Informatica PowerCenter – Developer basics

Why take this course

Want to start working with Informatica PowerCenter and understand how to build ETL processes from the ground up? This training will guide you step by step through the entire process of designing and managing data flows – from their source all the way to the data warehouse. The knowledge you gain will enable you to build stable, efficient, and automated solutions for data processing.

What you’ll learn

• Understand the fundamentals of ETL concepts
• Create and manage ETL processes in Informatica PowerCenter
• Design mappings and data transformations
• Use lookups, sequences, and caching
• Efficiently combine data from multiple sources
• Apply parameters and variables to build dynamic processes
• Implement data update and aggregation strategies
• Work with different data types

Certification & Exam

Upon completing the course, you will receive a personalized certificate confirming your skills in building basic ETL processes using Informatica PowerCenter – including data mapping, transformations, update strategies, and integrating data from multiple sources. There is no final exam – active participation in the sessions is enough.

Who is this course for

• Developers working with data warehouses
• Data testers and QA specialists
• Anyone looking to learn Informatica PowerCenter from scratch
• Members of teams responsible for data processing and reporting
• Professionals involved in building data warehouses and data marts

Topics covered

• ETL basics
• Overview of the Informatica PowerCenter platform
• Selection of source and target data
• Transformations, mappings, maplets
• Sharing and reusability
• Data Linking
• Conditions
• Functionalities and techniques
• Sequences
• Lookup
• Caching
• Strategies for updating, separating and overwriting data
• Sorting, aggregations, variables / parameters and mapplets