IBM InfoSphere Information Services Director Essentials V8

Unit 01: SOA Concepts and Information Server

Module 1:Service Oriented Architecture

• Introduction to Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
• Business Drivers for SOA
• Rules for Applying SOA
• SOA Benefits
• SOA and Information Server

Module 2:Information Server

• Information Server Overview
• Components of Information Server
  • InfoSphere Business Glossary
  • Information Analyzer (IA)
  • DataStage and QualityStage
  • FastTrack
  • Metadata Workbench

Module 3:What is Information Services Director?

• Information Services Director (ISD) Overview
  • Information Services Director Value Proposition
  • Information Services Director Business Context

Module 4:Getting Started

• Logon to the IBM Information Server Console
• Find and Display Pillar Menus
• Click through Getting Started
• Find and Review Preferences/Configuration Options
  • Walkthrough - Logon and Navigation

Unit 02: ISD Message Flow and Roles

Module 1:ISD Message Flow

• ISD Message Flow

Module 2:ISD User Roles

• ISD Suite Component Roles
• ISD Project Roles

Unit 03: Information Services Director Development Model

Module 1:Enablement of information providers

• ISD Information Service Connection
• Creating a DataStage/QualityStage Connection
• Creating a DB2, Federation Server, Oracle Server Connection
  • Lab 01: Creating an Information Services Connection

Module 2:Development Model

• ISD Project
• ISD Application
• ISD Service
• ISD Operation
  • ISD Security
• Service Bindings Overview
  • Lab 02: Create a Project, Application, and Service
• Operations Provider
  • ISD Service Provider Handlers

Module 3:REST 2.0 Service Binding

• What is REST 2.0
• How it Works
• Using the ISD web console

Module 4:Deployment of applications and their services

• Deploy an Application
  • How to deploy an ISD Application
  • How to invoke the ISD Service
  • Lab 03: Create an ISD DB2 Service
  • Lab 04: Create an ISD DB2 Stored Procedure

Unit 04: Information Services Director and DataStage

Module 1:ISD and DataStage

• Three job topologies for DataStage Projects
• ISD Enablement within DataStage
• Lab 05: DataStage Job - Lookup_CustID
• Lab 06: Call an ISD DataStage Service