SCD Type 3 Implementation Using Informatica PowerCenter
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SCD Type 3 Implementation using Informatica PowerCenter
J Cyriac | Jan 6, 2013 | ETL Design | Mapping Tips
Unlike SCD Type 2, Slowly Changing Dimension Type 3 preserves only few
history versions of data, most of the time 'Current' and Previous' versions. The
'Previous' version value will be stored into the additional columns with in the same dimension
record. In this article lets discuss the step by step implementation of SCD Type 3 using
Informatica PowerCenter.
The number of records we store in SCD Type 3 do not increase exponentially as we do not insert
a record for each and every historical record. Hence we may not need theperformance
improvement techniques used in the SCD Type 2 Tutorial.
Understand the Staging and Dimension Table.
For our demonstration purpose, lets consider the CUSTOMER Dimension. Here we will keep
previous version of CITY, STATE, ZIP into its corresponding PREV columns. Below are the
detailed structure of both staging and dimension table.
Staging Table
In our staging table, we have all the columns required for the dimension table attributes. So no
other tables other than Dimension table will be involved in the mapping. Below is the structure of
our staging table.
Key Points
1. Staging table will have only one days data.
2. Data is uniquely identified using CUST_ID.
3. All attribute required by Dimension Table is available in the staging table
Dimension Table
Here is the structure of our Dimension table.
Key Points
1. CUST_KEY is the surrogate key.
2. CUST_ID is the Natural key, hence the unique record identifier.
3. Previous versions are kept in PREV_CITY, PREV_STATE, PREV_ZIP columns.
Mapping Building and Configuration
Step 1
Lets start the mapping building process. For that pull the CUST_STAGE source definition into
the mapping designer.
Step 2
Now using a LookUp Transformation fetch the existing Customer columns from the dimension
table T_DIM_CUST. This lookup will give NULL values if the customer is not already existing in
the Dimension tables.
LookUp Condition : IN_CUST_ID = CUST_ID
Return Columns : CUST_KEY, CITY, STATE, ZIP
Step 3
Using an Expression Transformation to identify the records for Insert and Update using below
expression. Additionally, map the columns from the LookUp Transformation to the Expression as
shown below. With this we get both the previous and current values of the CUST_ID.
o CREATE_DT :- SYSDATE
o UPDATE_DT :- SYSDATE
o INS_UPD :- IIF(ISNULL(CUST_KEY),'INS', IIF(CITY <> PREV_CITY OR STATE
<> PREV_STATE OR ZIP <> PREV_ZIP, 'UPD'))
Note : If in case there are too many columns to be compared to build the INS_UPD logic, make
use of CheckSum Number (MD5() Function) to make it simple.
Step 4
Map the columns from the Expression Transformation to a Router Transformation and create two
groups (INSERT, UPDATE) in Router Transformation using the below expression. The mapping
will look like shown in the image.
o INSERT :- IIF(INS_UPD='INS',TRUE,FALSE)
o UPDATE :- IIF(INS_UPD='UPD',TRUE,FALSE)
INSERT Group
Step 5
Every records coming through the 'INSERT Group' will be inserted into the Dimension table
T_DIM_CUST.
Use a Sequence generator transformation to generate surrogate key CUST_KEY as shown in
below image. And map the columns from the Router Transformation to the target. Leave all
'PREV' columns unmapped as shown below image.
Note : Update Strategy is not required, if the records are set for Insert.
UPDATE Group
Step 6
Records coming from the 'UPDATE Group' will update the customer Dimension with Current
customer attributes and the 'PREV' attributes. Add an Update Strategy Transformation before the
target instance and set it as DD_UPDATE. Below is the structure of the mapping.
We are done with the mapping building and below is the structure of the completed mapping.
Workflow and Session Creation
There is not any specific properties required to be given during the session configuration.
Below is a sample data set taken from the Dimension table T_DIM_CUST. See the highlighted
values.