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Learning Informatica PowerCenter 9.x

By : Rahul Malewar
Book Image

Learning Informatica PowerCenter 9.x

By: Rahul Malewar

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Learning Informatica PowerCenter 9.x
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

The Joiner transformation


Joiner transformation is used to join two heterogeneous sources. You can join data from the same source type as well. The minimum criteria to join the data are matching columns in both the sources. A mapping indicating the Joiner transformation is shown in the following screenshot:

A Joiner transformation has two pipelines; one is called master and the other is called detail. One source is called the master source and the other is called detail. We do not have left or right joins like we have in the SQL database.

To use a Joiner transformation, drag all the required columns from two sources into the Joiner transformation and define the join condition and join type in the properties.

Master and detail pipeline

As mentioned in the preceding section, one source is called master and the other is called detail. By default, when you add the first source, it becomes the detail and the other becomes the master. You can decide to change the master or detail source. To make...