Thursday, June 20, 2013

Keys in Informatic​a PowerCente​r

Challenge:
Using shortcuts and work-arounds to work as efficiently as possible in PowerCenter Mapping Designer and Workflow Manager.

Description:
After you are familiar with the normal operation of PowerCenter Mapping Designer and Workflow Manager, you can use a variety of shortcuts to speed up their operation.

PowerCenter provides two types of shortcuts:
Keyboard shortcuts to edit repository objects and maneuver through the Mapping Designer and Workflow Manager as efficiently as possible, and shortcuts that simplify the maintenance of repository objects.

Keyboard Shortcuts:
Use the following keyboard shortcuts to perform various operations in Mapping Designer and Workflow Manager.

To:
Press:
Cancel editing in an object
Esc
Check and uncheck a check box
Space Bar
Copy text from an object onto a clipboard
Ctrl+C
Cut text from an object onto the clipboard
Ctrl+X
Edit the text of an object
F2. Then move the cursor to the desired location
Find all combination and list boxes
Type the first letter of the list
Find tables or fields in the workspace
Ctrl+F
Move around objects in a dialog box
(When no objects are selected, this will pan within the workspace)
Ctrl+directional arrows
Paste copied or cut text from the clipboard into an object
Ctrl+V
Select the text of an object
F2
To start help
F1
To:
Press
Add a new field or port
Alt + F
Copy a row
Alt + O
Cut a row
Alt + C
Move current row down
Alt + W
Move current row up
Alt + U
Paste a row
Alt + P
Validate the default value in a transformation
Alt + V
Open the Expression Editor from the expression field
F2, then press F3
To start the debugger
F9
To:
Press
Create links
Press Ctrl+F2 to select first task you want to link.
Press Tab to select the rest of the tasks you want to link
Press Ctrl+F2 again to link all the tasks you selected
Edit tasks name in the workspace
F2
Expand a selected node and all its children
SHIFT + *  (use asterisk on numeric keypad)
Move across to select tasks in the workspace
Tab
Select multiple tasks
Ctrl + Mouseclick


The following table summarizes additional shortcut keys that are applicable only when working with Mapping Designer.

When editing a repository object or maneuvering around the Workflow Manager, use the following shortcuts to speed up the operation you are performing.

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    Thanks,
    Vijay

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