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Informatica Training-Day 5: Rank Transformation

The document discusses Informatica Rank Transformation training. It describes how Rank Transformation allows selecting the top or bottom ranked data values within a group. It covers the components of Rank Transformation including ranking string values, ports, properties, and applications. Rank Transformation returns the highest or lowest numeric or string values based on configured sort order and properties like number of ranks and case sensitivity.

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Informatica Training-Day 5: Rank Transformation

The document discusses Informatica Rank Transformation training. It describes how Rank Transformation allows selecting the top or bottom ranked data values within a group. It covers the components of Rank Transformation including ranking string values, ports, properties, and applications. Rank Transformation returns the highest or lowest numeric or string values based on configured sort order and properties like number of ranks and case sensitivity.

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Informatica Training- Day 5

Rank Transformation
Course Objective
• To introduce the basic concept of Rank Transformation

• To familiarize with the components and features of Rank


Transformation
Session Plan

 Rank Transformation - Purpose

 Rank Transformation - Overview

 Rank Transformation – Ranking String Values

 Rank Transformation - Ports

 Rank Transformation - Properties

 Rank Transformation - Application


References

• Informatica Manuals: Installation and Configuration Guide


Rank Transformation - Purpose

 Allows you to select only the top or bottom rank of data

 Returns the largest or smallest numeric value in a port or group

 Returns the strings at the top or the bottom of a session sort order

 Differs from transformation functions MAX and MIN, in that it allows


you to select a group of top or bottom values, not just one value
Rank Transformation - Overview

 Rank Transformation is an Active & Connected Transformation

 Connects ports from only one transformation to Rank transformation

 Supports groups, creates one set of ranked rows for each group
 Can designate one input/output group as Group By Port

 Rank Transformation has following components


 Ranking String Values
 Rank Ports
Rank Transformation – Ranking String Values

 Ranking String Values

 Defines Sort Order based on Data Code Movement

 For ASCII mode, it sorts session data using a binary sort order

 For Unicode mode, Server uses sort order configured for the session
Rank Transformation - Ports.

 Rank Ports

 Can be any input, input/output, output, variable and a rank port

Ports Number Required Description

I Minimum of 1 Input port

O Minimum of 1 Output port . Can be an input port also

V Not Required Variable port

R One only Rank port. It is an Input/Output port


Rank Transformation - Ports.

Rank Port
Use to designate the column for which you want to rank values

You must link the Rank port to another transformation

Rank Index
Designer automatically creates a RANKINDEX port for each Rank
transformation

Server uses this port to store the ranking position for each row in a
group

RANKINDEX is an output port only


Rank Transformation - Ports

Filters the top or bottom range of records

Can be added in the


mapping anywhere after
source qualifier.
Ports
Rank Index
Rank Port
Rank Transformation - Properties

 Top/Bottom

 Specifies whether you want the top or bottom ranking for a column

 Number of Ranks

 Number of rows you want to rank

 Case-Sensitive String Comparison

 If session sort order is case-sensitive, select this to enable case-


sensitive string comparisons, and clear this to ignore case for strings
Rank Transformation - Properties

 Rank Cache

 In a session, Server compares an input row with data cached rows. If


input row out-ranks a cached row, Server replaces cached row with the
input row

 Server stores group information in an index cache and row data in a


data cache

 If Rank transformation is configured to rank across multiple groups,


Server ranks incrementally for each group it finds
Rank Transformation - Properties.
Application

 Used when we need to find the upper or lower values as a group,


rather than a single value.
Summary

 Rank Transformation Purpose

 Rank Transformation Overview

 Rank Transformation Ranking String Values

 Rank Transformation Ports

 Rank Transformation Properties

 Application

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