What is the difference between PowerCenter and PowerMart? What is the purpose of using UNIX commands in Informatica.

Which UNIX commands are generally used with Informatica. When should you create the dynamic data store? Do you need a DDS at all? Which SDLC suits best for the data warehousing project. Can a source qualifier be used to perform a outer join when joining 2 database? Difference between static cache and dynamic cache? How can you complete unrcoverable sessions? How do you handle two sessions in Informatica How the Informatica server increases the session performance through partitioning the source? How to run a workflow without using GUI i.e, Worlflow Manager, Workflow Monitor and pmcmd? In what all transformations the mapplets cant be used in Informatica?? What are mapping parameters and varibles in which situation we can use it What are the different types of Commit intervals? What are the tasks that Loadmanger process will do? What does the first column of bad file (rejected rows) indicate? Explain What is Code Page Compatibility? What is key factor in BRD? What is Strategy Transformation What is the difference between Rank and Dense Rank? What is the Rankindex in Ranktransformation?

When the informatica server marks that a batch is failed? Which tool you use to create and manage sessions and batches and to monitor and stop the informatica server? Can any one explain real time complain mappings or complex transformations in Informatica.Specially in Sales Domain. Discuss the advantages & Disadvantages of star & snowflake schema? How can you create or import flat file definition in to the warehouse designer? How do you identify existing rows of data in the target table using lookup transformation? How the informatica server sorts the string values in Ranktransformation? How to use incremental aggregation in real time? In which circumstances that Informatica server creates Reject files? What are mapplets? What are the different types of locks? What are the tasks that source qualifier performs? What exactly is a shortcut and how do you use it? What is Code Page used for? What is Load Manager? What are the new features and enhancements in PowerCenter 5.1? What are the various test procedures used to check whether the data is loaded in the backend, performance of the mapping, and quality of the data loaded in Informatica. What is a repository? What is difference between stored procedure transformation and external procedure transformation? What is polling?

What is the difference between active transformation and passive transformation? What is the exact syntax of an update strategy? What is update strategy and what are the options for update strategy? Why do we use reusable sequence generator transformation only in mapplet? Can we use lookup instead of join? Reason Give me an scenario where flat files are used? How do we do complex mapping by using flatfiles / relational database? How does sorted input works in aggregator transformation How to get 25 of 100 fields table is there any transformation available in Informatica I know router/filter or any other? If I done any modifications for my table in back end does it reflect in Informatica warehouse or mapping designer or source analyzer? To provide support for Mainframes source data,which files are used as a source definitions? COBOL files What are the common errors while running a Informatica session? What are the new features in Informatica 5.0? What are the various types of transformation? What is a shared folder? What is drill-down and drill-up? What is power center repository? What is the difference between connected and unconnected stored procedures. What is the file extension and format of the files for the Informatica objects like Mappings, sessions etc in the repository?

What is update strategy transformation? Why do you use a reusable sequence generator transformation in mapplets? Can we use lookup transformation with out using source qualifier transformation? Have you implemented Lookup in your mapping, If yes give some example? How do we do unit testing in Informatica?How do we load data in Informatica ? How does the Informatica know that the input is sorted? How to get the first 100 rows from the flat file into the target? If index cache file capacity is 2MB and datacache is 1 MB. If you enter the data of capacity for index is 3 MB and data is 2 MB. What will happen? Two relational tables are connected to SQ Trans,what are the possible errors it will be thrown? What are the common problems developers face while ETL development

What are tracing levels in transformation? What is a Shortcut and what is the difference between a Shortcut and a Reusable Transformation? What is DTM process? What is Powermart and Power Center? What is the difference between connected lookup and unconnected lookup? What is the functionality of Lookup Transformation (connected & un connected) What is Update Strategy? why sorter transformation is an active transformation? Can you access a repository created in previous version of Informatica? How a LOOKUP is passive?

How do we estimate the depth of the session scheduling queue? Where do we set the number of maximum concurrent sessions that Informatica can run at a given time? How does the server recognise the source and target databases? How to get the records starting with particular letter like A in Informatica? If source qualifier having employee details.the empid is in 5th placle and deptno is in 7th column then. you selected sort by 2. but how the Informatica server will come know that those are the fields to sort. What are the type of loading procedures? What are the connected or unconnected transformations? What are the options in the target session of update strategy transsformatioin? What are Transformations? What is a source qualifier? What is DTM process?2. What are the output files that Informatica creates during the session running?3. limitations of joiner transformations?under which conditions we can't use joiner transformation? What is pre-session and post-session? What is the difference between connected stored procedure and unconnected stored procedure? What is the gap analysis? What is use of event waiter? Why we use lookup transformations? Can you copy the batches? How can I get distinct values while mapping in Informatica in insertion? How do we estimate the number of partitons that a mapping really requires? Is it dependent on the machine configuration? How is the Sequence Generator transformation different from other transformations?

How to get two targets T1 containing distinct values and T2 containing duplicate values from one source S1. If the workflow has 5 session and running sequentially and 3rd session has failed how can we run again from only 3rd to 5th session? Under what circumstance can a target definition are edited from the mapping designer. Within the mapping where that target definition is being used? What are the Data Cleansing Tools used in the DWH?What are the Data Profiling Tools used for DWh? What are the out put files that the informatica server creates during the session running? What are two modes of data movement in Informatica Server?