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Getting Started with Oracle Data Integrator 11g: A Hands-On Tutorial

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Getting Started with Oracle Data Integrator 11g: A Hands-On Tutorial

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, SOA-enabled data services, to trickle operations ñ ODI is a cutting-edge platform that offers heterogeneous connectivity, enterprise-level deployment, and strong administrative, diagnostic, and management capabilities. "Getting Started with Oracle Data Integrator 11g: A Hands-On Tutorial" provides you with everything you to get up and running with Oracle Data Integrator, and more! Following an example scenario, the book covers essential information about the ODI architecture and using ODI across different databases (Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL), and file types such as XML, before covering Orchestrating Data Integration Workflows, Error Management, Operational Management and Monitoring, and beyond. "Getting Started with Oracle Data Integrator 11g: A Hands-On Tutorial" begins by describing the Oracle Data Integrator architecture and teaching you to install the product following best practices. You'll then be introduced to some of the key concepts of ODI such as the Knowledge Modules. Later topics include moving and transforming data from sources to targets including the Oracle Database, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Flat files, and XML files, each with illustrated hands-on examples for the different technologies. Your learning experience will be made all the more rich with chapters introducing, explaining and leveraging additional ODI functionality such as variables, reusable procedures, temporary indexes and more. Finally ODI's workflow and task orchestration capabilities are explained before introducing you to Error Management with ODI's built-in 'error hospital' and 'error recycling' capabilities for non-compliant data, not to mention tackling ODI Studio, ODI Console and Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Getting Started with Oracle Data Integrator 11g: A Hands-On Tutorial
Credits
Foreword
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
10
Creating Workflows—Packages and Load Plans
13
Concluding Remarks
Index

Using MySql with ODI


Building on the Data Topology steps we performed in the previous chapter, we'll be completing this exercise in a number of steps as follows:

  • Adding the MySQL JDBC driver: To enable ODI Studio to access the MySQL schema and data

  • Expanding the Topology: To add the MySQL server and schema to ODI's metadata

  • Reverse-engineering revisited: To create a model based on the MySQL schema that we can use for our source data and also to complete the model of our PO Processing System data mart target

  • Preparing to move the product data: By creating an interface that enriches the base product data from the source by joining some source datastores

  • Using simulation and execution: To examine the generated code before it is executed, and then actually executing the code and checking some key metrics

  • Moving the inventory data: Including some aggregation and enrichment achieved through the use of a an ODI lookup, followed by checking some of the execution metrics

Adding the MySQL JDBC driver...