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  1. Preface
  2. Analyst Service
  3. Catalog Service
  4. Content Management Service
  5. Data Integration Service
  6. Data Integration Service Architecture
  7. Data Integration Service Management
  8. Data Integration Service Grid
  9. Data Integration Service REST API
  10. Data Integration Service Applications
  11. Enterprise Data Preparation Service
  12. Interactive Data Preparation Service
  13. Informatica Cluster Service
  14. Mass Ingestion Service
  15. Metadata Access Service
  16. Metadata Manager Service
  17. Model Repository Service
  18. PowerCenter Integration Service
  19. PowerCenter Integration Service Architecture
  20. High Availability for the PowerCenter Integration Service
  21. PowerCenter Repository Service
  22. PowerCenter Repository Management
  23. PowerExchange Listener Service
  24. PowerExchange Logger Service
  25. SAP BW Service
  26. Search Service
  27. System Services
  28. Test Data Manager Service
  29. Test Data Warehouse Service
  30. Web Services Hub
  31. Application Service Upgrade
  32. Application Service Databases
  33. Connecting to Databases from Windows
  34. Connecting to Databases from UNIX or Linux
  35. Updating the DynamicSections Parameter of a DB2 Database

Application Service Guide

Application Service Guide

Thread Types

Thread Types

The master thread creates different types of threads for a session. The types of threads the master thread creates depend on the pre- and post-session properties, as well as the types of transformations in the mapping.
The master thread can create the following types of threads:
  • Mapping threads
  • Pre- and post-session threads
  • Reader threads
  • Transformation threads
  • Writer threads

Mapping Threads

The master thread creates one mapping thread for each session. The mapping thread fetches session and mapping information, compiles the mapping, and cleans up after session execution.

Pre- and Post-Session Threads

The master thread creates one pre-session and one post-session thread to perform pre- and post-session operations.

Reader Threads

The master thread creates reader threads to extract source data. The number of reader threads depends on the partitioning information for each pipeline. The number of reader threads equals the number of partitions. Relational sources use relational reader threads, and file sources use file reader threads.
The PowerCenter Integration Service creates an SQL statement for each reader thread to extract data from a relational source. For file sources, the PowerCenter Integration Service can create multiple threads to read a single source.

Transformation Threads

The master thread creates one or more transformation threads for each partition. Transformation threads process data according to the transformation logic in the mapping.
The master thread creates transformation threads to transform data received in buffers by the reader thread, move the data from transformation to transformation, and create memory caches when necessary. The number of transformation threads depends on the partitioning information for each pipeline.
Transformation threads store transformed data in a buffer drawn from the memory pool for subsequent access by the writer thread.
If the pipeline contains a Rank, Joiner, Aggregator, Sorter, or a cached Lookup transformation, the transformation thread uses cache memory until it reaches the configured cache size limits. If the transformation thread requires more space, it pages to local cache files to hold additional data.
When the PowerCenter Integration Service runs in ASCII mode, the transformation threads pass character data in single bytes. When the PowerCenter Integration Service runs in Unicode mode, the transformation threads use double bytes to move character data.

Writer Threads

The master thread creates writer threads to load target data. The number of writer threads depends on the partitioning information for each pipeline. If the pipeline contains one partition, the master thread creates one writer thread. If it contains multiple partitions, the master thread creates multiple writer threads.
Each writer thread creates connections to the target databases to load data. If the target is a file, each writer thread creates a separate file. You can configure the session to merge these files.
If the target is relational, the writer thread takes data from buffers and commits it to session targets. When loading targets, the writer commits data based on the commit interval in the session properties. You can configure a session to commit data based on the number of source rows read, the number of rows written to the target, or the number of rows that pass through a transformation that generates transactions, such as a Transaction Control transformation.

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