Oracle ODI Training

Oracle Data Integrator Course Topics

Architecture

Architecture Overview

What Is Oracle Data Integrator?

The Oracle Data Integrator Architecture

Components

Graphical Modules

Run-Time Components

Topology Concepts

Overview of the Topology

What Is the Topology?

Data Servers and Physical Schemas

What Is a Data Server?

Important Note

What Is a Physical Schema?

Properties of Physical Schemas

The Physical Architecture in Oracle Data Integrator

Connecting to Your Data

Topology Manager

What Is the Topology?

What Topology Manager Contains

The Physical Architecture View

Data Servers and Physical Schemas

Prerequisites for Connecting to a Server

Creating a Data Server

Some Examples of Drivers and URLs

Defining the Logical Architecture

Topology Manager

Overview of Topology Manager

Logical Architecture/Context Views

Defining Contexts

Defining a Context

Declaring Logical Schemas and Agents

Creating a Logical Schema

Linking the Logical and Physical Architecture

Setting Up a New Project

What Is a Project?

Overview of Oracle Data Integrator Projects

What Does a Project Represent?

Creating a New Project

Folders

What Is a Folder?

What Is a Knowledge Module?

Exporting and Importing

Oracle Data Integrator Model Concepts

What Is a Model?

The Relational Paradigm

Relational Model Support in Oracle Data Integrator

Additional Metadata in Oracle Data Integrator

Reverse-Engineering

What Is Reverse-Engineering?

Methods for DBMS Reverse-Engineering

Standard Versus Customized Reverse-Engineering

Creating and Reverse-Engineering Models

What Is a Model?

What Is Reverse-Engineering?

Methods for DBMS Reverse-Engineering

How to Create a Model by Reverse-Engineering

How to Start the Reverse-Engineering Process

Selective Reverse-Engineering

Fleshing Out Data Models

Organizing Models

What Is a Model Folder?

Creating a Model Folder

Organizing Datastores into Sub-Models

Setting Up Automatic Distribution

Creating a Datastore in a Model

Adding Columns to a Datastore

Constraints in Oracle Data Integrator

Enforcing Data Quality with Oracle Data Integrator

Why Data Quality

When to Enforce Data Quality

Data Quality in the Source Applications

Data Quality Control in the Integration Process

Data Quality in the Target Applications

Business Rules for Data Quality

From Business Rules to Constraints

Overview of the Data Quality System

Exploring and Auditing Your Data

Exploring Your Data

Displaying the Contents of a Datastore

Viewing the Distribution of Values

Analyzing the Contents of a Datastore

Constructing Business Rules

Defining Business Rules in Oracle Data Integrator

Deducing Constraints from Data Analysis

Auditing Data Quality

Interface Design: One-to-one Interfaces

Creating a One-to-One Interface

Creating and Naming a New Interface

Defining the Target Datastore

Defining the Source Datastore

What Is a Mapping?

Defining the Mappings

Valid Mapping Types

Saving the Interface

Interface Design 2

Multiple Sources & Joins

Multiple Source Datastores

Manually Creating a Join

Advanced Joins

Types of Joins & Setting Up a Join

Filtering Data

Filters in Oracle Data Integrator

Defining a Filter Manually

Executing and Debugging Interfaces

How to Execute an Interface

What Happens at Run Time

Monitoring Interfaces

Operator: Viewing the Log

Sessions, Steps, Tasks: The Hierarchy

Viewing Sessions and Tasks

How to Monitor Execution of an Interface

Troubleshooting a Session

Interface Design

Essential Concepts in Data Quality

What Is a Constraint?

Defining and Enforcing Data Quality

Overview of the Data Quality System

Properties of Data Quality Control

Static/Flow Control Differences

How to Enforce Data Quality for an Interface

Differences Between Control Types

Defining Simple Procedures

What Is a Procedure? & Procedure Examples

Using Procedures: Overview

How to Create a New Procedure

Creating a New Command

Arranging Steps in Order

Which Parameters Should be Set?

Valid Types of Commands

Types of Options

Variables and Sequences

What Is a Variable?

Variable Scope

Value Persistence: Action Types

Refreshing a Variable with SQL

Binding Versus Substitution

How to Create a Variable Step

Properties of Sequences

Using Oracle Data Integrator Sequences in Mappings

User Functions

What Is a User Function?

Creating User Functions

Properties of User Functions

How to Create a User Function

Defining an Implementation

Syntax and Implementations

Using User Functions

User Functions at Design Time & Run Time

Package Design 1

What Is a Package?

How to Create a Package

Package Diagram Toolbar

How to Create an Interface Step

How to Create an Oracle Data Integrator Tool Step

A Simple Package

How to Sequence Package Steps

Executing a Package

Package Design 2

Types of Package Steps

Basic & Advanced Step Types

How to Create a Procedure Step

Model, Sub-Model and Datastore Steps

Models, Sub-Models, and Datastore Steps

How to Create a Variable Step

Controlling the Execution Path

Controlling Execution

Releasing Projects

What Is a Scenario?

Properties of Scenarios

Managing Scenarios

Generating a Scenario

Generation Versus Regeneration

Executing a Scenario from the GUI

Executing a Scenario from a Project

Preparing Scenarios for Deployment