover and high availability in Informatica
Hands-on Exercise: Debug development errors, read workflow logs and use the error-handling framework
High Availability and Failover in Informatica
Configurations and mechanisms in recovery and checking health of PowerCenter environment
Hands-on Exercise: Configure recovery options and check health of PowerCenter environment
Working with Different Utilities in Informatica
Using commands: infacmd, pmrep and infasetup and processing of a flat file
Hands-on Exercise: Use commands: infacmd, pmrep and infasetup
Flat File Processing (Advanced Transformations)
Fixed length and delimited, expression transformations: sequence numbers and dynamic targeting using transaction control
Hands-on Exercise: Perform expression transformations: sequence numbers and dynamic targeting using transaction control
Dynamic Targeting
Dynamic target with the use of transaction control and indirect loading
Hands-on Exercise: Use of transaction control with dynamic target and indirect loading
Working with Java Transformations
Importance of Java transformations to extend PowerCenter capabilities, transforming data and active and passive mode
Hands-on Exercise: Use Java transformations to extend PowerCenter capabilities
Unconnected Stored Procedure Usage
Understanding the unconnected stored procedure in Informatica and different scenarios of unconnected stored procedure usage
Hands-on Exercise: Use the unconnected stored procedure in Informatica in different scenarios
Advanced Concepts in SCD
Using SQL transformation (active and passive)
Hands-on Exercise: Use SQL transformation (active and passive)
Incremental Data Loading and Aggregation
Understanding incremental loading and aggregation and comparison between them
Hands-on Exercise: Do incremental loading and aggregation
Constraint-based Loading
Working with database constraints using PowerCenter and understanding constraint-based loading and target load order
Hands-on Exercise: Perform constraint-based loading in a given order
XML Transformation and Active Lookup
Various types of XML transformation in Informatica and configuring a lookup as active
Hands-on Exercise: Perform XML transformation and configure a lookup as active
Profiling in PowerCenter
Understanding what data profiling in Informatica is, its significance in validating content and ensuring quality and structure of data as per business requirements
Hands-on Exercise: Create data profiling in Informatica and validate the content
Workflow Creation and Deletion
Understanding workflow as a group of instructions/commands for integration services and learning how to create and delete workflow in Informatica
Hands-on Exercise: Create and delete workflow in Informatica
Database Connection
Understanding the database connection, creating a new database connection in Informatica and understanding various steps involved
Hands-on Exercise: Create a new database connection in Informatica
Relational Database Tables
Working with relational database tables in Informatica, mapping for loading data from flat files to relational database files
Hands-on Exercise: Create mapping for loading data from flat files to relational database files
LinkedIn Connection
Understanding how to deploy PowerCenter for seamless LinkedIn connectivity with Informatica PowerCenter
Hands-on Exercise: Deploy PowerCenter for seamless LinkedIn connectivity with Informatica PowerCenter
Connection with Sources
Connecting Informatica PowerCenter with various data sources like social media channels such as Facebook, Twitter, etc.
Hands-on Exercise: Connect Informatica PowerCenter with various data sources like social media channels such as Facebook, Twitter, etc.
Pushdown Optimization and Partitioning
Pushdown optimization for load-balancing on the server for better performance and various types of partitioning for optimizing performance
Hands-on Exercise: Optimize using pushdown technique for load-balancing on the server for better performance and create various types of partitioning for optimizing performance
Cache Management
Understanding session cache, the importance of cache creation, implementing session cache and calculating cache requirement
Hands-on Exercise: Implement cache creation and work with session cache
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Informatica Projects
What projects I will be working on this Informatica training?
Project 1: Admin Console
Problem Statement:It includes following actions:
- Creation of users
- Building roles
- Forming groups
- Collaboration of users, roles and groups
- Lock handling
- Creating sessions, workflow and worklets
Project 2: Deploying Informatica ETL for Business Intelligence
Industry:General
Problem Statement: Disparate data needs to be converted into insights using Informatica
Topics: In this Informatica project, you have access to all environments like dev, QA, UAT and production. You will first configure all the repositories in various environments. You will receive the requirement from client through source to target mapping sheet. You will extract data from various source systems and fetch it into staging. From staging, it will go to the operational data store; from there, the data will go to the enterprise data warehouse, and from there it will be directly deployed for generating reports and deriving business insights.
Highlights:
- Access data from multiple sources
- Manage current and historic data with SCD
- Import source and target tables
Project 3: Deploying the ETL Transactions on Healthcare Data
Industry:Healthcare
Problem Statement: How to systematically load data within a hospital scenario so that it is easily available
Topics: In this Clinical Research Data Warehouse (CRDW) Informatica project, you will be working on various types of data coming from diverse sources. The warehouse contains remitted claims that are both approved or disapproved for end-user reporting. You will create CRDW load schedules that are on daily, weekly and monthly bases.
Highlights:
- Extracting data from multiple sources
- Cleansing data and putting in right format
- Loading the data into the CRDW
Case Study 1
Project:Banking Products Augmentation
Industry: Banking
Problem Statement: How to improve the profits of a bank by customizing the products and adding new products based on customer needs
Topics:In this Informatica case study, you will construct a multidimensional model for the bank. You will create a set of diagrams depicting the star-join schemas needed to streamline the products as per customer requirements. You will implement slowly changing dimensions, understand the customer–account relationships and create diagram for the description of the hierarchies. You will also recommend heterogeneous products for the customers of the bank.
Highlights:
- Deploy a star-join schema
- Create demographic mini-dimensions
- Informatica aggregator transformations
Case Study 2
Project:Employee Data Integration
Industry:General
Problem Statement:How to load a table with employee data using Informatica
Topics:In this Informatica case study, you will create a design for a common framework that can be used for loading and updating the employee ID and other details lookup for multiple shared tables. Your design will address the regular loading of shared tables. You will also keep a track of when the regular load runs, when the lookup requests run, prioritization of requests if needed and so on.
Highlights:
- Creating multiple shared tables
- Plug-and-play capability of the framework
- Code and framework reusability
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Sample Informatica Video Tutorials
Informatica Powercenter Tutorial
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Informatica Certification
This training course is designed for clearing the following exam: PowerCenter Developer Certification.
The entire course content is in line with the certification program and helps you clear it with ease and get the best jobs in top MNCs.
As part of this training, you will be working on real-time projects and assignments that have immense implications in the real-world industry scenarios, thus helping you fast-track your career effortlessly.
At the end of this training program, there will be a quiz that perfectly reflects the type of questions asked in the certification exam and helps you score better.
Intellipaat Course Completion Certificate will be awarded upon the completion of the project work (after the expert review) and upon scoring at least 60% marks in the quiz. Intellipaat certification is well recognized in top 80+ MNCs like Ericsson, Cisco, Cognizant, Sony, Mu Sigma, Saint-Gobain, Standard Chartered, TCS, Genpact, Hexaware, etc.
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Frequently Asked Questions on Informatica
Why Should I Learn Informatica from Intellipaat?
Intellipaat is the pioneer online training provider in Business Intelligence in India. Informatica is clearly a market leader in the fields of data integration and data quality services. The Informatica PowerCenter is a powerful tool to integrate, manage and migrate enterprise data. Hence, taking up this course from Intellipaat will definitely upgrade your career.
This training course is completely in line with clearing the PowerCenter Developer Certification. We provide a hands-on, fast-paced training with real-world projects and assignments that are designed keeping in mind the industry needs.
Upon the completion of the Informatica training course, you can apply for some of the best jobs in top MNCs around the world at top salaries. Intellipaat offers lifetime access to videos, course materials, 24/7 support and course material upgrading to the latest version at no extra fee. Hence, it is clearly a one-time investment.
What are the different modes of training that Intellipaat provides?
At Intellipaat you can enroll either for the instructor-led online training or self-paced training. Apart from this Intellipaat also offers corporate training for organizations to upskill their workforce. All trainers at Intellipaat have 12+ years of relevant industry experience and they have been actively working as consultants in the same domain making them subject matter experts. Go through the sample videos to check the quality of the trainers.
Can I request for a support session if I need to better understand the topics?
Intellipaat is offering the 24/7 query resolution and you can raise a ticket with the dedicated support team anytime. You can avail the email support for all your queries. In the event of your query not getting resolved through email we can also arrange one-to-one sessions with the trainers. You would be glad to know that you can contact Intellipaat support even after completion of the training. We also do not put a limit on the number of tickets you can raise when it comes to query resolution and doubt clearance.
Can you explain the benefits of the Intellipaat self-paced training?
Intellipaat offers the self-paced training to those who want to learn at their own pace. This training also affords you the benefit of query resolution through email, one-on-one sessions with trainers, round the clock support and access to the learning modules or LMS for lifetime. Also you get the latest version of the course material at no added cost. The Intellipaat self-paced training is 75% lesser priced compared to the online instructor-led training. If you face any problems while learning we can always arrange a virtual live class with the trainers as well.
What kind of projects are included as part of the training?
Intellipaat is offering you the most updated, relevant and high value real-world projects as part of the training program. This way you can implement the learning that you have acquired in a real-world industry setup. All training comes with multiple projects that thoroughly test your skills, learning and practical knowledge thus making you completely industry-ready. You will work on highly exciting projects in the domains of high technology, ecommerce, marketing, sales, networking, banking, insurance, etc. Upon successful completion of the projects your skills will be considered equal to six months of rigorous industry experience.
Does Intellipaat offer job assistance?
Intellipaat actively provides placement assistance to all learners who have successfully completed the training. For this we are exclusively tied-up with over 80 top MNCs from around the world. This way you can be placed in outstanding organizations like Sony, Ericsson, TCS, Mu Sigma, Standard Chartered, Cognizant, Cisco, among other equally great enterprises. We also help you with the job interview and résumé preparation part as well.
Is it possible to switch from self-paced training to instructor-led training?
You can definitely make the switch from self-paced to online instructor-led training by simply paying the extra amount and joining the next batch of the training which shall be notified to you specifically.
How are Intellipaat verified certificates awarded?
Once you complete the Intellipaat training program along with all the real-world projects, quizzes and assignments and upon scoring at least 60% marks in the qualifying exam; you will be awarded the Intellipaat verified certification. This certificate is very well recognized in Intellipaat affiliate organizations which include over 80 top MNCs from around the world which are also part of the Fortune 500 list of companies.
Will The Job Assistance Program Guarantee Me A Job?
In our Job Assistance program we will be helping you land in your dream job by sharing your resume to potential recruiters and assisting you with resume building, preparing you for interview questions. Intellipaat training should not be regarded either as a job placement service or as a guarantee for employment as the entire employment process will take part between the learner and the recruiter companies directly and the final selection is always dependent on the recruiter.
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