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Oracle Data Integrator 11g Cookbook

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Oracle Data Integrator 11g Cookbook

Overview of this book

Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is Oracle's strategic data integration platform for high-speed data transformation and movement between different systems. From high-volume batches, to SOA-enabled data services, to trickle operations, ODI is a cutting-edge platform that offers heterogeneous connectivity, enterprise-level deployment, and strong administrative, diagnostic, and management capabilities."Oracle Data Integrator 11g Cookbook" will take you on a journey past your first steps with ODI to a new level of proficiency, lifting the cover on many of the internals of the product to help you better leverage the most advanced features.The first part of this book will focus on the administrative tasks required for a successful deployment, moving on to showing you how to best leverage Knowledge Modules with explanations of their internals and focus on specific examples. Next we will look into some advanced coding techniques for interfaces, packages, models, and a focus on XML. Finally the book will lift the cover on web services as well as the ODI SDK, along with additional advanced techniques that may be unknown to many users.Throughout "Oracle Data Integrator 11g Cookbook", the authors convey real-world advice and best practices learned from their extensive hands-on experience.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Oracle Data Integrator 11g Cookbook
Credits
Foreword
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Modifying actions to get more from your diagrams


Actions are defined in Topology so that you can alter the DDLs that are generated by ODI from the model / Generate DDL menu command. A good understanding of the ODI Common Format Designer will help you before diving into this recipe.

Getting ready

A good starting point is Chapter 6, Working with Common Format Designer in the ODI developer's guide, available at http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23943_01/integrate.1111/e12643/common_format.htm#CIHCBJJE.

How to do it...

  1. In the Topology navigator, under the Physical Architecture tab, expand the Oracle technology. Then expand the Actions entry.

  2. Right-click on Actions and select New Actions Group. Name the group Oracle Cookbook, save and close the Group definition window.

  3. Right-click on the Oracle Cookbook group that you have just created and select New Action. Name the action Create table with comment, set the Type value to Create Table, then click on the Details tab. We will create two lines for this action...