Overview
| Course code | 6S130 | Skill level | Basic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration | 3.0 days | Delivery type | Self-paced Virtual Class |
| Course type | Public only | ||
| Public price | USD $1,860.00 plus tax |
PLEASE NOTE: This course is also available as an Instructor Led Class, IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender V8.3 Fundamentals (WE310) and also as an Instructor Led Online Course, IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender V8.3 Fundamentals (Remote Classroom) (VE310)
Please note this option does not require any travel.
NOTE: THIS IS AN ONLINE SELF-PACED VIRTUAL COURSE. PLEASE DO NOT MAKE TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THIS COURSE.
Self-paced virtual courses provide the same deep technical content as our classroom courses, but allow you to learn on your own schedule. You can stop and start a Self-Paced Virtual class as needed during the 60-day access period.
There is no live instructor for this course, so it may not be appropriate for students who require the guidance of a live instructor. In such cases, students should consider the alternative versions of this course:
- Classroom delivery: IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender V8.3 Fundamentals (WE310)
- Instructor-led online delivery: IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender V8.3 Fundamentals (Remote Classroom) (VE310)
This 3-day instructor-led course is the foundation course for the IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender curriculum, and teaches students the fundamentals of WebSphere Transformation Extender V8.3.
IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender provides real-time transformation of complex data, including EDI X12, HIPAA, EDIFACT, and SWIFT. Through a combination of lectures and hands-on lab exercises, students learn how to use the WebSphere Transformation Extender Design Studio to define, transform, and route business objects and complex flat file data. Specific topics covered by the course include an overview of the WebSphere Transformation Extender product and its features, creating and deploying maps, and working with a resource registry. Hands-on exercises give students practical experience with skills such as optimizing maps, handling and logging errors, defining data, and indexing output.
Online Enrollment:
THIS IS A SELF-PACED VIRTUAL CLASS. ONCE YOU REGISTER, YOU HAVE 60 DAYS TO COMPLETE THE COURSE.
Before you enroll, review the system requirements listed below to ensure that your system meets the minimum requirements for this course.
Within 48 hours of enrolling in the course, you will receive a confirmation e-mail containing your online link, your ID and password, and additional instructions for starting the course.
Start the course at any time. Once you start the course, you have 60 days to complete it. You are billed for the course when you submit the enrollment form.
ONCE YOU ARE ENROLLED IN THIS COURSE, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CANCEL YOUR ENROLLMENT
For information on other related WebSphere courses, visit the WebSphere Education Training Paths Web site:
http://www.ibm.com/software/websphere/education/paths/
Audience
This basic course is designed for programmers and analysts who need to implement data integration and transformation solutions using WebSphere Transformation Extender.
Prerequisites
Before taking this course, students should have a basic understanding of data formats and processing logic and have hands-on experience with Microsoft Windows.
Skills taught
- Define workspaces and projects using the Eclipse Workbench
- Use the Type Designer to define data structures, data properties, and data components as type trees
- Validate type trees to ensure that they accurately describe the data
- Transform flat files using the Map Designer
- Use type design and mapping techniques to improve validation and throughput
- Use the Resource Registry to improve portability between operating environments
- Implement error handling
- Optimize map performance
Course outline
- Course introduction
- WebSphere Transformation Extender product overview
- Eclipse Workbench fundamentals
- Exercise: Defining workspaces and projects
- Defining the data
- Exercise: Defining the data
- Defining properties
- Exercise: Defining item and group properties
- Defining components
- Exercise: Completing the type tree
- Validating data definitions
- Exercise: Creating a validation map
- Building additional validation into type trees
- Exercise: Adding restriction lists and component rules
- Exercise: Validation concept review (optional)
- More about mapping
- Exercise: Indexing an output
- Functional maps
- Exercise: File to file transformation
- More efficient mapping
- Exercise: Extracting data using the EXTRACT function and partitions
- Exercise: Using COUNT and SUM functions
- Exercise: Creating a second output file (optional)
- Error handling
- Exercise: Error handling and logging
- Resource Registry
- Exercise: Using the Resource Registry
- Map optimization
- Exercise: Using the Map Profiler
- Exercise: Configuring card and map settings
- Map deployment
- Course summary
Machine requirements
After you enroll in this course, you will be directed to a link to help you prepare your system to access the course.
Minimum workstation software requirements:
- Windows XP/2003
- Internet Explorer browser Version 6.0 or later, Netscape Navigator browser Version 7.0 or later, Mozilla browser Version 1.1 or later, or FireFox 1.0.7 browser
- 128-bit encryption
Minimum network requirements:
- Internet access at a minimum of 30 kbps of dedicated bandwidth
- A direct Internet connection that allows communication on port 443 or 1494 (depending on your class)
- Proxy rules that permit Citrix ICA Client access using ICA/SSL packets