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Update Strategy Transformation in Informatica

The document discusses update strategy transformation in Informatica, which is used to insert, update, and delete records in a target table. It can flag rows for insert, update, delete, or reject. The transformation works with lookup and aggregator transformations and requires a primary key on the target table.

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Update Strategy Transformation in Informatica

The document discusses update strategy transformation in Informatica, which is used to insert, update, and delete records in a target table. It can flag rows for insert, update, delete, or reject. The transformation works with lookup and aggregator transformations and requires a primary key on the target table.

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ImportantNote:
Updatestrategyworksonlywhenwehaveaprimarykeyonthetargettable.Ifthereisno
primarykeyavailableonthetargettable,thenyouhavetospecifyaprimarykeyinthetarget
definitioninthemappingforupdatestrategytransformationtowork.
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