ODI11g: Creating an ODI Project and Interface: Exporting a Flat

File to a RDBMS Table

Purpose

This tutorial walks you through the steps that are needed to create a project and an interface in Oracle
Data Integrator (ODI) to export a flat file to another flat file.

Time to Complete

Approximately 40 minutes

Overview

A common task that is performed using ODI is to export data from a flat file and load this data into RDBMS
table. This tutorial walks you through the steps that are needed to create a project and an interface that will
import a file to a staging area, perform some minor transformations, and then write the data to a table. You
also execute the interface and verify the execution using ODI Operator.

Scenario

Linda works as a database administrator for Global Enterprise. In Global Enterprise, Linda is responsible
for performing database management and integration tasks on various resources within the organization.
In particular, Linda is responsible for data loading, transformation, and validation. To begin working on her
projects, Linda created the new Master repository and Work repository. Now Linda needs to create a
project and an interface to export data from a source flat file, perform transformations, and load this data
into RDMBS table.

Software and Hardware Requirements

The following is a list of software requirements:

The system should include the following installed products:

o Oracle Database 11g

o Oracle Data Integrator 11gR1

If not done before, start the services and components for Oracle Database 11g

Prerequisites

Before you start the tasks, make sure that your system environment meets the following requirements:

1 . Have installed Oracle Database 11g. If not done before, start the services and components for Oracle Database 11g

2 . Have installed Oracle Data Integrator 11gR1

3 . Before attempting this OBE, you should have successfully completed the following OBEs:
 ODI11g: Creating and Connecting to ODI Master and Work Repositories.

ODI11g: Creating an ODI Project and Interface : Exporting a Flat File to a Flat File

To access these OBEs, click HERE.

Creating a New Project with Oracle Data Integrator

To create a new project within Oracle Data Integrator, perform the following steps:

1. Start ODI Designer: Start > Programs > Oracle > Oracle Data Integrator > ODI Studio . Select WORKREP1 from
the Login Name drop-down list if not already selected. Enter SUPERVISOR in the User field and SUNOPSIS in the
Password field. Click OK to login.

2.
In the designer tab, click the Projects tab, click New Project icon , and then click New Project.
3. On the screen that appears, set the Name of the project to ODIexp_FT_RT in the Name field. The Code field is filled
automatically. Click Save icon . The newly created ODIexp_FT_RT project now appears in the Projects tree view.
You have now successfully added a new ODI project.

4 . You export a flat file directly to a relational table target. The knowledge modules required for this are LKM File to
SQL and IKM SQL Incremental Update. To import the KMs, expand the Project tab in the left panel, right-click the
Knowledge Modules folder and select Import Knowledge Modules.

Note: In this example, the generic SQL KMs are used. However, specific KMs for the RDBMS technology can be
used as well.
5 . On the screen that follows,in the File Name, navigate to xml-reference directory as shown in the following
screenshot. Click Open.The files to import should appear in the Import Knowledge Modules window. Press and
hold the CTRL key to select IKM SQL to Incremental Update and LKM File to SQL. Click OK.

6. On Import Report window, click Close. Expand the Loading (LKM) and Integration (IKM) folders, and view each
imported KM in the tree view as shown below.
Creating RDBMS Schema for ODI Target Datastore

You need to create a schema to host the ODI RDBMS target datastore.
Note: You created schemas for the flat file source model in the OBE: "Creating an ODI Project and
Interface: Exporting a Flat File to a Flat File".

Note: If you completed the OBE " Creating an ODI Project and Interface: Exporting an RDBMS Table to a
Flat File" earlier, you should already have ODI_STAGE schema created. In this case, you can skip Step1
and Step 2.

To create a new RDBMS schema for the ODI datastore, perform the following steps:

Start SQL Developer. You will create the new schema/user by executing the following SQL commands:
1.
create user ODI_STAGE identified by ODI_STAGE

default tablespace users temporary tablespace temp;

grant connect, resource, create trigger, create view to ODI_STAGE;

2. In SQL Developer create new connection called ODI_STAGE. Enter User name as ODI_STAGE with password
ODI_STAGE. For SID enter ORCL. Click Test to verify connection, and then click Connect.
3 . Create your target table by executing the SQL commands provided below. Expand connection ODI_STAGE > Tables
> TRG_SALES_PERSON and verify that the table is created successfully.

Note: You may find these commands in the text file frovided with this OBE. To access this file, click HERE.

CREATE table "TRG_SALES_PERSON"(

"SALES_PERSON_ID" NUMBER(8,0) NOT NULL,

"FIRST_NAME" VARCHAR2(80),

"LAST_NAME" VARCHAR2(80),

"DATE_HIRED" VARCHAR2(80),

"DATE_UPDATED" DATE NOT NULL,

constraint "TRG_SALES_PERSON_PK" primary key("SALES_PERSON_ID")

)
Creating a New ODI Target Dataserver and the Physical Schema

Note: Skip this section, if you completed the OBE " Creating an ODI Project and Interface: Exporting
RDBMS Table to a Flat File" earlier.

After you created the new database target datastore, you need to create a new ODI target data server and
the Physical schema. To create the ODI target data server and physical schema, perform the following
steps:

1. In ODI, Open ODI Topology Navigator and then select the Physical Architecture tab. Expand Technologies, right-click
Oracle and select New Data Server.
2. In the Data Server: New window, enter the values provided in the table below. Click the JDBC tab.

Parameter Value

Name ODI_STAGE

Instance/dblink (Data Server) ORCL

User ODI_STAGE

Password ODI_STAGE
3.
Click for JDBC Driver. Select Oracle JDBC Driver. Click OK. Click for JDBC Url, select
jdbc:oracle:thin:@<host>:<port>:<sid>, and then click OK. Edit the Url to read:
jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:ORCL for Oracle Database.
Note: Do not copy and paste in the JDBC Url field. This may cause problems with entering a valid URL string.
4 . Click Test Connection. In the window that opens, click Yes to save your data. In the Information window, click OK.
Click Test to verify successful connection. Click OK.
5 . Click Expand Oracle technology node, right-click ODI_STAGE dataserver, and then select New Physical Schema.

6 . In Schema (Schema) and Schema (Work Schema) field enter your ODI_STAGE schema. Click Save button. Close
ODI_STAGE.ODI_STAGE physical schema window. In the Information window, click OK.

7 . Open Logical Architecture tab, expand Technologies > Oracle. Right-click Oracle technology and then select New
Logical Schema.
1 . Name logical schema ODI_STAGE. In the Global context, connect this logical schema to ODI_STAGE physical
schema as shown below. Click Save button and then close the tabs.

Creating a New ODI Target Model

Create a new ODI target model that will be used within your ODI Interface. To create a new ODI target
model, perform the following steps:

1 . Open ODI Designer. Click Models tab and select New Model. On the screen that appears, enter the values provided
in the following table. Click the Reverse Engineer tab.

Parameter Value

Name Oracle_RDBMS1

Technology Oracle

Logical Schema ODI_STAGE

2 . On the Reverse Engineer tab, set the Context to Global . Click Save button and then close Oracle_RDBMS1 tab.
3 . In the Models tab, right-click the Oracle_RDBMS1 model. Select Reverse Engineer. To verify that the
TRG_SALES_PERSON datastore is successfully reversed expand the model as shown below.
Creating a New ODI Interface to Perform Flat File to RDBMS Table
Transformation

To create a new ODI Interface to perform flat file to RDBMS table transformation, pefrom the following
steps:

1 . In ODI Designer, click the Projects tab. Expand your project Export-FF-RT, and then expand First Folder. Right-click
Interfaces and select New Interface. In Optimization Context field, select Development.

2 . On the screen that follows, enter the interface name as INT-EXP-FF-RT . If selected, deselect the Staging Area
Different From Target check box. Click the Mapping tab.
3 . Click the Models tab to drag the source and target to the diagram. Drag the SRC_SALES_PERSON.txt datastore
from the Flat_File1 model into the Sources container. Drag the TRG_SALES_PERSON datastore from the
Oracle_RDBMS1 model into the Target Datastore container. When Designer asks Do you want to perform an
Automatic Mapping? click Yes.
4 . Set the value for the DATE_UPDATED column in Target Datastore to System date. In Target Datastore, select
DATE_UPDATED. In the Implementation tab, enter SYSDATE. Select Staging Area in the Execute on section. Make
sure that Active Mapping checkbox is selected.
5 . Select the FIRST NAME column in Target Datastore and edit the mapping to read: ltrim(SRC.FIRST_NAME) . This
function removes left spaces in the FIRST_NAME column. In the Execute on section, select Staging Area. Click OK.
Repeat this step for columns LAST NAME and DATE HIRED. Refer to the mapping implementation provided in the
table below:

Column Mapping implementation

FIRST NAME Ltrim(SRC.FIRST_NAME)

LAST NAME Ltrim(SRC.LAST_NAME)

DATE HIRED Ltrim(SRC.DATE_HIRED)

6 . Click the Flow tab. Click the SrcSet_0 (FILE GENERIC) datastore . The properties for the source appear below. For
LKM, select LKM File to SQL from the LKM drop-down list if not selected. Now you need to ensure that the temporary
objects created during transformation are deleted. Set the LKM option DELETE_TEMPORARY_OBJECTS to
<Default>: true as shown below.
7 . Click the Target datastore. Select IKM SQL Incremental Update. Set the IKM option Flow_Control to False. Set the
IKM option DELETE_ALL to True. Click Save .
8.
To test your interface, click Execute button . The following screen appears. Retain the defaults and click OK. On
the next screen, click OK.
9 . Open ODIOperator and verify that your interface was executed successfully. In Operator, click Session List tab, select

All Executions, and the then click refresh button . View execution results for interface INT-EXP-FF-RT.

10 . Double-click Step 12 and click the Execution tab. View the number of rows inserted into the target table (16).
11 . Open the Interface tab. Select Mapping tab, right-click Target Datastore - TRG_SALES_PERSON, and then select
Data.. View Data inserted in the target table. Cloae Data Editor. Close tabs.
 Summary

In this tutorial, you have learned how to:

Verify the Prerequisites

Create a New Project with Oracle Data Integrator

Create a New ODI Model for the Flat File Source

Create a New ODI Source Datastore for Use with ODI Interface

Create a New ODI Model for the RDBMS Target

Create a New ODI Target Datastore for Use with ODI Interface

Create a New Interface with Oracle Data Integrator for a flat file to RDBMS table data
transformations

Resources

Oracle Data Intergator 11g Documentation

To learn more about , refer to additional OBEs in the Learning Library.