Duration
2 days
Course Description
This course works with Information Server V8.5.
This course is for experienced DataStage 7.5 developers who are upgrading to DataStage 8.5. DataStage 7.5 was a stand-alone product. DataStage 8.5 is part of suite of components and tools that share a common Repository and backbone of services. After introducing this new DataStage environment and how to develop within it, the new features and capabilities of DataStage are covered. This includes Transformer and Lookup stage enhancements as well as an introduction to the new Connector stages for reading and writing relational data. The course then examines some major new stages. These include the Complex Flat File stage for processing mainframe files with multiple record formats, the new XML stage for processing XML data, and the Slowly Changing Dimensions stage for updating data marts with slowly changing dimensions.
This is the Classroom version of Instructor-Led Online course What's New in IBM InfoSphere DataStage V8.5? - ILO (3M100).
Abstract
IBM Education Advantage Program Eligibility:
- Yes - Education Pack - online account
Audience
This basic course is for DataStage 7.5 developers who will be upgrading to DataStage 8.5
Pre-requisites
You should have:
- At least one 1 year experience developing parallel jobs in DataStage 7.5
Course Objective
Please refer to course overview for description information.
Key topics
- Introduction: Overview of what's new and what's the same.
- Deployment
- What gets deployed
- Possible deployment configurations
- New Suite Installer
- Administering DataStage
- Information Server web console
- What's New in DataStage Administrator?
- What's new in Designer?
- Transformer Stage Enhancements
- Parameter sets
- Null processing
- Loop processing
- Group processing
- Lookup stage enhancements
- Range Lookups
- Repository Functions
- Flexible folder organization
- Repository search
- DataStage component export enhancements
- Impact analysis
- Job and Table Definition differences
- Working with Relational Data
- Connector stages
- Data Connection objects
- Reject links
- Multiple input links
- SQL Builder
- Complex Flat File Stage
- SCD stage
- XML stage
- Intersecting with other IS tools: Just slides
- Shared metadata Repository
- FastTrack: Point them to FastTrack course
- Metadata Workbench: Point them to MWB course
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.