Pivot Mapping in Informatica

Mapping technique to transpose rows into column data using aggregator

Scenario-1
Often it is necessary to 'build' a target record from several source records.

One of the scenarios has been to pivot data in multiple rows belonging to the same entity. Multiple
rows may contain different attributes of the same entity. Then we need to build a process to map the
multiple attributes of the entity into multiple columns in a single row.

For example, source records:

Would turn into target records:

There are a few different methods of building one record out of several. Often this can be
accomplished by using an aggregator. Alternatively, an Expression variable logic can be utilized. This
mapping template uses the aggregator transformation.
Scenario -2

This solution describes how to pivot data from the multiple rows into columns in a single row.

Source
CUSTOMER_ID PRODUCT_CATEGORY SALES_AMT
CUST_1 CAT_A 2000
CUST_1 CAT_B 3000
CUST_1 CAT_C 4000
CUST_2 CAT_A 8000
CUST_2 CAT_C 7000

Target
CUSTOMER_ID CATEGORY_A_AMT CATEGORY_B_AMT CATEGORY_C_AMT
CUST_1 2000 3000 4000
CUST_2 8000 7000

There are a few different methods of building one record out of several. Often this can be
accomplished by using an aggregator. Alternatively, an Expression variable logic can be utilized. This
mapping template illustrates all the methods.

Scenario - 3
+---------+--------------+-----------------+
| ADDR_ID | NAME | ADDRESS |
+---------+--------------+-----------------+
| 1 | John Smith | JohnsAddress1 |
| 1 | John Smith | JohnsAddress2 |
| 1 | John Smith | JohnsAddress3 |
| 2 | Adrian Smith | AdriansAddress1 |
| 2 | Adrian Smith | AdriansAddress2 |
| 3 | Ivar Smith | IvarAddress1 |
+---------+--------------+-----------------+

And this should be the resulting table:

+---------+--------------+-----------------+-----------------+---------------+----------+
| ADDR_ID | NAME | ADDRESS1 | ADDRESS2 | ADDRESS3 | ADDRESS4 |
+---------+--------------+-----------------+-----------------+---------------+----------+
| 1 | John Smith | JohnsAddress1 | JohnsAddress2 | JohnsAddress3 | NULL |
| 2 | Adrian Smith | AdriansAddress1 | AdriansAddress2 | NULL | NULL |
| 3 | Ivar Smith | IvarAddress1 | NULL | NULL | NULL |
+---------+--------------+-----------------+-----------------+---------------+----------+
Informatica Scenarios: Pivoting of records (Pivoting of Employees by Department)

In this scenario we will discuss about how to pivot a set of records based on column:

Source Records:

Dept_id Emp_name
10 CLARK
10 KING
10 MILLER
20 JONES
20 FORD
20 ADAMS
20 SMITH
20 SCOTT
30 WARD
30 TURNER
30 ALLEN
30 BLAKE
30 MARTIN
30 JAMES

Expected Output

DEPT_ID EMP_NAME
10 CLARK|KING|MILLER
20 JONES|FORD|ADAMS|SMITH|SCOTT
30 WARD|TURNER|ALLEN|JAMES|BLAKE|MARTIN

For this we can use the below pivot_mapping. To get the required source records we have used the
below source query.

Select d.deptno,e.ename from emp e,dept d where e.deptno=d.deptno

In the expression we need to use the logic as shown below and arrange the columns in the below
order

V_EMP_NAME = DECODE(V_DEPT_PREV,DEPT_ID,V_DEPT||’|’||EMP_NAME, EMP_NAME)

O_EMP_NAME=V_EMP_NAME

V_DEPT_PREV=DEPT_ID
Group by dept_id: To group the deptid colum we can make use of the AGGREGATOR .

When we group by using the DEPTID it will group and return the last row of each department group
and the target table will have the below records as expected

SQL> SELECT * FROM PIVOT_TARGET;

DEPTN ENAME

10 CLARK|KING|MILLER

20 JONES|FORD|ADAMS|SMITH|SCOTT

30 WARD|TURNER|ALLEN|JAMES|BLAKE|MARTIN
Pivot columns in a single row into multiple rows
Source
AddressID Name Address1 Address2

1 Rachel Geller address1 address2

2 Joey Smith address1 address2

Target
AddressID Name Address

1 Rachel Geller address1

1 Rachel Geller address2

2 Joey Smith address1

2 Joey Smith address2

In the above scenario, the column data is converted to rows. To normalize the data, we use normalizer
transformation. Go to Normalizer Transformation, to see, how to implement the above scenario.