10 Going Further with Oracle Data Integrator

This chapter provides information for going further with Oracle Data Integrator.

This chapter includes the following sections:

Section 10.1, "Summary"
Section 10.2, "What else can you do with Oracle Data Integrator?"
Section 10.3, "Learn More"

10.1 Summary

Congratulations! You have now completed an ETL project and learned about the fundamentals of Oracle Data Integrator.

In this Getting Started guide, you learned how to:

Define and implement data integrity rules in the Orders Application - HSQL application (Chapter 5, "Implementing Data Quality Control")
Create interfaces to load the data from the Orders Application - HSQL and Parameters - FILE applications into the Sales Administration data warehouse (Chapter 6, "Working with Integration Interfaces")
Sequence your developments (Chapter 7, "Working with Packages")
Prepare your process for deployment (Chapter 9, "Deploying Integrated Applications")

10.2 What else can you do with Oracle Data Integrator?

You have learned how to use Oracle Data Integrator for a typical Data Warehousing project. But Oracle Data Integrator is capable of addressing any type of data-driven integration, from batch to near-real-time, as for example:

Data Migration - with or without subsequent replication between the old and the new system
Point-to-point Data Integration
Data Replication

Furthermore, in this Getting Started guide you have only seen Oracle Data Integrator connecting to a relational database and files. Oracle Data Integrator can also access and integrate all database systems, ERPs and CRMs, mainframes, flat files, LDAP directories, XML data sources, and so forth - all within the same toolset and using the same methodology.

Oracle Data Integrator is the only integration platform that unifies data, event, and service-based integration with a common declarative rules driven approach. It enables the enterprise to present a single view of its Information System, with a single, unified access model.

Some of the benefits that you will find from using Oracle Data Integrator include:

Unified integration support: Oracle Data Integrator is the only integration application software to support data-, event- and service-oriented integration with the same interface. This unique feature allows IT teams to cover all integration needs: batch and real-time, asynchronous and synchronous - regardless of data volumes or latency requirements.
Enhanced productivity and a short learning curve: the declarative rules driven approach is shared throughout Oracle Data Integrator, regardless of the data, event or service orientation of each integration mechanism. With a common use model and shared user interfaces throughout the platform, the learning curve is shortened and productivity is dramatically increased.
Shared, reusable metadata: with a single metadata repository that is fully integrated with all components of Oracle Data Integrator, the consistency of the integration processes is guaranteed. The repository also promotes the reusability of declarative rules for data transformation and data validation across processes.
Support for multiple applications: Oracle Data Integrator is well suited to a broad range of integration projects- ETL, Data Migration, Master data management, Business Activity Monitoring (BAM), Business Process Management (BPM), Business Process Reengineering (BPR), and Web Services integration - implemented using a combination of Data-oriented, Event-oriented, and Service-oriented mechanisms.

10.3 Learn More

You can learn more about creating your own integration projects with Oracle Data Integrator in the guides listed in Table 10-1.

Table 10-1 Oracle Data Integrator Documentation

Document	Description
Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle Data Integrator	Provides Oracle Data Integrator installation information including pre-installation requirements and troubleshooting.
Oracle Fusion Middleware Upgrade Guide for Oracle Data Integrator	Provides 11g upgrade information for Oracle Data Integrator.
Oracle Fusion Middleware Developer's Guide for Oracle Data Integrator	Provides guidelines for developers interested in using Oracle Data Integrator for integration projects.
Oracle Fusion Middleware Connectivity and Knowledge Modules Guide for Oracle Data Integrator	Describes Oracle Data Integrator Knowledge Modules and technologies and how to use them in integration projects.
Oracle Fusion Middleware Knowledge Module Developer's Guide for Oracle Data Integrator	Describes ho to develop your own Knowledge Modules for Oracle Data Integrator.

You can find all Oracle Data Integrator documentation on the Oracle Data Integrator documentation page on the Oracle Technology Network, at:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/data-integrator/documentation/index.html

The Oracle Data Integrator home page on the Oracle Technology Network also provides the following resources to learn more about other features of Oracle Data Integrator:

View the Two Minutes Product Tour. This viewlet provides a short introduction and overview of the main ODI features.
View the Oracle by Example Series for ODI. The Oracle by Example (OBE) series provides step-by-step instructions on how to perform a variety of tasks using Oracle Data Integrator Suite.

To learn more about the new features that have been introduced in Oracle Data Integrator 11g, see "What's New in Oracle Data Integrator?" in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Developer's Guide for Oracle Data Integrator and the Release Notes.

Thank you for choosing Oracle Data Integrator!