LIST OF BIAPPS MODULES

Below is the list of Modules available in BI APPS

1. Oracle Financial Analytics
2. Oracle Procurement and Spend Analytics
3. Oracle Supply Chain and Order Management Analytics
4. Oracle Project Analytics
5. Oracle Human Resources Analytics
6. Oracle Sales Analytics
7. Oracle Price Analytics
8. Oracle Marketing Analytics
9. Oracle Loyalty Analytics
10. Oracle Service Analytics
11. Oracle Call Center Telephony Analytics

ORACLE SQL SCRIPT TO GENERATE ALTER SCRIPT TO MODIFY THE DATATYPES OF EXISTING COLUMNS

In the below script CHAR_USED stores the value 'B','C' which means BYTE OR CHAR.
we can modify the script as per our need.

SELECT 'ALTER TABLE '||TABLE_NAME||' MODIFY ('||COLUMN_NAME||' '||DATA_TYPE||'('||CHAR_LENGTH||' CHAR));' AL, TABLE_NAME,COLUMN_NAME,DATA_TYPE,CHAR_LENGTH,CHAR_USED FROM ALL_TAB_COLS WHERE TABLE_NAME LIKE '%'-- ENTER TABLE NAME
AND DATA_TYPE IN('VARCHAR2','CHAR') AND CHAR_USED='B';

The output would be like below

ALTER TABLE WC__SETUP_DS MODIFY (TYPE VARCHAR2(50 CHAR));
ALTER TABLE WC__SETUP_DS MODIFY (NAME VARCHAR2(40 CHAR));

BIAPPPS W_AP_XACT_F,W_AR_XACT_F,W_GL_OTHER_F LINEAGE

BIAPPS W_GL_ACCOUNT_D DATA LINEAGE

HOW TO UPDATE A RECORD IN TARGET TABLE WITHOUT USING UPDATE STRATEGY

A target table can be updated without using 'Update Strategy'. For this, we need to define the key in the target table in Informatica level and then we need to connect the key and the field we want to update in the mapping Target. In the session level, we should set the target property as "Update as Update" and check the "Update" check-box.

Let's assume we have a target table "Customer" with fields as "Customer ID", "Customer Name" and "Customer Address". Suppose we want to update "Customer Address" without an Update Strategy. Then we have to define "Customer ID" as primary key in Informatica level and we will have to connect Customer ID and Customer Address fields in the mapping. If the session properties are set correctly as described above, then the mapping will only update the customer address field for all matching customer IDs.

TYPES OF LOOKUP CACHE

Informatica Lookups can be cached or un-cached (No cache) and Cached lookup can be either static or dynamic. A static cache is one which does not modify the cache once it is built and it remains same during the session run. On the other hand, A dynamic cache is refreshed during the session run by inserting or updating the records in cache based on the incoming source data. By default, Informatica cache is static cache.

A lookup cache can also be divided as persistent or non-persistent based on whether Informatica retains the cache even after the completion of session run or deletes it

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ROUTER AND FILTER

Router	Filter
Router transformation divides the incoming records into multiple groups based on some condition. Such groups can be mutually inclusive (Different groups may contain same record)	Filter transformation restricts or blocks the incoming record set based on one given condition.
Router transformation itself does not block any record. If a certain record does not match any of the routing conditions, the record is routed to default group	Filter transformation does not have a default group. If one record does not match filter condition, the record is blocked
Router acts like CASE.. WHEN statement in SQL (Or Switch().. Case statement in C)	Filter acts like WHERE condition is SQL.