1.

HOW TO: Improve the performance of a PowerCenter session with a Lookup Transformation
that has a Not equal to condition and multiple conditions
Solution
Performance of a Lookup Transformation which has Not Equal To condition and multiple condition ports can be improved as follows:
Enter Not Equal to (!=) condition(s) as the last condition and Equal to (=) as the first condition. Non-equal conditions always fetch more records than
equal conditions and delay execution time. When non-equal conditions are placed as the last condition then the non-equal condition will be executed only
after the other conditions are satisfied.

2. HOW TO: Enable LSINFO for a PowerCenter session with Teradata loaders
Solution
When Teradata loaders are used with PowerCenter sessions, by default LSINFO information is written to dbc.eventlog table on the target
database. The table would have LogonSource column, which would have the data for every loader session with the following format:
TCP IP, Port#inHex, IPAddress, TDPID, PID, UserID, clientProgram, Format, LSINFO
Note
The LSINFO part would have the data in the following format:
repositoryFolderId:workflowId:task_instance_id
Using the IDs, the Folder name, workflow name, and so on can be retrieved using the repository views.For more information on how to query
the repository to get the names for the metadata ID from LSINFO, see Repository Guide > "Using Metadata Exchange (MX) Views".

What are the methods to connect to the Sharepoint Webservice in PowerCenter source
designer?
Answer
In PowerCenter, use one of the following methods to connect to the Sharepoint Webservice in PowerCenter source designer:
Create a Webservice consumer source to read incoming data.
Create a Webservice Consumer transformation to read data based on incoming request parameters to be passed through.
Use a B2B Data transformation to convert incoming XML.

HOW TO: Generate Merge Teradata query for full Pushdown optimization in
PowerCenter 9.x
Solution
In PowerCenter 9.x, do the following:
1. Create a mapping with Teradata target.
2. Create a workflow and session.
3. In the session properties, specify Treat rows as to update and specify Pushdown Optimization (PDO) as Full.
4. In the Target definition under the mapping in session, specify Update else Insert.
5. In the Session properties >Config tab, set custom property value to MergePDOTeradata=Yes
This setting will generate MERGE INTO SQL for PDO instead of INSERT INTO.

More Information
Specifically for lookup and joiner, MergeJoinPDOTeradata=Yes flag is required.