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What are the different lookup cache(s)?

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What are the different lookup cache(s)?

posted Feb 23, 2015 by Sachin

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Informatica Lookups can be cached or un-cached (No cache).

And Cached lookup can be either static or dynamic.

A static cache:

It is one which does not modify the cache once it is built and it remains same during the session run.

A dynamic cache

It is refreshed during the session run by inserting or updating the records in cache based on the incoming source data. By default, Informatica cache is static cache.

A lookup cache can also be divided as persistent or non-persistent based on whether Informatica retains the cache even after the completion of session run or deletes it

answer Feb 24, 2015 by Manikandan J
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