By PenchalaRaju.

Yanamala

Enhancments in informatica 8.6 Version :

1. Target from Transformation :In Infa 8 we can create target from

transformation by dragging transformation in Target designer
2. Pushdown optimization : Uses increased performance by pushing
transformation logic to the database by analyzing the transformations and
issuing SQL statements to sources and targets. Only processes any
transformation logic that it cannot push to the database.
3. New function in expression editor :New function have been introduced in
informatica 8 like reg_extract and reg_match
4. Repository query available in both versioned and non versioned
repositories previously it was available only for versioned repository
5. UDF (User defined function) similar to macro in excel
6. FTP :We can have partitioned FTP targets and Indirect FTP
filesource(with file list).
7. ropagating Port Descriptions : In Infa 8 we can edit a port description and
propagate the description to other transformations in the mapping.
8. Environment SQL Enhancements : Environment SQL can still be used to
execute an SQL statement at start of connection to the database. We can
Use SQL commands that depend upon a transaction being opened during
the entire read or write process. For example, the following SQL command
modifies how the session handles characters: Alter session set
NLS_DATE_FORMAT='DD/MM/YYYY';".
9. Concurrently write to multiple files in a session with partitioned targets.
10. Flat File Enhancements :

• Reduced conversion of data types

• Delimited file performance has improved
• Flat file now can have integer and double data types
• Data can be appended to existing flat files

These are the New Features Of Informatica 8.1.1 ::

1--> Informatica PowerCenter 8 is service-oriented for modularity, scalability and

flexibility.

2--> The Repository Service and Integration Service (as replacement for
Rep Serverand Informatica Server) can be run on different computers in a
network (so called nodes), even redundantly.

3--> Management is centralized, that means services can be started and stopped
on nodes via a central web interface.

4-->Client Tools access the repository via that centralized machine, resources
are distributed dynamically.

5-->It has a support for unstructured data which includes spreadsheets,

email,Microsoft Word files, presentations and .PDF documents. It provides high
availability, seamless fail over, eliminating single points of failure.
6-->Informatica has now added more tightly integrated data profiling, cleansing,
and matching capabilities.

7-->A new web based administrative console has been added.

8-->Java transformation is introduced.

9-->Ability to write a Custom Transformation in C++ or Java.

10-->Dynamic configuration of caches and partitioning

INFORMATICA 8.6 ENHANCEMENTS FOR DEVELOPERS – 1

Informatica has released its latest version 8.6 covering all the hot fixes it released
for the prior version 8.5 and including few new features. Since version 8, a
Unified Admin Console has been designed for managing Integration and
Repository services. These were discussed in earlier Blogs.

What does PowerCenter 8.6 bring new for the developers? Let us discuss
PowerCenter 8.6 Client enhancements which will be useful to the developers.

1. Creating Targets from Transformations

We can create targets based on transformations in the workspace or navigator.
To create a target,
1. Right-click the transformation in the workspace and select the Create
and Add Target option.
2. Alternatively, we can drag and drop the transformation in the Target
Designer.
The target that is created has the same port definitions as the transformation
from which it was created. We can edit the target definitions later. In addition, the
target type is the same as that of the repository used.

2. Invalid/Invalidated renamed
In PowerCenter 7, the two states of objects were known
asInvalid and Invalidated.
The exact meaning of these states is as follows:
Invalid – an object will not run,
Invalidated – an object may be invalid or may not run.
The difference between the two terms was not very clear. Therefore, to avoid any
confusion, in PowerCenter 8.6, the two states have been renamed as Invalid and
Impacted. While the Invalid state still implies that an object will not run, Impacted
means that an object is affected by a change, and therefore, may not run.
Apart from the naming convention the icons are also changed in PowerCenter 8.

3. Propagating Port Descriptions

In the Designer, in addition to the other properties of port propagation, we can
edit a port description and propagate the description to other transformations in
the mapping.

4. Environment SQL Enhancements

In PowerCenter 8, environment SQL can be used to execute an SQL statement
at the beginning of each transaction. The Integration Service executes
transaction environment SQL at the beginning of each transaction. Environment
SQL can still be used to execute an SQL statement at each connection to the
database.
Use SQL commands that depend upon a transaction being opened during the
entire read or write process. For example, the following SQL command modifies
how the session handles characters:
ALTER SESSION SET NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS=CHAR

5. Flat File Enhancements

PowerCenter 8 includes enhancements for handling flat files. Some of these
improve performance.
Flat files can now use Integer or Double data types.
In addition, target partitions can be merged. The flat file target merge options
include:

The differene is,

java and sql transformation is included

data quality is increased
performance speed of loading the data
mappings can be viewed through web applications

1. It supports Web Services.

2. Looping Concept is possible in Informatica 8.1.1
3. Auto Cache(Lookup, Aggergator, Rank, Joiner]
4. JAVA Transformation is avaliable in 8.1.1.

The Site is look more attractive than 7.1

Informatica 7.1:
Doesnot supports service oriented architecture & Universal
data access
Dynamic Partitioning & Push Down optimization is not
available
We cann't define our own userdefined functions

where as Informatica 8.1 supports all the above features