The posts in this series assume that you have some level of familiarity with ODI. The concepts of Models, Datastores, Logical Schema, Knowledge Modules and Interfaces are used here assuming that you understand them in the context of ODI. If you need more details on these elements, please refer to the ODI Tutorial for a quick introduction, or to the complete ODI documentation for more details.

Recently we saw how to create a create a connection to Microsoft Excel let's now take a look at how we can use Microsoft Excel as a source or a target in ODI interfaces.

Create a Model in Designer

First we need to create a new Model and a datastore for our Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.

In Designer open up the Models view and insert a new Model.

Give a name to your model, I used EXCEL_SRC_CITY.