1.

Process Control – Definition

Process control or Auditing of a workflow in an Informatica is capturing the job information like start time, end time,
read count, insert count, update count and delete count. This information is captured and written into table as the
workflow executes

2. Structure of Process Control/Audit table

The table structure of process control table is given below,

Table 1: Process Control structure

A unique number
used to identify a
PROCESS_RUN_ID Number(p,s) 11 specific process run.
The name of the
process (this
column will be
populated with the
names of the
informatica
PROCESS_NME Varchar2 120 mappings.)
The date/time when
START_TMST Date 19 the process started.
The date/time when
END_TMST Date 19 the process ended.
The number of rows
ROW_READ_CNT Number(p,s) 16 read by the process.
The number of rows
inserted by the
ROW_INSERT_CNT Number(p,s) 16 process.
The number of rows
updated by the
ROW_UPDATE_CNT Number(p,s) 16 process.
The number of rows
deleted by the
ROW_DELETE_CNT Number(p,s) 16 process
The number of rows
rejected by the
ROW_REJECT_CNT Number(p,s) 16 process.
The etl user
identifier associated
USER_ID Varchar2 32 with the process.
3. Mapping Logic and Build Steps
The process control flow has two data flows, one is an insert flow and the other is an update flow. The insert flow runs
before the main mapping and update flows runs after the main mapping, this option is chosen in “Target Load Plan”.
The source for both the flows could be a dummy source which will return one record as output, for exampleselect
‘process’ from dual or select count(1) from Table_A. The following list of mapping variable is to be created,

Table 2: Mapping Parameter and variables

$$PROCESS_ID
$$PROCESS_NAME
$$INSERT_COUNT
$$UPDATE_COUNT
$$DELETE_COUNT
$$REJECT_COUNT
Steps to create Insert flow:
1. Have “select „process‟ from dual” as Sequel in source qualifier
2. Have a sequence generator to create running process_run_Id ‟s
3. In an expression SetVariable ($$PROCESS_RUN_ID,NEXTVAL), $$PROCESS_NAME to o_process_name,
a output only field
4. In an expression assign $$SessionStarttime to o_Starttime, an output only field
5. In an expression accept the sequence id from sequence generator
6. Insert into target‟ process control table‟ with all the above three values
Table 3:
Process Control Image after Insert flow
PROCESS_RUN_ID 1
PROCESS_NME VENDOR_DIM_LOAD
START_TMST 8/23/2009 12:23
END_TMST
ROW_READ_CNT
ROW_INSERT_CNT
ROW_UPDATE_CNT
ROW_DELETE_CNT
ROW_REJECT_CNT
USER_ID INFA8USER
Steps in main mapping,
1. After the source qualifier, increment the read count in a variable (v_read_count) for each record been read in
an expression and SetMaxVariable ($$READ_COUNT,v_read_count)
2. Before the update strategy of target instances, do the same for Insert/Update/Delete counts; all the variables
are now set with all their respective counts

Steps to create Update flow:

1. Have “select „process‟ from dual” as Sequel in source qualifier
2. Use SetMaxvariable to get the process_run_id created in insert flow
3. In an expression assign $$INSERT_COUNT to an o_insert_count, a output only field, assign all the counts in
the same way
4. In an expression assign $$SessionEndtime to o_Endtime, an output only field
 5. Update the target „Process Control Table‟ with all the above three values where process_run_id equals the
process_run_id generated in Insert flow

Table 4: Process Control Image after Update flow

PROCESS_RUN_ID 1
PROCESS_NME VENDOR_DIM_LOAD
START_TMST 8/23/2009 12:23
END_TMST 8/23/2009 12:30
ROW_READ_CNT 1000
ROW_INSERT_CNT 900
ROW_UPDATE_CNT 60
ROW_DELETE_CNT 40
ROW_REJECT_CNT 0
USER_ID INFA8USER

4. Merits over Informatica Metadata

This information is also available in Informatica metadata, however maintaining this within our system has following
benefits,