Re: OT: Learning Curve for Informatica ETL Products

Larry,

I took several training courses last year for one of their competitors products, Ardent Datastage, though it's called something else now.

Anyway, they're very similar, we evaluated Informatica also.

They are both very powerful products. If my experience with the Ardent products is any indication, you shouldn't have any trouble learning these tools.

The technology underneath is not anything special, their power lies in their management and organizational abilities. Building ETL processes with these tools is much easier than doing it all with an editor and a command line.

Complex tasks still require programming, but it's within their IDE and easily managed. I'm not normally a fan of GUI tools but good ETL tools are an exception.

Jared

On Thursday 05 July 2001 17:07, Larry Elkins wrote:
> 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
> elkinsl_at_flash.net

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