Hi,
We're currently using Powermart. I'm not developping
the mappings but I'm checking what the developpers are
doing. I've used Sagent tool a little bit and at a
client we've developped the ETL tool ourselves.
Powermart is not an easy tool to learn.
At my request, we finally have an Informatica
consultant in house to look at what we've done so far
(yesterday and today). Like all tools, you can do
things by yourself but you can't achieve performance
without an expert.
There are things you want to do in Oracle and not in
the ETL tool so you have some choices to do. I like to
put some intellingence in the metadata and have the
programs to act accordingly to what the metadata
contains. The developpers could not figure out how to
do this, the Informatica consultant will show us that
this afternoon.
So bottom-line, it is not an easy tool to learn.
Also, you really need a 21 inches screen to work with
Powermart.
Stephane
--- Larry Elkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : >
Listers,
>
> For any of you who use Informatica ETL products such
> as PowerMart and/or
> PowerCenter, how steep is the learning curve for
> these products? I know
> there are lots of variables such as how quickly does
> the person pick up new
> things, are we talking about learning the basics and
> doing simple tasks, or,
> doing advanced things, etc. For example, with some
> products, one can quickly
> learn to perform basic functions, but, there can be
> a steep learning curve
> to perform advanced functions.
>
> Just curious about the complexity and
> ease/difficulty of getting up to speed
> on these tools.
>
> Regards,
>
> Larry G. Elkins
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