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Tutorials

View the following short vignettes and learn the three steps to Information Integration:

• Step 1: Add a Data Source
  Connect to your existing data sources, including relational databases, web services, files and more.
• Step 2: Create a Composite View
  Create composite views that integrate, transform, and aggregate your data.
• Step 3: Publish a Composite View
  Publish Composite Views™ and Composite Web Services (tm), sharing your data with the enterprise.

Podcasts

• Common Data Integration Questions Your Customers and Prospects May Be Asking.  
• Composite Discovery
• Implementing Service Oriented Architecture: Organizing for Success
• The acceptance of Federated (virtualized) Data Approaches to Integration and How This impacts Operational BI.
• The New Search Interface in the Discovery Solution As a Different Approach for a Business User To Easily Access Structured Data.
  

Demos

• Composite Discovery Demo
  See how Composite Discovery helps business analysts find the quickest way from question to answer.
• Composite Data Services
  Watch a 2-minute overview of how CIS provides a data services layer that virtualizes, abstracts and integrates complex siloed data and delivers it in the form you need it. CIS fits neatly into a SOA complementing your existing architecture.
• Data Services vs. Transactional Services
  Watch a quick demo on the why data services are a critical piece of SOA, and how they are different from other components.
• CIS Introduction
  Watch a quick introduction of EII and the power of the award-winning Composite Information Server.
• CIS Basic Functionality
  Watch a short demonstration on CIS's basic capabilities.  See how to virtualize disparate data, create data models, and publish data.
• CIS Top-Down Design of a Dashboard
  Start with the skeleton of a business dashboard and use Composite to fill in the blanks with data scattered throughout the company.
• Informatica Data Federation Option (DFO) Basic Functionality
  Watch a short demonstration on Informatica's DFO (powered by Composite) basic capabilities.  See how to virtualize disparate data, create data models, and publish data.

Samples
The following sample projects are available for download:

• Excel JDBC Sample
  The Excel File Data Source allows you to take ordinary Office Excel files and expose them as data sources.
• Log Controller Sample
  Interface to log files.

Quick Tips
Composite Studio™ Quick Start (PDF 1.45MB)
A quick reference tool highlighting the components of the Composite Studio™