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

Hecksel, D.; Wheeler, B.; Boyd-Bowman, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 184968068X ISBN 13: 9781849680684

Publisher: Packt Pub Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

Combine high volume data movement, complex transformations and real-time data integration with the robust capabilities of ODI in this practical guide

• Discover the comprehensive and sophisticated orchestration of data integration tasks made possible with ODI, including monitoring and error-management 
• Get to grips with the product architecture and building data integration processes with technologies including Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server and XML files
• A comprehensive tutorial packed with tips, images and best practices 

 

In Detail

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 – 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.

What you will learn from this book

• Get to grips with the various components of the Oracle Data Integrator architecture
• Learn how to install ODI quickly and effectively using recommended best practices
• Orchestrate your data integration processing by designing ODI packages and scenarios 
• Discover how to develop ODI interfaces in order to effortlessly move data between servers and files 
• Get the full lowdown on both Error Processing and Management and Monitoring
• Give your knowledge a boost with in-depth coverage of various data sources and targets including Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server and XML files
• Master key ODI concepts like Physical and Logical Architectures or the Knowledge Modules
• Take advantage of expert advice from the authors’ combined 15 years of ODI experience

Approach

"Getting Started with Oracle Data Integrator 11g: A Hands-On Tutorial" is a practical tutorial bursting with tips, illustrations and real-world best practices to get you on your way with ODI.

Who this book is for

If you are a software/ETL developer or database administrator who is new to Oracle Data Integrator but want to get hands-on with the product quickly, then "Getting Started with Oracle Data Integrator 11g: A Hands-On Tutorial" is for you. You should have some experience with databases, SQL and ETL technologies.

About this title

About the Author

David Hecksel

David Hecksel is a Principal Data Integration Architect at Oracle. Residing in Dallas Texas, David joined Oracle in 2006 as a pre-sales Architect for Oracle Fusion Middleware. Six months after joining, David volunteered to add pre-sales coverage for a recently acquired product called Oracle Data Integrator and the rest (including the writing of this book) has been a labor of love working with a platform and solution that simultaneously provides phenomenal user productivity and system performance gains to the traditionally separate IT career realms of Data Warehousing, Service Oriented Architects, and Business Intelligence developers. Before joining Oracle, David spent six years with Sun Microsystems in their Sun Java Center, was CTO for 4 years at Axtive Software architecting and developing several one-to-one marketing and web personalization platforms such as e.Monogram. In 1997, David also invented, architected, developed, and marketed online the award-winning JCertify product - the industry's first electronic delivery of study content and exam simulation for the Certified Java Programmer exam. Prior to Axtive Software, David was with IBM for 12 years as a software developer working on operating system, storage management, and networking software products. David holds a BS Computer Science degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Masters of Business Administration from Duke University.

Bernard Wheeler

Bernard Wheeler is a Customer Solutions Director at Oracle in the UK, where he has a focus on Information Management. He has been at Oracle since 2005, working in pre-sales technical roles covering Business Process Management, SOA, and Data Integration technologies and solutions. Before joining Oracle, Bernard held various pre-sales, consulting, and marketing positions with vendors such as Sun Microsystems, Forte Software, Borland, and Sybase as well as working for a number of systems integrators. Bernard holds an Engineering degree from Cambridge University.

Peter C. Boyd-Bowman

Peter C. Boyd-Bowman is a Technical Manager and Consultant with the Oracle Corporation. He has over 30 years of software engineering and database management experience, including 12 years of focused interest in data warehousing and business intelligence. Capitalizing on his extensive background in Oracle database technologies dating back to 1985, he has spent recent years specializing in data migration. After many successful project implementations using Oracle Warehouse Builder and shortly after Oracle's acquisition of the Sunopsis Corporation, he switched his area of focus over to Oracle's flagship ETL product: Oracle Data Integrator. Peter holds a BS degree in Industrial Management and Computer Science from Purdue University and currently resides in North Carolina.

Julien Testut

Julien Testut is a Product Manager in the Oracle Data Integration group
focusing on Oracle Data Integrator. Julien has an extensive background
in Data Integration and Data Quality technologies and solutions.

Prior to joining Oracle, he was an Applications Engineer at Sunopsis
which was then acquired by Oracle. Julien holds a Masters Degree in
Software Engineering.

Denis Gray

Christophe Dupupet

Christophe Dupupet is a Director of Product Management for ODI at
Oracle. In this role, he focuses on the Customer Care program where he
works closely with strategic customers implementing ODI. Prior to
Oracle, Christophe was part of the team that started the operations for
Sunopsis in the US (Sunopsis created the ODI product and was acquired by
Oracle in 2006).Christophe holds an Operations Research degree from
EISTI in France, a Masters Degree in Operations Research from Florida
Tech and a Certificate in Management from Harvard University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 184968068X
• ISBN 13: 9781849680684
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 384