Developer Mentoring Agenda

Please see the information below for details on what's included in Developer Mentoring and Add-Ons. 

 

 

Mapping Mentoring Agenda & Details

Starfish Overview ……………………………………30 min

  • Starfish Projects
    • Migrations vs Integrations
  • Starfish Terminology
    • Project, Connector, Origin, Destination, Job, Mapping, Stage, Xref, Starfish Variables, Before & After Operations, Scripting, Run
  • Starfish UI Overview
  • CRM/ERP/Marketing Automation Terminology
    • Entities/Tables/Modules, Records, Relationships

Building a New Project (Integration) from Start to Finish……………………………………120 min

  • Building Connectors
  • Creating Jobs
  • Building Stages and Mappings
  • Lab: Create a simple Project

Advanced Mapping-Using Lookups and Xref Lists……………………………………60 min

  • Lookups
    • When to Use
    • Performance Implications
    • How to Use
  • Xref Lists
    • When to Use (compare to lookups)
      • Rarely and sparingly
    • Dangers
      • Data changes in the Origin or Destination and not in your Xref
    • How to Use
      • Rebuilt the full Xref list often
  • Starfish Variables
  • When to Use
    • Pass data between scripting languages
    • Save data from one Run to the next
  • How to Use
  • Lab: Update your jobs to use a lookup and a variable

Troubleshooting Integrations ……………………………………30 min

Total Hours: 4

 

 

Add-On Details

  • Advanced Mapping: Pre and Post Processing (90 min)……………………………………Additional $250
    • Why Use Pre or Post Processing
    • Using Row Hashing to skip unnecessary Updates
    • Lab: Add a pre or post process to one of your jobs
      • Add Row Hashing Comparison
  • Advanced Mapping: Hardcoding Values and Field Scripting (30 min)……………………………………Additional $100
    • Using hardcoded values
    • Scripting Data Transformations
    • Lab: Update your jobs to use a Script
  • Projects with Multiple Jobs (60min)……………………………………Additional $200
    • Why a Project Might Need Multiple Jobs
    • Job Chaining
    • Lab: Create a second Job
  • Mapping Stages (90 min)……………………………………Additional $250
    • Stage Types
    • Settings particular to each type of Stage
    • Jobs with Multiple Stages
    • Lab: Create a Job with two Stages
  • Scheduling a Job (30 min)……………………………………Additional $100
    • Scheduling Options

Total Hours with Add-on(s): 4-9

**Additional Hours are billed at $185/hour (If Applicable).