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Informatica PowerCenter Client Tools


PowerCenter Client Tools:

  1. PowerCenter Admin Console: The repository is administered using the Repository Manager client tool, the PowerCenter Administration Console, and command line programs.
  2. PowerCenter Repository Manager: To create Users,Groups,Folders and assign privileges.
  3. PowerCenter Designer: To create/import sources,targets and to create mappings,mapplets,re-usable transformations.
    PowerCenter Designer internally will have the following components.
    Source Analyzer - To create or Import Sources.
    Target Designer - To Create or Import Targets.
    Transformation Developer - To Create Re-usable transformations.
    Mapplet Designer - To create Mapplets
  4. Mapplet  is a set of transformations(excluding source and target) which are re-usable across mappings.
    Mapping Designer - To create Mappings.
    Mapping is a set of transformations(including source and target) which will transform the data as per business requirements.
  5. PowerCenter Workflow Manager: To create, schedule, and run workflows,tasks.In the Workflow Manager, we define a set of instructions called a workflow to execute mappings we build in the designer.
    PowerCenter Workflow Manager internally will have the following components.
    Task Developer - To Create Re-Usable Tasks.
    Worklet Designer - To create worklets.
    Worklet is a  set of Re-usable tasks.
    Workflow Designer - To create workflows.
    Workflow is a set of instructions that describes how and when to run tasks related to extracting, transforming, and loading data.
    Tasks are different types of jobs available like Session, Command Task, Email etc..

  6. PowerCenter Workflow Monitor: To monitor workflows and tasks.You can view details about a workflow or task in either Gantt Chart view or Task view.You can run, stop, abort, and resume workflows from the Workflow Monitor.

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