Thanks to its ETL approach and to constitute a magnificent integration suite that includes leading products in the field of data management, Informatica PowerCenter It is one of the most popular alternatives in Data Warehouse projects due to the use of tools that allow extraction, transformation and loading of data from different systems.
The Informatica PowerCenter family of products gives us ETL tools (Extraction, Transformation and Loading) inside a complete package for extraction, integration, migration, unification, transformation, data compression and cleaning. Its functionality ranges from issues related to ETL assignments, decreased performance costs or ETL workflows, until, as an example, run it through an optimal layout.
Computing PowerCenter includes three applications involved in the execution of ETL processes:
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PowerCenter Client Tools: Includes tools for developers to report metadata, manage the repository, run monitoring sessions and define mapping and runtime properties.
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PowerCenter repository: In the repository, the core of the PowerCenter suite, all data is stored and metadata tables are created in the repository database for your application. It is used by the client tools and the access server to obtain data.
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PowerCenter Server: The server physically connects to the sources and destinations to find the data, apply transformations and load data to target systems. Simply, is where all the actions take place.
Informatica ETL Key Benefits
A company that wants to get the most out of its data, turning them into useful information that you can use to respond to business requirements, you can take advantage of Informatica ETL (Informatica PowerCenter), among which we highlight:
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Unification of metadata in a unified integration catalog (Metadata Manager).
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Its tools enable business and IT collaboration.
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Development capabilities that accelerate development and simplify administration.
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Visual and productivity tools that facilitate collaboration between different specialists.
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A metadata-based architecture prevents us from recoding, increases productivity and also simplifies the development of web services.
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Greater agility in the delivery of reports and critical data.
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Connect and extract data from social networks.
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Validate production data, optimize changes and updates, and increase test coverage with Informatica's Data Validation option.
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Proactive identification of data integration risks.
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Minimize risks through data governance.
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Improve mainframe access and performance.
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Strengthen real-time operations.
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Go further in multi-source data extraction capabilities.
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Activate and enhance the use of Big Data, making it easy to harness the power of Big Data.
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