This type of data masking is used when a deterministic and repeatable output for a key value is needed. This means same input across multiple table columns will return the same output. It is helpful in maintaining the foreign key integrity across tables even when masking the key value. The controlling input is the seed […]
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Basic Profanity filter in Objective-C
Below is an Objective-C function which will return YES if there are no profane words in the input text string else it will return NO. You can use it to check if any profane words are entered by the user. -(BOOL)profaneWordsFilterInText:(NSString *)inText{ NSArray * listOfProfaneWords = @[@”word1″, @”word2″,]; NSError *error […]
Introduction to Data Masking transformation in Informatica
Data Masking is a passive transformation added to Informatica version 8.6 which can be used to mask confidential data when transferring data to untrusted destinations. You pass in the columns to be masked to the input group and then configure the masking formats for each input port. The resulting output ports will contain data that […]
How to handle high precision dates in Informatica? the ones with milliseconds.
Whenever you import a source from Oracle with a timestamp field, Informatica automatically imports that field as date with precision of 26 and scale 6. This means that any digits in the milliseconds range will get truncated while reading or writing to the table/file. This means losing the intended precision of data resulting in incorrect […]
How to pass a parameter file to an Informatica workflow at run time
The name and path to the parameter file is often hardcoded in the workflow or session properties tab. There is no option to parameterize the parameter file at the workflow or session level. Understandably so, as its the parameter file itself. However there are times when you need to invoke the same workflow with different […]
Why do Informatica workflows go into a Waiting state?
Sometimes Informatica workflows when triggered can go into a waiting state instead of a running state. This usually happens when there are a number of workflows running in parallel. Informatica admin console has a property where the Admin can define the maximum number of concurrent sessions that can run on the server. It is decided […]
How to create a password protected .zip file using Informatica
In Informatica there is no inherent option to zip files. But sometimes there are requirements which need a compressed file with password protection to be sent over the internet to external vendors In order to fulfill this requirement you should have a compression tool, which has a command line interface, installed on your Informatica server. […]
How to avoid Null = Null comparisons in Informatica lookup transformation
Informatica lookup transformation by default evaluates Null = Null condition to be true. This means if you do not explicitly take care of passing Not Null values to lookup input ports then the lookup might return random records from the lookup source. It is not certain if this is a bug or done intentionally by […]
How to reduce the size of cache files created by an Informatica session
Informatica at run time creates different types of cache files depending on the transformations used in the mapping and configuration of the session. Sometimes the cache file size can get so huge that the whole disk gets used up which causes fatal errors in other parallel running workflows and sessions. Huge cache files are also […]
How to return multiple columns from an Unconnected Lookup in Informatica
A lookup transformation configured as an Unconnected Lookup can only return one port. However, there are times when you need to quickly modify a mapping to return more than one port from the unconnected lookup. There are two ways to do this:- 1. To convert the unconnected lookup to a connected lookup in the pipeline […]