Active and Passive Rule

Types of Transformations:
1. Active Transformation
2. Passive Transformation
3. Active/Passive Transformation
4. Connected/Unconnected Transformation
5. Multigroup Transformation
6. Blocking Transformation
1. Active Transformation:- An active transformation can perform any of the
following actions:
(a) Change the number of rows that pass through the transformation:- for eg, the
Filter transformation is
active because it removes rows that do not meet the filter condition.
(b) Change the transaction boundary:- for eg, , the Transaction Control
transformation is active because it defines a commit or roll back transaction based on
an expression evaluated for each row.
(c) Change the row type:- for eg, the Update Strategy transformation is active
because it flags rows for
insert, delete, update, or reject.
2. Passive Transformation:- An Passive transformation which will satisfy all below
conditions:
(a) Do not Change the number of rows that pass through the transformation
(b) Maintains the transaction boundary
(c) Maintains the row type.
Important Note:- The Designer does not allow you to connect multiple active
transformations or an active and a passive transformation to the same downstream
transformation or transformation input group because the Integration Service may not
be able to concatenate the rows passed by active transformations. For example, one
branch in amapping contains an Update Strategy transformation that flags a row for
delete. Another branch contains an Update Strategy transformation that flags a row for
insert. If you connect these transformations to a single transformation input group, the
Integration Service cannot combine the delete and insert operations for the row.
3. Connected Transformations:- Transformations which are connected to other
transformation in the data flow are called Connected Transformations
4. Unconnected Transformations:- Transformations which are not connected to
other transformation in the data flow are called Connected Transformations.An
unconnected transformation is called within another
transformation, and returns a value to that transformation.
List of Informatica Transformation Category Wise

Active Transformations
Transformation
1. Aggregator

Passive Transformations

2. Application Source Qualifier&

Lookup
3. Source Qualifier
Unstructured Data
4. Sorter
5. Union
6. Update Strategy
7. Rank
8. Router
9. Filter
10. Normalizer
11. Transaction Control
12. Joiner
13. XML Source Qualifier
14. XML Generator
15. XML Parser

Both Active & Passive

1. Data Masking
2. Expression

1. Custom
2.

3. External Procedure

3.

4. Input
5. Output
6. Sequence Generator
7. Stored Procedure
8. HTTP

4. SQL
5. Java

Connected and Unconnected Transformation (Both) Connected Transformation

1. External Procedure
Rest All transformations
are connected.
2. Stored Procedure
3. Lookup
MultiGroup Transformations
1. Union
2. Router
3. Joiner
4. Custom
5. Unstructured Data
6. XML Source Qualifier
7. XML Generator
8. XML Parser
9. XML Target Definition
Blocking Transformations
1.Custom transformation with Input may block property enabled.
2.Joiner transformation configured for unsorted Input.