Posted On: Dec 31, 2020
The difference between joiner and lookup transformation is as follows:
Joiner : | Lookup : |
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A joiner is used to join data from different sources. | lookup is used to get related values from another table or check for updates etc in the target table. |
It supports Equiv Join only. | It supports both Equiv and Non-Equiv join. |
It may be we can perform outer join only. | Lookup used to source as well as the target. |
Joiner is used to source only. | It can not perform the outer join in lookup. |
It may used only the "=" operator. | It may used = , < , > , <= . >= operators. |
In joiner maybe not present in lookup override. | It may be present in the lookup override option. |
Joiner table must participate in mapping. | The lookup may not participate in mapping |
Joiner is used for joining two homogeneous or heterogeneous sources residing at different locations. | Lookup is used to look-up the data. |
Joiner is an Active Transformation. | Lookup transformation is a Passive transformation. |
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