IBM Transformation Extender Fundamentals - 6J04G

Description

IBM Transformation Extender performs transformation and routing of data from source systems to target systems in batch and real-time environments. Through a combination of lectures and hands-on lab exercises, this course is intended to teach you how to use the IBM Transformation Extender Design Studio to define, transform, and route business objects and complex flat file data. Specific topics that are covered by the course include an overview of the IBM Transformation Extender product and its features, creating and deploying maps, working with a resource registry, retrieving/updating data from database. Hands-on exercises give you practical experience with skills such as optimizing maps, handling and logging errors, defining data, and indexing output.

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The following topics will be covered during this course:

Course introduction
Unit 1. IBM Transformation Extender product overview
Unit 2. Eclipse workbench fundamentals

Exercise 1. Defining workspaces and projects

Unit 3. Defining the data

Exercise 2. Defining the data

Unit 4. Defining properties

Exercise 3. Defining item and group properties

Unit 5. Defining components

Exercise 4. Completing the type tree

Unit 6. Validating data definitions

Exercise 5. Creating a validation map

Unit 7. Type Tree Importer

Exercise 6. Using the COBOL Copybook Importer to create the Type Tree

Unit 8. Building more validation into type trees

Exercise 7. Adding restriction lists and component rules
Exercise 8. Validation concept review

Unit 9. More about mapping

Exercise 9. Indexing an output

Unit 10. Functional maps

Exercise 10. File to file transformation
Exercise 11. Using ASFUNCTION with functional map

Unit 11. More efficient mapping

Exercise 12. Extracting data by using the EXTRACT function and partitions
Exercise 13. Using the COUNT and SUM functions
Exercise 14. Creating a second output file
Exercise 15. Mapping from COBOL to XML

Unit 12. Error handling

Exercise 16. Error handling and logging

Unit 13. Resource Registry

Exercise 17. Using the Resource Registry

Unit 14. Database Interface Designer basics

Exercise 18. Creating a database query file
Exercise 19. Implementing database lookup and inserting data
Exercise 20. Retrieving data from database

Unit 15. Map optimization

Exercise 21. Using the Map Profiler
Exercise 22. Configuring card and map settings

Unit 16. Map deployment

Exercise 23. Generating platform-independent compiled maps

Course Summary

Aim

After completing this course, you should be able to:

Define workspaces and projects that use the Eclipse workbench.
Use the Type Designer to define data structures, data properties, and data components as type trees.
Validate type trees to ensure that they accurately describe the data.
Transform flat files that use the Map Designer.
Use type design and mapping techniques to improve validation and throughput.
Use the Resource Registry to improve portability between operating environments.
Implement error handling.
Optimize map performance.

Participant requirements

Prerequisites

Before taking this course, students should have a basic understanding of data formats and processing logic.
Students should have basic knowledge of XML and database insert/query.

Participant

This course is intended for programmers and analysts who need to implement data integration and transformation solutions that use IBM Transformation Extender.