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How to Easily Clone an Oracle BRM Test Database
Cloning a database for BRM is not merely a matter of making a copy of the database. Integration must be enforced so that all communication stays intact. In the following steps, we will walk through...
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Using Expression Variables for Row Over Row Processing
Downloadable White Paper - Data processing in Informatica PowerCenter is row-based. But sometimes you just need to reference the data in the previous row. What to do? Expression transformation...
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How to Bill One Account in BRM for Testing
The BRM billing utilities run in default mode are great for billing large numbers of accounts, but may not be appropriate for situations such as testing, when all that’s required is to verify the...
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Testnap is Your Friend
When it comes to testing in BRM, you’ve got a friend in testnap. Testnap is a versatile command-line utility that you can use to test your BRM applications and execute opcodes. With testnap, you can...
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How to Be a Time Traveler Using pin_virtual_time
Have you ever wanted to travel through time? No need for a flux capacitor! Oracle BRM provides that exciting opportunity with the use of pin_virtual_time, which allows you to adjust the time of your...
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BRMmart: Making Report Generation Easy
Getting historical information out of Oracle BRM can be quite a chore. BRM’s complex nature of its object oriented data store makes the process of data extraction and report generation challenging and...
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Creating Custom Fields in Oracle BRM
As developers, sometimes we need to represent data that does not fit into any of Oracle BRM’s out-of-the-box fields. The following steps detail how you can easily create your own custom fields and use...
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Cloning BRM and Pipeline Environments for Development and Testing
Many times when working on multiple projects for a client, it is necessary to be able to reproduce a BRM/Pipeline environment containing customizations and test data. Multiple environments can be used...
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Enabling Level 2 Payments in BRM
In the first blog of the series, we discussed the financial benefits of providing Level 2 data in requests sent to the credit card processor. In the second blog post, we went on to show how it is...
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Understanding BRM’s Error Buffer
If you have any experience with BRM, you probably have encountered strange error messages related to the error buffer. This blog will take a deeper look at the error buffer and help you decipher what...
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Tokenization and PCI Compliance
Considering recent large-scale data breaches, it’s no wonder more and more companies seek to improve their customers’ data security. Tokenization is gaining popularity as a data security method for...
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Implementing a Type 2 Slowly Changing Dimension Solution in Informatica...
A slowly changing dimension is a common occurrence in data warehousing. In general, this applies to any case where an attribute for a dimension record varies over time. There are three typical...
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Data security for your company. Seriously. It’s time.
Another day, another data security breach. I keep hearing companies say that they need to get smarter and protect their data but the truth is that a majority are moving too slowly or not at all. Every...
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Create testnap scripts for BRM using SQL queries
In this blog, we’ll learn how to create testnap scripts using SQL queries. Before we dive in, it might be a good idea to brush up on the following topics unless you’re already an expert: SQL query...
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Mastering business rules that constantly change
Over the years I’ve seen companies large and small struggle with managing their business rules. It seems like teams are always asking the same questions: How many rules do we have? Which version is...
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The key principles to MDM success
As I ride back to Philadelphia, I can’t help but think of the day’s events at Informatica MDM Day 2015 in New York City. The day was rich with keynotes and panels from customers, partners and...
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Custom Fields in Oracle BRM: PODL Files
In the previous post, we saw how to create custom fields in Oracle’s Developer Center client. Developer Center is a useful tool for developers who are new to BRM because it provides a simple graphical...
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Master Data Management: identify and measure value
There are a few “must-haves” for a successful Master Data Management initiative. My previous blog touched on two major principles I learned during my day in NYC for the 2015 MDM Conference held by...
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TAKE or GET? PUT or SET? The BRM Memory Management Conundrum
GET or TAKE? SET or PUT? Which one should I use? That decision comes down to how you want to manage memory in Oracle BRM. Why would I want to use TAKE? Let’s say you have an flist, and you want to edit...
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RESPEC Receives 2023 Engineering Excellence Award for Outstanding Flood...
Pictured left to right: David Gatterman, Executive Engineer, SSCAFCA, Chris Naidu, Supervisor, RESPEC, and Hugh Floyd, Manager, RESPEC On April 21, 2023, RESPEC was honored with the 2023 Engineering...
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