Ab Initio Interview Questions and answers     

Below are the things you need to know to become an Ab Initio developer. 1. Abinitio Overview
a. Abinitio Software, General-purpose data processing platform
b. Abinitio Platforms,

2. Connecting to Co>Operating Systems - Basics

3. Graph Basics
a. Creating Graph, collection of dataset components
b. Programming component
c. DML. and XFR’s

4. Concept of a dataset.

5. Concept of a component
a. Component Basics
b. Component categories
c. Transformation and Processing

6. Applications of Ab Initio Software

7. Ab Initio Product Architecture

8. Abinitio GDE
a. Abinitio GDE
b. Component Window
c. Connecting to Co>Operating Systems
d. Editing the Host Profile
e. Host Profile Settings

9. Basic Components
a. Dataset Components
b. Types Of Components-
i. Departition Components
ii. Compress:
iii. FTP :
iv. Sort
v. Transform Components - Data Transformation
vi. Log, Error and Reject ports
vii. Transform Function
viii. Transform Editor
ix. Sorting
x. Other Components


1. Partition Components
2. Miscellaneous
3. Datasets Component
4. Lookup File

10. Advanced Components
a. Rollup
b. Join
c. Input Table
d. Output Table
e. Others

11. A Practical Introduction to Ab Initio Software
a. Basics of Constructing Applications
b. Basics of Parallelism
c. Basics of Data Partitioning
d. Multifiles

12. Sample Graph
13. Flow of Execution
14. EME Overview

a. What is EME ?
b. EME Project Hierarchy
c. Steps for EME Datastore settings
d. Procedure for project Checkin-Checkout
e. EME Deployment

15. Parameter List
a. Defining variables in parameter list

16. Types of Scripts
a. Display Script :
b. Wrapup Script :