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How to create a Temp Table in ODI Interface (Yellow Interface)

Define the Interface Name , optimization context and select the proper schema for staging Area different from the Target

In the Diagram Tab, Drag your source in to the Source side In the Target Data store Click on the Untitled area and you can see in the properties area Name tab ,
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Context and Temporary Data store Location

Type in the Target Temp table name you wish to create in the Name tab Leave the context as it is unless you want specifically to run only for one context Select the Work schema for Temporary Data store Location unless you wish to create in the Main Database or Schema. To create copy of the entire table as the source, Right click and select Add to target. For particular selected columns, Right click particular columns and select Add to Target and only those particular columns will be added to the target.

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Modify the Data type for the target Database and also the column name ( if required ) . Verify the Column name and the Execution area i.e ( Source , Staging area or Target )

In the Flow tab, Select the appropriate IKM and put the Flow Control to be No and Create Targ Table to be Yes , so that ODI can create the table before loading in Data or Work schema as defined in step 6

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Run the Interface and Check for Errors .If all fine you should see the table created in the Schema selected (in step 1) with data loaded. Go to the required schema check for the table and data .

when you create Temp table using ODI , you wont see the option of Data to see the data directly in the Interface Temp Interface are marked by a Yellow Color Icon unlike Blue

To use this Temporary table, just drag and drop the interface as the Source for other Interfaces. You dont need to do the Selective Reverse of the temporary data store.

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Posted Date: September 6, 2009 Author: Kshitiz Devendra Comments: 6 Comments Categories: How to , ODI , Tips and Tricks Tags: INTERFACES , ODI , ODI Experts , Oracle Data Integrator Permalink

Author: Kshitiz Devendra

ODI Experts Admin and Co-Author .He enjoys programming espcially Java/Jython based applications, some of which have been used in scientific research areas for analyzing Next Generation Sequencing data. He has also recently written ODI JDBC EXCEL and ODI JDBC ACCESS. You can reach him at kdevendr@gmail.com

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Paulo Trevisolli June 27, 2012 at 1:16 pm Very Helpful. Thanks from Brazil!!!!!

2. Kshitiz Devendra May 23, 2012 at 7:54 am yes you should be able to create a temporary datastore on a source environment then use it as source for Target Interface.

3. Peter May 22, 2012 at 7:29 pm Is there a way to point the temporary data store to table on a source server, then drag/drop into another interface that populates table on another target server? Thanks, Pete

4. Kshitiz Devendra January 24, 2011 at 9:27 am what is the error message you are receiving. Also in the temporary target table you create you can define the data type and the length too . Please look for that.

5. Artico Mauro January 24, 2011 at 4:03 am After drag the yellow interface in diagram, there is not the precision of the columns. For example: 1) run the interface (it creates the temp table with char(4)) 2) drag the temporary interface in a diagram and columns indicates only CHAR and not CHAR(4) so i
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have error massages when i save the new interface. (ODI 10g)

6. Jeffrey November 12, 2009 at 3:29 am Hello, Im very interested in this solution. Sorry for asking a junior question after running the interface, which module to go to check for the tables under WORK_SCHEMA? Is it in MODEL tab of DESIGNER or TOPOLOGY Manager? I cant find it anywhere. thanks Jeffrey

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