About this book

Audience

This guide is for users of Sybase IQ ETL. Sybase IQ ETL provides extract, transform, and load (ETL) capabilities that you can use to transform data from data providers to data targets. Sybase IQ ETL supports a variety of transformation capabilities and enables you to convert, cleanse, merge, and split data streams. The resulting data stream can then insert, update, or delete data in a given data target. You view the shape of your data at any step of the data transformation process by using its unique “Step and See” technology.

How to use this book

This book contains the following chapters:

Sybase certifications on the Web

Technical documentation at the Sybase Web site is updated frequently.

StepsFinding the latest information on product certifications

  1. Point your Web browser to Technical Documents.

  2. Click Certification Report.

  3. In the Certification Report filter, select a product, platform, and timeframe, and then click Go.

  4. Click a Certification Report title to display the report.

StepsFinding the latest information on component certifications

  1. Point your Web browser to Availability and Certification Reports.

  2. Either select the product family and product under Search by Base Product, or select the platform and product under Search by Platform.

  3. Select Search to display the availability and certification report for the selection.

StepsCreating a personalized view of the Sybase Web site (including support pages)

Set up a MySybase profile. MySybase is a free service that allows you to create a personalized view of Sybase Web pages.

  1. Point your Web browser to Technical Documents.

  2. Click MySybase and create a MySybase profile.

Sybase EBFs and software maintenance

StepsFinding the latest information on EBFs and software maintenance

  1. Point your Web browser to the Sybase Support Page.

  2. Select EBFs/Maintenance. If prompted, enter your MySybase user name and password.

  3. Select a product.

  4. Specify a time frame and click Go. A list of EBF/Maintenance releases is displayed.

    Padlock icons indicate that you do not have download authorization for certain EBF/Maintenance releases because you are not registered as a Technical Support Contact. If you have not registered but have valid information provided by your Sybase representative or through your support contract, click Edit Roles to add the “Technical Support Contact” role to your MySybase profile.

  5. Click the Info icon to display the EBF/Maintenance report, or click the product description to download the software.

Conventions

The syntax conventions used in this manual are:

Key

Definition

commands and methods

Command names, command option names, utility names, utility flags, Java methods/classes/packages, and other keywords are in lowercase Arial font.

variable

Italic font indicates:

  • Program variables, such as myServer

  • Parts of input text that must be substituted; for example:

    Server.log
    
  • File names

File | Save

Menu names and menu items are displayed in plain text. The vertical bar shows you how to navigate menu selections. For example, File | Save indicates “select Save from the File menu.”

package 1

Monospace font indicates:

  • Information that you enter in a GUI interface, a command line, or as program text

  • Sample program fragments

  • Sample output fragments

If you need help

Each Sybase installation that has purchased a support contract has one or more designated people who are authorized to contact Sybase Technical Support. If you cannot resolve a problem using the manuals or online help, please have the designated person contact Sybase Technical Support or the Sybase subsidiary in your area.