Informatica Questions - 19

Q. What do you mean by code page compatibility?

A. When two code pages are compatible, the characters encoded in the two code pa
ges are virtually identical which ensures no data loss. This compatibility is us
ed for accurate data movement when the Informatica Server runs in the Unicode da
ta movement mode. One code page can be a subset or superset of another. For prop
er data movement, the target code page must be a superset of the source code pag
e.
Q. What are the types of loading in Informatica?
A. There are two types of loading in informatica, normal loading and bulk loadin
g.
In normal loading record by record are loaded and writes log for that. In this l
onger time is needed to load data to the target.
In bulk loading number of records are loaded at a time to target database. It ta
kes less time to load data to the target than in normal loading.
Q. Why do we use the lookup transformation? How can we improve session performan
ce in aggregator transformation?
A. A lookup transformation is used for checking the matched values from the sour
ce or target tables and check whether the record already existing in the table.
It is also used for updating the slowly changing dimensions and also performs so
me calculations.
Using Incremental Aggregation we create Sorted Input option to improve the perfo
rmance since performance is reduced using the caches.
Q. What is the difference between static cache and dynamic cache?
A. In case of dynamic cache, when we are inserting a new row it checks the looku
p cache to see if it exists, if not inserts it into the target as well as the ca
che but in case of static cache the new row is written only in the target and no
t the lookup cache.
The lookup cache remains static and does not change during the session but incas
e of dynamic cache the server inserts, updates in the cache during session.
Q. what is throughput in Informatica? Where can we find this option to check? Ho
w does it works?
A. Throughput is the rate at which power centre server read the rows in bytes fr
om source or write the rows in bytes into the target per second.
We can find this option in workflow monitor.
Its working is as follows: right click on session choose properties and transfor
mation statistics tab, there we can find throughput details for each instance of
source and target.