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SAP Data Services 4.x Cookbook
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SAP Data Services 4.x Cookbook
Ivan Shomnikov
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Delve into the SAP Data Services environment to efficiently prepare, implement, and develop ETL processes
About This Book
- Install and configure the SAP Data Services environment
- Develop ETL techniques in the Data Services environment
- Implement real-life examples of Data Services uses through step-by-step instructions to perform specific ETL development tasks
Who This Book Is For
This book is for IT technical engineers who want to get familiar with the EIM solutions provided by SAP for ETL development and data quality management. The book requires familiarity with basic programming concepts and basic knowledge of the SQL language.
What You Will Learn
- Install, configure, and administer the SAP Data Services components
- Run through the ETL design basics
- Maximize the performance of your ETL with the advanced patterns in Data Services
- Extract methods from various databases and systems
- Get familiar with the transformation methods available in SAP Data Services
- Load methods into various databases and systems
- Code with the Data Services scripting language
- Validate and cleanse your data, applying the Data quality methods of the Information Steward
In Detail
Want to cost effectively deliver trusted information to all of your crucial business functions? SAP Data Services delivers one enterprise-class solution for data integration, data quality, data profiling, and text data processing. It boosts productivity with a single solution for data quality and data integration. SAP Data Services also enables you to move, improve, govern, and unlock big data.
This book will lead you through the SAP Data Services environment to efficiently develop ETL processes. To begin with, you'll learn to install, configure, and prepare the ETL development environment. You will get familiarized with the concepts of developing ETL processes with SAP Data Services. Starting from smallest unit of work- the data flow, the chapters will lead you to the highest organizational unit—the Data Services job, revealing the advanced techniques of ETL design.
You will learn to import XML files by creating and implementing real-time jobs. It will then guide you through the ETL development patterns that enable the most effective performance when extracting, transforming, and loading data. You will also find out how to create validation functions and transforms.
Finally, the book will show you the benefits of data quality management with the help of another SAP solution—Information Steward.
Style and approach
This book is an easy-to-follow guide with step-by-step instructions to perform specific ETL development tasks.
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Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Sections
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
See also
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Downloading the example code
Downloading the color images of this book
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Introduction to ETL Development
Introduction
Preparing a database environment
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
Creating a source system database
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
Defining and creating staging area structures
How to do it…
Flat files
RDBMS tables
How it works…
Creating a target data warehouse
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
2. Configuring the Data Services Environment
Introduction
Creating IPS and Data Services repositories
Getting ready…
How to do it…
How it works…
See also
Installing and configuring Information Platform Services
Getting ready…
How to do it…
How it works…
Installing and configuring Data Services
Getting ready…
How to do it…
How it works…
Configuring user access
Getting ready…
How to do it…
How it works…
Starting and stopping services
How to do it…
How it works…
See also
Administering tasks
How to do it…
How it works…
See also
Understanding the Designer tool
Getting ready…
How to do it…
How it works…
Executing ETL code in Data Services
Validating ETL code
Template tables
Query transform basics
The HelloWorld example
3. Data Services Basics – Data Types, Scripting Language, and Functions
Introduction
Creating variables and parameters
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
Creating a script
How to do it…
How it works…
Using string functions
How to do it…
Using string functions in the script
How it works…
There's more…
Using date functions
How to do it…
Generating current date and time
Extracting parts from dates
How it works…
There's more…
Using conversion functions
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
Using database functions
How to do it…
key_generation()
total_rows()
sql()
How it works…
Using aggregate functions
How to do it…
How it works…
Using math functions
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
Using miscellaneous functions
How to do it…
How it works…
Creating custom functions
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
4. Dataflow – Extract, Transform, and Load
Introduction
Creating a source data object
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
Creating a target data object
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
Loading data into a flat file
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
Loading data from a flat file
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
Loading data from table to table – lookups and joins
How to do it…
How it works…
Using the Map_Operation transform
How to do it…
How it works…
Using the Table_Comparison transform
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
Exploring the Auto correct load option
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
Splitting the flow of data with the Case transform
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
Monitoring and analyzing dataflow execution
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
5. Workflow – Controlling Execution Order
Introduction
Creating a workflow object
How to do it…
How it works…
Nesting workflows to control the execution order
Getting ready
How to do it
How it works…
Using conditional and while loop objects to control the execution order
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There is more…
Using the bypassing feature
Getting ready…
How to do it…
How it works…
There is more…
Controlling failures – try-catch objects
How to do it…
How it works…
Use case example – populating dimension tables
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
Mapping
Dependencies
Development
Execution order
Testing ETL
Preparing test data to populate DimSalesTerritory
Preparing test data to populate DimGeography
Using a continuous workflow
How to do it…
How it works…
There is more…
Peeking inside the repository – parent-child relationships between Data Services objects
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
Get a list of object types and their codes in the Data Services repository
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