IBM InfoSphere DataStage Essentials v11.7

• Describe the uses of DataStage, DataStage clients, and the DataStage workflow
• Describe the two types of parallelism exhibited by DataStage parallel jobs
• Describe what a deployment domain consists of, the different domain deployment options, and the installation process
• Create new users and groups
• Assign Suite roles and Component roles to users and groups
• Give users DataStage credentials
• Add a DataStage user on the Permissions tab and specify their role
• Specify DataStage global and project defaults
• List and describe important environment variables
• Navigate the DataStage Designer
• Import and export DataStage objects
• Design a parallel job in DataStage Designer
• Use the Row Generator, Peek, and Annotation stages in the job
• Compile, run, and monitor a job
• Create a parameter set and use it in a job
• Read and write to sequential files using the Sequential File stage
• Work with nulls in sequential files
• Read from multiple sequential files using file patterns
• Describe parallel processing architecture, pipeline parallelism, and partition parallelism
• Describe partitioning and collecting algorithms
• Describe the parallel job compilation process and how to use OSH (Orchestrate Shell Script)
• Explain the Score
• Combine data using the Lookup stage
• Combine data using the Merge, Join, and Funnel stages
• Sort data using in-stage sorts and the Sort stage
• Combine data using the Aggregator stage and the Remove Duplicates stage
• Use the Transformer stage in parallel jobs
• Define constraints and derivations
• Create a parameter set and use its parameters in constraints and derivations
• Perform a simple Find, Advanced Find, and an impact analysis
• Compare the differences between two table definitions and two jobs
• Import table definitions for relational tables
• Use ODBC and Db2 Connector stages in a job
• Use SQL Builder to define SQL SELECT and INSERT statements
• Use multiple input links into Connector stages to update multiple tables within a single transaction
• Use the DataStage job sequencer to build a job that controls a sequence of jobs
• Use Sequencer links and stages to control the sequence a set of jobs run in
• Pass information in job parameters from the master controlling job to the controlled jobs
• Handle errors and exceptions

You should have basic knowledge of the Windows operating system and some familiarity with database access techniques.