Ab Initio Interview Questions
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Can some tell me at which level pdl gets resolved when parameters are resolved in abinitio? Also what happens in dml evaluation during parameter evaluation ?

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Whenever we load data into oracle table from staging table using exchange partition...then I read somewhere that data actually doesn't move in this and this command only reset the pointer in the data dictionary...so if data doesn't move then how data is loaded into the main table ? I mean wat is the point of pointer update in data dictionary?

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What is the return type of lookup_not_loaded() ? Does it return 0 or 1 to signify true or false or does it return index ...can someone please explain.

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How can we increase the loading performance of oracle table in AbInitio?

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What happens when we provide null key to sort, merge and pbks in Abinitio ?

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Input Data: AAABBBCC CCAAABB expected output A3B3C2 A3B2C2 How can I achieve this in Ab initio? where In output count of occurrences should be sorted from high to low

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Input A 100 NUll A NUll 200 B 100 Null B Null 300 Output A 100 200 B 100 300 Do this using Ab initio

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What will be the output of using partition by Round-Robin after the partiton by key in ab initio?

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What will be the skew for, input file->partition by key-> partition by round robin->output file

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what is the output when -1 is put in select_expr of FBE?

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How to replace last 4 digits of an input column with XXXX given input column has 12 digits?

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Code check-in and check-out commands in AbInitio

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Given input file with single column having 1 2 2 4 3 .. Required output 1 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 3 3.. How?

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How to process records in batches like 1-20 records in first execution and 21-40 records in second run.. so on

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How to convert a single column values 1 2 3 4 to single row of 4 columns ? And vice-versa

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Un-Answered Questions { Ab Initio }

What do you understand by a cartesian join?

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What is the difference between look-up file and look-up, with a relevant example?

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Describe the evaluation of parameters order in ab initio?

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Suppose we assign you a new project. What would be your initial point and the key steps that you follow?

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How co> operating system natively processes the data?

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What is common among data validity and data integrity?

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Why might you create a stored procedure with the with recompile option?

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What are the benefits of data processing according to you?

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how will i can implement Insert a new record (if not present in Input file),Update the record (if present in input) a csv file in Abinitio

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How to create a repository in abinitio for stand-alone system(local nt)?

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What is the difference between formal and export parameter? Export at what secenario we are going to use?

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You can ask about different vector functions. How to use in abinitio graph?

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What are the operations that support avoiding duplicate record?

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What are the differences between informatica and abinitio?

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How you can run a graph infinitely in ab initio?

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