Data Stage Course content
Data warehousing concepts
About IBM web sphere DS & QS
Data warehouse & Data
warehousing
Data warehousing Architectures
ETL project phases
ETL Process
ETL Architecture
Over view of project Architecture
ER, Dimensional Model & I E
Notation
Data warehousing Teams & Roles
Understand Mapping Documents
Introduction to Data Stage
History & Features
Difference between 7.5X2 & 8.x
IBS DS & QS 8.0.1
DS info Sphere 8.5 Enhancements
View on Web console
IBM Data Stage 7.5x2 & 8.x
Architecture
Traditional Batch Processing
Partition & Pipeline parallelism
Partitioning & re- Partitioning
techniques
Combinality, Combining & collecting
Techniques
Configuration File & Node
Components
7.5X2 & 8X Enhancements-New
Features
Parallel Processing environments
(SMP, MPP etc.)
DS Client Components Overview
DS architecture Components
Overview
Data Stage Jobs & Stages
Difference between server & parallel
jobs
Overview of Parallel jobs, server
jobs, mainframe jobs, migration jobs
and job sequencing jobs
Repository, DS Designer Toolbar &
Palette
Active & Passive stages
Palette Customization
About Link Markers
Frame work Operators
Design, Compile & Run DS jobs
DS Job Design Process
Designer Canvas customization
Compile, Force Compile & multiple
job compile
DTD & OSH code
Working with file stages
Sequential file & stage rules
Data set & types
File set
Differences-Data et, file set & seq
file stages
Lookup file set stage
Development/Debug & STUB Stages
Row generator & column generator
Head, tail & sample stages
Peek stage
Copy stage
Working with relational databases
Enterprise and plug-in stages
overview
Oracle, DB/2, SQL server stages
TERADATA
ODBC (oracle, SQL server, Excel &
Access)
Dynamic RDBMS stage
Orchestrate schema import
Processing stages
Horizontal combining
Join stage
Lookup stage (normal, sparse, range,
case less)s
Merge state
Funnel stage & funneling
Sorting & vertical combining
In-stage sorts (traditional sort)
Sort stage (complex & simple sorts)
Aggregate stage
Remove duplicate stage
Data transformation with transformer
Basic transformer vs. parallel
transformer
External functions & macros
Stage variables & system variables
Transformer constraints
Transformer execution order
Filtering methods
Constraints & source level
Filter stage
Switch stage
External filter stage
Other stages
Modify stage
Compress & Expand stage
Decode & Encode stage
Pivot stage
Slowly changing dimensions
Type -0, 1, 2 Dimensions
Implementing SCD -I & II in 8.0.1 &
7.5x2
SCD stage
Change capture & change apply
stage
Surrogate key stage (state file &
sequence object)
Performance tuning tips
Performance tuning with best
practices
Performance tuning with
partitioning techniques
Performance Analysis & Estimate
resource
Advance topics
Parameter set & Parameter file
creation
Data connection
Job control
Job sequencing (run stages, error
handling stages, flow control stages
& etc)
Batch jobs
Data stage designer additional features
Import & export of repository
components
Node configuration
Generate exports
Data stage director
Schedule/run/validate a compiled
job
Message handling (job & project
level)
Monitor jobs, filter/purge logs
Unlocking job & customize
Web console & DS administrator
security services, session
management
Domain management, reporting,
scheduling..
ADD, Delete and Organize projects
Information analyzer
Column, primary key, foreign key,
cross domain & base line analysis
