informatica-python 1.9.2__tar.gz → 1.9.3__tar.gz

{informatica_python-1.9.2 → informatica_python-1.9.3}/PKG-INFO

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Metadata-Version: 2.4
 Name: informatica-python
-Version: 1.9.2
+Version: 1.9.3
 Summary: Convert Informatica PowerCenter workflow XML to Python/PySpark code
 Author: Nick
 License: MIT
@@ -79,25 +79,26 @@ from informatica_python import InformaticaConverter
 
 converter = InformaticaConverter()
 
-# Parse and generate files
-converter.convert_to_files("workflow_export.xml", "output_dir")
+# Parse and generate files to a directory
+converter.convert("workflow_export.xml", output_dir="output_dir")
 
-# Parse and generate zip
-converter.convert_to_zip("workflow_export.xml", "output.zip")
+# Parse and generate zip archive
+converter.convert("workflow_export.xml", output_zip="output.zip")
 
-# Parse to structured dict
+# Parse to structured dict (no code generation)
 result = converter.parse_file("workflow_export.xml")
 
 # Use a different data library
-converter.convert_to_files("workflow_export.xml", "output_dir", data_lib="polars")
+converter = InformaticaConverter(data_lib="polars")
+converter.convert("workflow_export.xml", output_dir="output_dir")
 ```
 
 ## Generated Output Files
 
 | File | Description |
 |------|-------------|
-| `helper_functions.py` | Database/file I/O helpers, Informatica expression equivalents (80+ functions), window/analytic functions, stored procedure execution, state persistence |
-| `mapping_{name}.py` | One per mapping, named after the real Informatica mapping name — transformation logic with row-count logging, source reads, target writes, inline documentation |
+| `helper_functions.py` | Database/file I/O helpers, 90+ Informatica expression equivalents, window/analytic functions, stored procedure execution, state persistence |
+| `mapping_{name}.py` | One per mapping, named after the real Informatica mapping name — transformation logic with vectorized expressions, row-count logging, type casting, inline documentation |
 | `workflow.py` | Task orchestration with topological ordering, decision branching, worklet calls, and error handling |
 | `config.yml` | Connection configs, source/target metadata, runtime parameters |
 | `all_sql_queries.sql` | All SQL extracted from Source Qualifiers, Lookups, SQL transforms (with ANSI-translated variants) |
@@ -119,23 +120,22 @@ Select via `--data-lib` CLI flag or `data_lib` parameter:
 
 The code generator produces real, runnable Python for these transformation types:
 
-- **Source Qualifier** — SQL override, pre/post SQL, column selection, session connection overrides
-- **Expression** — Field-level expressions converted to vectorized pandas operations (`df["COL"]` style)
+- **Source Qualifier** — SQL override, pre/post SQL, column selection, session connection overrides, `$$PARAM` substitution in SQL
+- **Expression** — Field-level expressions converted to vectorized pandas operations (`df["COL"]` style) with 40+ vectorized function handlers
 - **Filter** — Row filtering with vectorized converted conditions
 - **Joiner** — `pd.merge()` with join type and condition parsing (inner/left/right/outer)
-- **Lookup** — `pd.merge()` lookups with connection-aware DB/file reads, multiple match policies, default values
+- **Lookup** — `pd.merge()` lookups with connection-aware DB reads, multiple match policies, default values, `$$PARAM` substitution
 - **Aggregator** — `groupby().agg()` with SUM/COUNT/AVG/MIN/MAX/FIRST/LAST, computed aggregates
-- **Sorter** — `sort_values()` with multi-key ascending/descending
+- **Sorter** — `sort_values()` with multi-key ascending/descending per-field direction from SORTDIRECTION attribute
 - **Router** — Multi-group conditional routing with named groups
 - **Union** — `pd.concat()` across multiple input groups
-- **Update Strategy** — DD_INSERT/DD_UPDATE/DD_DELETE/DD_REJECT routing with actual target INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE operations, dialect-aware SQL placeholders, auto-detected primary keys
+- **Update Strategy** — DD_INSERT/DD_UPDATE/DD_DELETE/DD_REJECT routing with actual target INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE operations, dialect-aware SQL placeholders, auto-detected primary keys; vectorized expression parsing with row-level fallback
 - **Sequence Generator** — Auto-incrementing ID columns
 - **Normalizer** — `pd.melt()` with auto-detected id/value vars
 - **Rank** — `groupby().rank()` with Top-N filtering
 - **Stored Procedure** — Full code generation with Oracle/MSSQL/generic support, input/output parameter mapping
-- **Transaction Control** — Commit/rollback logic
 - **Custom / Java** — Placeholder stubs with TODO markers
-- **SQL Transform** — Direct SQL execution pass-through
+- **SQL Transform** — Direct SQL execution pass-through with `$$PARAM` substitution
 
 ## Supported XML Tags (72 Tags)
 
@@ -153,6 +153,86 @@ The code generator produces real, runnable Python for these transformation types
 
 ## Key Features
 
+### Generated Code Quality (v1.9.3+)
+
+Generated code follows clean formatting and commenting standards:
+- Consistent section headers (`# ---`) for Source Qualifiers, Transformations, and Target Writes
+- Each section includes metadata: database type, field lists, descriptions
+- Column mapping comments (`# Column mapping: source -> target`) and write operation type comments (`# Write to database table` / `# Write to file`)
+- Expression inline comments showing original Informatica expression (e.g., `# FULL_NAME = UPPER(FIRST_NAME) || ' ' || UPPER(LAST_NAME)`)
+- Clean indentation: no blank line after `try:`, no consecutive blank lines inside function body
+- Mapping-level `try:/except` wrapper with `logger.error()` for runtime visibility
+
+### Smart Target Write Detection (v1.9.3+)
+
+Targets are automatically classified as database or file writes:
+- Targets with `database_type` set (Oracle, SQL Server, etc.) generate `write_to_db()` calls
+- Targets with flatfile metadata or file extensions (`.csv`, `.dat`, `.txt`, `.xml`, `.json`, `.parquet`, `.xlsx`, `.xls`, `.tsv`, `.avro`) generate `write_file()` calls
+- Bare targets (no metadata) default to `write_to_db()` since Informatica targets are typically database tables
+- Schema-qualified names (e.g., `dbo.MY_TABLE`) correctly route to database writes
+- Session file path overrides take priority when present
+
+### Vectorized Expression Engine (v1.9.2+)
+
+Column-level pandas operations instead of row-level iteration. The expression converter uses a recursive parenthesis-aware parser that handles:
+
+**Conditional / Null:**
+- `IIF(cond, val, else_val)` → `np.where()` — supports 2-arg form (missing else defaults to `None`)
+- `DECODE(TRUE, cond1, val1, ..., default)` → nested `np.where()` chains
+- `DECODE(field, val1, res1, ..., default)` → value-matching `np.where()`
+- `NVL(val, default)` → `.fillna()`
+- `IS_SPACES(field)` → `field.str.strip().eq("")`
+- `IS_NUMBER(field)` → `pd.to_numeric(field, errors="coerce").notna()`
+- `IN(field, val1, val2, ...)` → `field.isin([...])`
+
+**String:**
+- `UPPER/LOWER` → `.str.upper()/.str.lower()`
+- `LTRIM/RTRIM/TRIM` → `.str.lstrip()/.str.rstrip()/.str.strip()` with custom char support
+- `SUBSTR(val, start, len)` → `.str[start:end]`
+- `INSTR(val, search)` → `.str.find()`
+- `LPAD/RPAD` → `.str.pad()`
+- `REVERSE(val)` → `.str[::-1]`
+- `INITCAP(val)` → `.str.title()`
+- `REPLACECHR/REPLACESTR` → `.str.replace()`
+- `REG_EXTRACT/REG_REPLACE` → `.str.extract()/.str.replace(regex=True)`
+- `CHR(code)` → `chr(int(code))`
+- `||` concatenation → `+` with `.astype(str)` on non-literals
+
+**Date/Time:**
+- `TO_DATE(val, fmt)` → `pd.to_datetime()` with Informatica→Python format conversion
+- `TO_CHAR(val, fmt)` → `.dt.strftime()`
+- `ADD_TO_DATE(date, part, amount)` → `date + pd.to_timedelta()` with full unit mapping (YY/MM/DD/HH/MI/SS)
+- `DATE_DIFF(date1, date2, part)` → `(date1 - date2).dt.days` / `.dt.total_seconds() / 3600` etc.
+- `SYSDATE/SYSTIMESTAMP` → `pd.Timestamp.now()`
+- `TRUNC(date, 'DD')` → date truncation via `.dt.floor()/.dt.to_period()`
+- `MAKE_DATE_TIME(y, m, d, h, mi, s)` → `pd.Timestamp()`
+
+**Numeric:**
+- `TO_INTEGER/TO_BIGINT/TO_FLOAT/TO_DECIMAL` → `pd.to_numeric()`
+- `TRUNC(val)` → `np.trunc()` for numeric truncation
+- `ROUND/ABS/CEIL/FLOOR/POWER/SQRT/MOD/LOG/SIGN` → `np.*` equivalents
+
+**Special:**
+- `:LKP.TABLE(args)` — Connected lookup references → `df_lkp_table` merge
+- `:PORT.FUNC(args)` — Unconnected lookups → `lookup_func("FUNC", args)` calls
+- Inline `--` comment stripping (respects string literals)
+- String-literal-aware field substitution
+
+### Expression Converter (90+ Row-Level Functions)
+
+All Informatica expression functions are available as row-level Python equivalents in `helper_functions.py`:
+
+- **String:** `substr`, `ltrim`, `rtrim`, `upper`, `lower`, `lpad`, `rpad`, `instr`, `length`, `concat`, `replacechr`, `replacestr`, `reg_extract`, `reg_replace`, `reg_match`, `reverse_str`, `initcap`, `chr_func`, `ascii_func`, `left_str`, `right_str`, `trim_func`, `indexof`, `metaphone_func`, `soundex_func`, `compress_func`, `decompress_func`
+- **Date:** `add_to_date`, `date_diff`, `date_compare`, `get_date_part`, `set_date_part`, `last_day`, `make_date_time`, `to_date`, `to_char`, `to_timestamp_func`, `current_timestamp`, `session_start_time`
+- **Numeric:** `round_val`, `trunc`, `mod_val`, `abs_val`, `ceil_val`, `floor_val`, `power_val`, `sqrt_val`, `log_val`, `ln_val`, `exp_val`, `sign_val`, `rand_val`, `greatest_val`, `least_val`
+- **Conversion:** `to_integer`, `to_bigint`, `to_float`, `to_decimal`, `cast_func`
+- **Null/Conditional:** `iif_expr`, `decode_expr`, `nvl`, `nvl2`, `isnull`, `is_spaces`, `is_number`, `is_date`, `in_expr`, `choose_expr`
+- **Aggregate:** `sum_val`, `avg_val`, `count_val`, `min_val`, `max_val`, `first_val`, `last_val`, `median_val`, `stddev_val`, `variance_val`, `percentile_val`
+- **Window/Analytic:** `moving_avg`, `moving_avg_df`, `moving_sum`, `moving_sum_df`, `cume`, `cume_df`, `percentile_df`
+- **Lookup:** `lookup_func` — Placeholder for runtime lookup resolution
+- **Variable:** `get_variable`, `set_variable`, `set_count_variable`
+- **Control:** `raise_error`, `abort_func`
+
 ### Row-Count Logging (v1.8+)
 
 Generated code automatically logs row counts at every step of the data pipeline:
@@ -165,8 +245,6 @@ AGG_TOTALS (Aggregator): 8542 input rows -> 150 output rows
 Target TGT_SUMMARY: 150 rows written
 ```
 
-All row-count operations are backend-safe (wrapped in try/except), so Dask and other lazy-evaluation backends won't fail.
-
 ### Generated Code Documentation (v1.8+)
 
 Every generated mapping function includes a rich docstring describing:
@@ -179,14 +257,6 @@ Each transformation block is annotated with:
 - Transform type and description (from Informatica XML)
 - Input and output field lists (truncated at 10 for readability)
 
-### Window / Analytic Functions (v1.7+)
-
-DataFrame-level analytic functions for aggregation transforms:
-- `moving_avg_df(df, col, window)` — rolling mean via `.rolling().mean()`
-- `moving_sum_df(df, col, window)` — rolling sum via `.rolling().sum()`
-- `cume_df(df, col)` — cumulative sum via `.expanding().sum()`
-- `percentile_df(df, col, pct)` — quantile via `.quantile()`
-
 ### Update Strategy with Target Operations (v1.7+)
 
 Update Strategy transforms now generate real INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE operations:
@@ -196,6 +266,14 @@ Update Strategy transforms now generate real INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE operations:
 - Dialect-aware SQL placeholders (`?` for MSSQL, `%s` for PostgreSQL/Oracle)
 - Primary key columns auto-detected from target field definitions
 
+### Window / Analytic Functions (v1.7+)
+
+DataFrame-level analytic functions for aggregation transforms:
+- `moving_avg_df(df, col, window)` — rolling mean via `.rolling().mean()`
+- `moving_sum_df(df, col, window)` — rolling sum via `.rolling().sum()`
+- `cume_df(df, col)` — cumulative sum via `.expanding().sum()`
+- `percentile_df(df, col, pct)` — quantile via `.quantile()`
+
 ### Stored Procedure Execution (v1.7+)
 
 Full stored procedure code generation (not just stubs):
@@ -241,19 +319,13 @@ Optional `--validate-casts` flag generates null-count checks before/after type c
 - Logs warnings when coercion introduces new nulls
 - Helps identify data quality issues during test runs
 
-### Vectorized Expression Generation (v1.5+)
-
-Column-level pandas operations instead of row-level iteration:
-- IIF → `np.where()`, NVL → `.fillna()`, UPPER/LOWER → `.str.upper()/.str.lower()`
-- SUBSTR → `.str[start:end]`, TO_INTEGER → `pd.to_numeric()`, TO_DATE → `pd.to_datetime()`
-- IS NULL/IS NOT NULL → `.isna()`/`.notna()`
-
 ### Parameter File Support (v1.5+)
 
 Standard Informatica `.param` file parsing:
 - `[Global]` and `[folder.WF:workflow.ST:session]` section support
 - `get_param(config, var_name)` resolution chain: config → env vars → defaults
 - CLI `--param-file` flag for specifying parameter files
+- `$$PARAM` variables in SQL automatically substituted with `.replace()` calls
 
 ### Session Connection Overrides (v1.4+)
 
@@ -283,18 +355,49 @@ Expands Mapplet instances into prefixed transforms, rewires connectors, and elim
 
 Converts Informatica decision conditions to Python if/else branches with proper variable substitution.
 
-### Expression Converter (80+ Functions)
-
-Converts Informatica expressions to Python equivalents:
-
-- **String:** SUBSTR, LTRIM, RTRIM, UPPER, LOWER, LPAD, RPAD, INSTR, LENGTH, CONCAT, REPLACE, REG_EXTRACT, REG_REPLACE, REVERSE, INITCAP, CHR, ASCII
-- **Date:** ADD_TO_DATE, DATE_DIFF, GET_DATE_PART, SYSDATE, SYSTIMESTAMP, TO_DATE, TO_CHAR, TRUNC (date)
-- **Numeric:** ROUND, TRUNC, MOD, ABS, CEIL, FLOOR, POWER, SQRT, LOG, EXP, SIGN
-- **Conversion:** TO_INTEGER, TO_BIGINT, TO_FLOAT, TO_DECIMAL, TO_CHAR, TO_DATE
-- **Null handling:** IIF, DECODE, NVL, NVL2, ISNULL, IS_SPACES, IS_NUMBER
-- **Aggregate:** SUM, AVG, COUNT, MIN, MAX, FIRST, LAST, MEDIAN, STDDEV, VARIANCE
-- **Lookup:** :LKP expressions with dynamic lookup references
-- **Variable:** SETVARIABLE / mapping variable assignment
+## Helper Functions Library
+
+The generated `helper_functions.py` provides a complete runtime library:
+
+### Configuration & Parameters
+| Function | Description |
+|----------|-------------|
+| `load_config(path, param_file)` | Load YAML config with optional `.param` file merge |
+| `parse_param_file(path)` | Parse Informatica `.param` files (`[Global]`, `[folder.WF:...]` sections) |
+| `get_param(config, var_name, default)` | Resolve parameter: config → env vars → default |
+| `get_variable(var_name, config)` | Get workflow/mapping variable from params, env vars, or param store |
+| `set_variable(var_name, value)` | Set workflow/mapping variable in param store and env |
+
+### Database Operations
+| Function | Description |
+|----------|-------------|
+| `get_db_connection(config, conn_name)` | Create DB connection (pyodbc/pymssql/sqlalchemy fallback for MSSQL) |
+| `read_from_db(config, query, conn_name)` | Execute SQL query and return DataFrame |
+| `write_to_db(config, df, table, conn_name)` | Write DataFrame to database table via `.to_sql()` |
+| `execute_sql(config, sql, conn_name)` | Execute DDL/DML statement (INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE) |
+| `write_with_update_strategy(config, df, table, ...)` | Split rows by `_update_strategy` column into INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE/REJECT operations |
+| `call_stored_procedure(config, proc, params, ...)` | Execute stored procedure with input/output parameter mapping (Oracle/MSSQL/generic) |
+
+### File Operations
+| Function | Description |
+|----------|-------------|
+| `read_file(path, file_config)` | Read CSV/DAT/TXT/XML/XLSX/JSON/Parquet with auto-detection |
+| `write_file(df, path, file_config)` | Write DataFrame to file with format auto-detection |
+
+### State Persistence
+| Function | Description |
+|----------|-------------|
+| `load_persistent_state(file)` | Load JSON state file for persistent variables |
+| `save_persistent_state(file)` | Save persistent variables to JSON state file |
+| `get_persistent_variable(scope, var, default)` | Get scoped persistent variable |
+| `set_persistent_variable(scope, var, value)` | Set scoped persistent variable |
+
+### Logging & Monitoring
+| Function | Description |
+|----------|-------------|
+| `log_mapping_start(name)` | Log mapping start with timestamp |
+| `log_mapping_end(name, start_time, row_count)` | Log mapping completion with elapsed time |
+| `validate_row_count(df, name, min_rows)` | Validate minimum row count threshold |
 
 ## Requirements
 
@@ -304,7 +407,32 @@ Converts Informatica expressions to Python equivalents:
 
 ## Changelog
 
-### v1.9.x (Phase 8)
+### v1.9.3 (Current)
+- **Smart target write detection**: Bare targets default to `write_to_db()` instead of `write_file()`; file extension allowlist (`.csv`, `.dat`, `.txt`, `.xml`, `.json`, `.parquet`, `.xlsx`, `.xls`, `.tsv`, `.avro`) for file targets; schema-qualified names (`dbo.TABLE`) correctly route to database
+- **DECODE vectorization**: `DECODE(TRUE, cond1, val1, ..., default)` → nested `np.where()` chains; value-matching DECODE; handles IN() conditions and complex boolean nesting
+- **IS_SPACES vectorization**: `IS_SPACES(field)` → `field.str.strip().eq("")`
+- **2-arg IIF**: `IIF(cond, val)` without else clause defaults to `None`
+- **REVERSE vectorization**: `REVERSE(field)` → `field.str[::-1]`
+- **IN() vectorization**: `IN(field, val1, val2, ...)` → `field.isin([...])`
+- **IS_NUMBER vectorization**: `IS_NUMBER(field)` → `pd.to_numeric(field, errors="coerce").notna()`
+- **SYSDATE/SYSTIMESTAMP**: Bare `SYSDATE`/`SYSTIMESTAMP` → `pd.Timestamp.now()` in vectorized mode
+- **TRUNC vectorization**: Numeric `TRUNC(field)` → `np.trunc()`; date `TRUNC(field, 'DD')` → `.dt.floor()`
+- **ADD_TO_DATE vectorization**: `ADD_TO_DATE(date, part, amount)` → `pd.to_timedelta()` with YY/MM/DD/HH/MI/SS units
+- **DATE_DIFF vectorization**: `DATE_DIFF(date1, date2, part)` → arithmetic on timedelta components
+- **Unconnected lookup support**: `:PORT.FUNC_NAME(args)` → `lookup_func("FUNC_NAME", args)`
+- **Inline comment stripping**: `--` comments removed from expressions (respects string literals)
+- **`$$PARAM` SQL substitution**: Source Qualifier, Lookup, and SQL Transform SQL strings auto-substitute `$$VAR` with `get_param(config, 'VAR')` calls
+- **Sorter direction**: Reads `SORTDIRECTION` from field attributes, generates per-field `ascending=[True, False, ...]`
+- **Pass-through optimization**: Identity expressions skip `.copy()` and use direct reference
+- **Duplicate lookup deduplication**: `_gen_lookup_transform` uses `seen_output_cols` set to avoid duplicate column checks
+- **Mapping-level error handling**: Generated function body wrapped in `try:/except` with `logger.error()`
+- **Update strategy vectorized**: Tries vectorized expression first, falls back to row-level `apply()`
+- **Generated code formatting**: Consistent `# ---` section headers for Source Qualifiers, Transforms, and Target Writes; metadata comments (database type, field lists); column mapping and write operation comments; clean blank line handling
+- **Source/target detection**: Case-insensitive instance type matching
+- **Session→mapping inference**: Longest-suffix-match strategy for ambiguous mapping names
+- **646 tests** across unit, integration, expression, and formatting test suites
+
+### v1.9.2 (Phase 8)
 - Mapping output files now use real mapping names (e.g., `mapping_m_customer_load.py`) instead of generic numeric indices (`mapping_1.py`)
 - Workflow imports automatically match the named mapping files
 - **Expression converter rewrite**: Recursive parenthesis-aware parser replacing simple regex; fixes nested IIF/INSTR/LTRIM/RTRIM/REPLACECHR/REPLACESTR/SUBSTR/TO_CHAR/CHR/MAKE_DATE_TIME
@@ -367,7 +495,7 @@ Converts Informatica expressions to Python equivalents:
 cd informatica_python
 pip install -e ".[dev]"
 
-# Run tests (136 tests)
+# Run tests (646 tests)
 pytest tests/ -v
 ```
 

{informatica_python-1.9.2 → informatica_python-1.9.3}/README.md

@@ -52,25 +52,26 @@ from informatica_python import InformaticaConverter
 
 converter = InformaticaConverter()
 
-# Parse and generate files
-converter.convert_to_files("workflow_export.xml", "output_dir")
+# Parse and generate files to a directory
+converter.convert("workflow_export.xml", output_dir="output_dir")
 
-# Parse and generate zip
-converter.convert_to_zip("workflow_export.xml", "output.zip")
+# Parse and generate zip archive
+converter.convert("workflow_export.xml", output_zip="output.zip")
 
-# Parse to structured dict
+# Parse to structured dict (no code generation)
 result = converter.parse_file("workflow_export.xml")
 
 # Use a different data library
-converter.convert_to_files("workflow_export.xml", "output_dir", data_lib="polars")
+converter = InformaticaConverter(data_lib="polars")
+converter.convert("workflow_export.xml", output_dir="output_dir")
 ```
 
 ## Generated Output Files
 
 | File | Description |
 |------|-------------|
-| `helper_functions.py` | Database/file I/O helpers, Informatica expression equivalents (80+ functions), window/analytic functions, stored procedure execution, state persistence |
-| `mapping_{name}.py` | One per mapping, named after the real Informatica mapping name — transformation logic with row-count logging, source reads, target writes, inline documentation |
+| `helper_functions.py` | Database/file I/O helpers, 90+ Informatica expression equivalents, window/analytic functions, stored procedure execution, state persistence |
+| `mapping_{name}.py` | One per mapping, named after the real Informatica mapping name — transformation logic with vectorized expressions, row-count logging, type casting, inline documentation |
 | `workflow.py` | Task orchestration with topological ordering, decision branching, worklet calls, and error handling |
 | `config.yml` | Connection configs, source/target metadata, runtime parameters |
 | `all_sql_queries.sql` | All SQL extracted from Source Qualifiers, Lookups, SQL transforms (with ANSI-translated variants) |
@@ -92,23 +93,22 @@ Select via `--data-lib` CLI flag or `data_lib` parameter:
 
 The code generator produces real, runnable Python for these transformation types:
 
-- **Source Qualifier** — SQL override, pre/post SQL, column selection, session connection overrides
-- **Expression** — Field-level expressions converted to vectorized pandas operations (`df["COL"]` style)
+- **Source Qualifier** — SQL override, pre/post SQL, column selection, session connection overrides, `$$PARAM` substitution in SQL
+- **Expression** — Field-level expressions converted to vectorized pandas operations (`df["COL"]` style) with 40+ vectorized function handlers
 - **Filter** — Row filtering with vectorized converted conditions
 - **Joiner** — `pd.merge()` with join type and condition parsing (inner/left/right/outer)
-- **Lookup** — `pd.merge()` lookups with connection-aware DB/file reads, multiple match policies, default values
+- **Lookup** — `pd.merge()` lookups with connection-aware DB reads, multiple match policies, default values, `$$PARAM` substitution
 - **Aggregator** — `groupby().agg()` with SUM/COUNT/AVG/MIN/MAX/FIRST/LAST, computed aggregates
-- **Sorter** — `sort_values()` with multi-key ascending/descending
+- **Sorter** — `sort_values()` with multi-key ascending/descending per-field direction from SORTDIRECTION attribute
 - **Router** — Multi-group conditional routing with named groups
 - **Union** — `pd.concat()` across multiple input groups
-- **Update Strategy** — DD_INSERT/DD_UPDATE/DD_DELETE/DD_REJECT routing with actual target INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE operations, dialect-aware SQL placeholders, auto-detected primary keys
+- **Update Strategy** — DD_INSERT/DD_UPDATE/DD_DELETE/DD_REJECT routing with actual target INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE operations, dialect-aware SQL placeholders, auto-detected primary keys; vectorized expression parsing with row-level fallback
 - **Sequence Generator** — Auto-incrementing ID columns
 - **Normalizer** — `pd.melt()` with auto-detected id/value vars
 - **Rank** — `groupby().rank()` with Top-N filtering
 - **Stored Procedure** — Full code generation with Oracle/MSSQL/generic support, input/output parameter mapping
-- **Transaction Control** — Commit/rollback logic
 - **Custom / Java** — Placeholder stubs with TODO markers
-- **SQL Transform** — Direct SQL execution pass-through
+- **SQL Transform** — Direct SQL execution pass-through with `$$PARAM` substitution
 
 ## Supported XML Tags (72 Tags)
 
@@ -126,6 +126,86 @@ The code generator produces real, runnable Python for these transformation types
 
 ## Key Features
 
+### Generated Code Quality (v1.9.3+)
+
+Generated code follows clean formatting and commenting standards:
+- Consistent section headers (`# ---`) for Source Qualifiers, Transformations, and Target Writes
+- Each section includes metadata: database type, field lists, descriptions
+- Column mapping comments (`# Column mapping: source -> target`) and write operation type comments (`# Write to database table` / `# Write to file`)
+- Expression inline comments showing original Informatica expression (e.g., `# FULL_NAME = UPPER(FIRST_NAME) || ' ' || UPPER(LAST_NAME)`)
+- Clean indentation: no blank line after `try:`, no consecutive blank lines inside function body
+- Mapping-level `try:/except` wrapper with `logger.error()` for runtime visibility
+
+### Smart Target Write Detection (v1.9.3+)
+
+Targets are automatically classified as database or file writes:
+- Targets with `database_type` set (Oracle, SQL Server, etc.) generate `write_to_db()` calls
+- Targets with flatfile metadata or file extensions (`.csv`, `.dat`, `.txt`, `.xml`, `.json`, `.parquet`, `.xlsx`, `.xls`, `.tsv`, `.avro`) generate `write_file()` calls
+- Bare targets (no metadata) default to `write_to_db()` since Informatica targets are typically database tables
+- Schema-qualified names (e.g., `dbo.MY_TABLE`) correctly route to database writes
+- Session file path overrides take priority when present
+
+### Vectorized Expression Engine (v1.9.2+)
+
+Column-level pandas operations instead of row-level iteration. The expression converter uses a recursive parenthesis-aware parser that handles:
+
+**Conditional / Null:**
+- `IIF(cond, val, else_val)` → `np.where()` — supports 2-arg form (missing else defaults to `None`)
+- `DECODE(TRUE, cond1, val1, ..., default)` → nested `np.where()` chains
+- `DECODE(field, val1, res1, ..., default)` → value-matching `np.where()`
+- `NVL(val, default)` → `.fillna()`
+- `IS_SPACES(field)` → `field.str.strip().eq("")`
+- `IS_NUMBER(field)` → `pd.to_numeric(field, errors="coerce").notna()`
+- `IN(field, val1, val2, ...)` → `field.isin([...])`
+
+**String:**
+- `UPPER/LOWER` → `.str.upper()/.str.lower()`
+- `LTRIM/RTRIM/TRIM` → `.str.lstrip()/.str.rstrip()/.str.strip()` with custom char support
+- `SUBSTR(val, start, len)` → `.str[start:end]`
+- `INSTR(val, search)` → `.str.find()`
+- `LPAD/RPAD` → `.str.pad()`
+- `REVERSE(val)` → `.str[::-1]`
+- `INITCAP(val)` → `.str.title()`
+- `REPLACECHR/REPLACESTR` → `.str.replace()`
+- `REG_EXTRACT/REG_REPLACE` → `.str.extract()/.str.replace(regex=True)`
+- `CHR(code)` → `chr(int(code))`
+- `||` concatenation → `+` with `.astype(str)` on non-literals
+
+**Date/Time:**
+- `TO_DATE(val, fmt)` → `pd.to_datetime()` with Informatica→Python format conversion
+- `TO_CHAR(val, fmt)` → `.dt.strftime()`
+- `ADD_TO_DATE(date, part, amount)` → `date + pd.to_timedelta()` with full unit mapping (YY/MM/DD/HH/MI/SS)
+- `DATE_DIFF(date1, date2, part)` → `(date1 - date2).dt.days` / `.dt.total_seconds() / 3600` etc.
+- `SYSDATE/SYSTIMESTAMP` → `pd.Timestamp.now()`
+- `TRUNC(date, 'DD')` → date truncation via `.dt.floor()/.dt.to_period()`
+- `MAKE_DATE_TIME(y, m, d, h, mi, s)` → `pd.Timestamp()`
+
+**Numeric:**
+- `TO_INTEGER/TO_BIGINT/TO_FLOAT/TO_DECIMAL` → `pd.to_numeric()`
+- `TRUNC(val)` → `np.trunc()` for numeric truncation
+- `ROUND/ABS/CEIL/FLOOR/POWER/SQRT/MOD/LOG/SIGN` → `np.*` equivalents
+
+**Special:**
+- `:LKP.TABLE(args)` — Connected lookup references → `df_lkp_table` merge
+- `:PORT.FUNC(args)` — Unconnected lookups → `lookup_func("FUNC", args)` calls
+- Inline `--` comment stripping (respects string literals)
+- String-literal-aware field substitution
+
+### Expression Converter (90+ Row-Level Functions)
+
+All Informatica expression functions are available as row-level Python equivalents in `helper_functions.py`:
+
+- **String:** `substr`, `ltrim`, `rtrim`, `upper`, `lower`, `lpad`, `rpad`, `instr`, `length`, `concat`, `replacechr`, `replacestr`, `reg_extract`, `reg_replace`, `reg_match`, `reverse_str`, `initcap`, `chr_func`, `ascii_func`, `left_str`, `right_str`, `trim_func`, `indexof`, `metaphone_func`, `soundex_func`, `compress_func`, `decompress_func`
+- **Date:** `add_to_date`, `date_diff`, `date_compare`, `get_date_part`, `set_date_part`, `last_day`, `make_date_time`, `to_date`, `to_char`, `to_timestamp_func`, `current_timestamp`, `session_start_time`
+- **Numeric:** `round_val`, `trunc`, `mod_val`, `abs_val`, `ceil_val`, `floor_val`, `power_val`, `sqrt_val`, `log_val`, `ln_val`, `exp_val`, `sign_val`, `rand_val`, `greatest_val`, `least_val`
+- **Conversion:** `to_integer`, `to_bigint`, `to_float`, `to_decimal`, `cast_func`
+- **Null/Conditional:** `iif_expr`, `decode_expr`, `nvl`, `nvl2`, `isnull`, `is_spaces`, `is_number`, `is_date`, `in_expr`, `choose_expr`
+- **Aggregate:** `sum_val`, `avg_val`, `count_val`, `min_val`, `max_val`, `first_val`, `last_val`, `median_val`, `stddev_val`, `variance_val`, `percentile_val`
+- **Window/Analytic:** `moving_avg`, `moving_avg_df`, `moving_sum`, `moving_sum_df`, `cume`, `cume_df`, `percentile_df`
+- **Lookup:** `lookup_func` — Placeholder for runtime lookup resolution
+- **Variable:** `get_variable`, `set_variable`, `set_count_variable`
+- **Control:** `raise_error`, `abort_func`
+
 ### Row-Count Logging (v1.8+)
 
 Generated code automatically logs row counts at every step of the data pipeline:
@@ -138,8 +218,6 @@ AGG_TOTALS (Aggregator): 8542 input rows -> 150 output rows
 Target TGT_SUMMARY: 150 rows written
 ```
 
-All row-count operations are backend-safe (wrapped in try/except), so Dask and other lazy-evaluation backends won't fail.
-
 ### Generated Code Documentation (v1.8+)
 
 Every generated mapping function includes a rich docstring describing:
@@ -152,14 +230,6 @@ Each transformation block is annotated with:
 - Transform type and description (from Informatica XML)
 - Input and output field lists (truncated at 10 for readability)
 
-### Window / Analytic Functions (v1.7+)
-
-DataFrame-level analytic functions for aggregation transforms:
-- `moving_avg_df(df, col, window)` — rolling mean via `.rolling().mean()`
-- `moving_sum_df(df, col, window)` — rolling sum via `.rolling().sum()`
-- `cume_df(df, col)` — cumulative sum via `.expanding().sum()`
-- `percentile_df(df, col, pct)` — quantile via `.quantile()`
-
 ### Update Strategy with Target Operations (v1.7+)
 
 Update Strategy transforms now generate real INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE operations:
@@ -169,6 +239,14 @@ Update Strategy transforms now generate real INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE operations:
 - Dialect-aware SQL placeholders (`?` for MSSQL, `%s` for PostgreSQL/Oracle)
 - Primary key columns auto-detected from target field definitions
 
+### Window / Analytic Functions (v1.7+)
+
+DataFrame-level analytic functions for aggregation transforms:
+- `moving_avg_df(df, col, window)` — rolling mean via `.rolling().mean()`
+- `moving_sum_df(df, col, window)` — rolling sum via `.rolling().sum()`
+- `cume_df(df, col)` — cumulative sum via `.expanding().sum()`
+- `percentile_df(df, col, pct)` — quantile via `.quantile()`
+
 ### Stored Procedure Execution (v1.7+)
 
 Full stored procedure code generation (not just stubs):
@@ -214,19 +292,13 @@ Optional `--validate-casts` flag generates null-count checks before/after type c
 - Logs warnings when coercion introduces new nulls
 - Helps identify data quality issues during test runs
 
-### Vectorized Expression Generation (v1.5+)
-
-Column-level pandas operations instead of row-level iteration:
-- IIF → `np.where()`, NVL → `.fillna()`, UPPER/LOWER → `.str.upper()/.str.lower()`
-- SUBSTR → `.str[start:end]`, TO_INTEGER → `pd.to_numeric()`, TO_DATE → `pd.to_datetime()`
-- IS NULL/IS NOT NULL → `.isna()`/`.notna()`
-
 ### Parameter File Support (v1.5+)
 
 Standard Informatica `.param` file parsing:
 - `[Global]` and `[folder.WF:workflow.ST:session]` section support
 - `get_param(config, var_name)` resolution chain: config → env vars → defaults
 - CLI `--param-file` flag for specifying parameter files
+- `$$PARAM` variables in SQL automatically substituted with `.replace()` calls
 
 ### Session Connection Overrides (v1.4+)
 
@@ -256,18 +328,49 @@ Expands Mapplet instances into prefixed transforms, rewires connectors, and elim
 
 Converts Informatica decision conditions to Python if/else branches with proper variable substitution.
 
-### Expression Converter (80+ Functions)
-
-Converts Informatica expressions to Python equivalents:
-
-- **String:** SUBSTR, LTRIM, RTRIM, UPPER, LOWER, LPAD, RPAD, INSTR, LENGTH, CONCAT, REPLACE, REG_EXTRACT, REG_REPLACE, REVERSE, INITCAP, CHR, ASCII
-- **Date:** ADD_TO_DATE, DATE_DIFF, GET_DATE_PART, SYSDATE, SYSTIMESTAMP, TO_DATE, TO_CHAR, TRUNC (date)
-- **Numeric:** ROUND, TRUNC, MOD, ABS, CEIL, FLOOR, POWER, SQRT, LOG, EXP, SIGN
-- **Conversion:** TO_INTEGER, TO_BIGINT, TO_FLOAT, TO_DECIMAL, TO_CHAR, TO_DATE
-- **Null handling:** IIF, DECODE, NVL, NVL2, ISNULL, IS_SPACES, IS_NUMBER
-- **Aggregate:** SUM, AVG, COUNT, MIN, MAX, FIRST, LAST, MEDIAN, STDDEV, VARIANCE
-- **Lookup:** :LKP expressions with dynamic lookup references
-- **Variable:** SETVARIABLE / mapping variable assignment
+## Helper Functions Library
+
+The generated `helper_functions.py` provides a complete runtime library:
+
+### Configuration & Parameters
+| Function | Description |
+|----------|-------------|
+| `load_config(path, param_file)` | Load YAML config with optional `.param` file merge |
+| `parse_param_file(path)` | Parse Informatica `.param` files (`[Global]`, `[folder.WF:...]` sections) |
+| `get_param(config, var_name, default)` | Resolve parameter: config → env vars → default |
+| `get_variable(var_name, config)` | Get workflow/mapping variable from params, env vars, or param store |
+| `set_variable(var_name, value)` | Set workflow/mapping variable in param store and env |
+
+### Database Operations
+| Function | Description |
+|----------|-------------|
+| `get_db_connection(config, conn_name)` | Create DB connection (pyodbc/pymssql/sqlalchemy fallback for MSSQL) |
+| `read_from_db(config, query, conn_name)` | Execute SQL query and return DataFrame |
+| `write_to_db(config, df, table, conn_name)` | Write DataFrame to database table via `.to_sql()` |
+| `execute_sql(config, sql, conn_name)` | Execute DDL/DML statement (INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE) |
+| `write_with_update_strategy(config, df, table, ...)` | Split rows by `_update_strategy` column into INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE/REJECT operations |
+| `call_stored_procedure(config, proc, params, ...)` | Execute stored procedure with input/output parameter mapping (Oracle/MSSQL/generic) |
+
+### File Operations
+| Function | Description |
+|----------|-------------|
+| `read_file(path, file_config)` | Read CSV/DAT/TXT/XML/XLSX/JSON/Parquet with auto-detection |
+| `write_file(df, path, file_config)` | Write DataFrame to file with format auto-detection |
+
+### State Persistence
+| Function | Description |
+|----------|-------------|
+| `load_persistent_state(file)` | Load JSON state file for persistent variables |
+| `save_persistent_state(file)` | Save persistent variables to JSON state file |
+| `get_persistent_variable(scope, var, default)` | Get scoped persistent variable |
+| `set_persistent_variable(scope, var, value)` | Set scoped persistent variable |
+
+### Logging & Monitoring
+| Function | Description |
+|----------|-------------|
+| `log_mapping_start(name)` | Log mapping start with timestamp |
+| `log_mapping_end(name, start_time, row_count)` | Log mapping completion with elapsed time |
+| `validate_row_count(df, name, min_rows)` | Validate minimum row count threshold |
 
 ## Requirements
 
@@ -277,7 +380,32 @@ Converts Informatica expressions to Python equivalents:
 
 ## Changelog
 
-### v1.9.x (Phase 8)
+### v1.9.3 (Current)
+- **Smart target write detection**: Bare targets default to `write_to_db()` instead of `write_file()`; file extension allowlist (`.csv`, `.dat`, `.txt`, `.xml`, `.json`, `.parquet`, `.xlsx`, `.xls`, `.tsv`, `.avro`) for file targets; schema-qualified names (`dbo.TABLE`) correctly route to database
+- **DECODE vectorization**: `DECODE(TRUE, cond1, val1, ..., default)` → nested `np.where()` chains; value-matching DECODE; handles IN() conditions and complex boolean nesting
+- **IS_SPACES vectorization**: `IS_SPACES(field)` → `field.str.strip().eq("")`
+- **2-arg IIF**: `IIF(cond, val)` without else clause defaults to `None`
+- **REVERSE vectorization**: `REVERSE(field)` → `field.str[::-1]`
+- **IN() vectorization**: `IN(field, val1, val2, ...)` → `field.isin([...])`
+- **IS_NUMBER vectorization**: `IS_NUMBER(field)` → `pd.to_numeric(field, errors="coerce").notna()`
+- **SYSDATE/SYSTIMESTAMP**: Bare `SYSDATE`/`SYSTIMESTAMP` → `pd.Timestamp.now()` in vectorized mode
+- **TRUNC vectorization**: Numeric `TRUNC(field)` → `np.trunc()`; date `TRUNC(field, 'DD')` → `.dt.floor()`
+- **ADD_TO_DATE vectorization**: `ADD_TO_DATE(date, part, amount)` → `pd.to_timedelta()` with YY/MM/DD/HH/MI/SS units
+- **DATE_DIFF vectorization**: `DATE_DIFF(date1, date2, part)` → arithmetic on timedelta components
+- **Unconnected lookup support**: `:PORT.FUNC_NAME(args)` → `lookup_func("FUNC_NAME", args)`
+- **Inline comment stripping**: `--` comments removed from expressions (respects string literals)
+- **`$$PARAM` SQL substitution**: Source Qualifier, Lookup, and SQL Transform SQL strings auto-substitute `$$VAR` with `get_param(config, 'VAR')` calls
+- **Sorter direction**: Reads `SORTDIRECTION` from field attributes, generates per-field `ascending=[True, False, ...]`
+- **Pass-through optimization**: Identity expressions skip `.copy()` and use direct reference
+- **Duplicate lookup deduplication**: `_gen_lookup_transform` uses `seen_output_cols` set to avoid duplicate column checks
+- **Mapping-level error handling**: Generated function body wrapped in `try:/except` with `logger.error()`
+- **Update strategy vectorized**: Tries vectorized expression first, falls back to row-level `apply()`
+- **Generated code formatting**: Consistent `# ---` section headers for Source Qualifiers, Transforms, and Target Writes; metadata comments (database type, field lists); column mapping and write operation comments; clean blank line handling
+- **Source/target detection**: Case-insensitive instance type matching
+- **Session→mapping inference**: Longest-suffix-match strategy for ambiguous mapping names
+- **646 tests** across unit, integration, expression, and formatting test suites
+
+### v1.9.2 (Phase 8)
 - Mapping output files now use real mapping names (e.g., `mapping_m_customer_load.py`) instead of generic numeric indices (`mapping_1.py`)
 - Workflow imports automatically match the named mapping files
 - **Expression converter rewrite**: Recursive parenthesis-aware parser replacing simple regex; fixes nested IIF/INSTR/LTRIM/RTRIM/REPLACECHR/REPLACESTR/SUBSTR/TO_CHAR/CHR/MAKE_DATE_TIME
@@ -340,7 +468,7 @@ Converts Informatica expressions to Python equivalents:
 cd informatica_python
 pip install -e ".[dev]"
 
-# Run tests (136 tests)
+# Run tests (646 tests)
 pytest tests/ -v
 ```
 

{informatica_python-1.9.2 → informatica_python-1.9.3}/informatica_python/__init__.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Licensed under the MIT License.
 
 from informatica_python.converter import InformaticaConverter
 
-__version__ = "1.9.2"
+__version__ = "1.9.3"
 __author__ = "Nick"
 __license__ = "MIT"
 __all__ = ["InformaticaConverter"]