You can configure the Developer tool to validate against a particular release of PowerCenter, or you can configure it to skip validation for release compatibility. By default, the Developer tool does not validate objects against any release of PowerCenter.

Set the compatibility level to a PowerCenter release before you export objects to PowerCenter. If you set the compatibility level, the Developer tool performs two validation checks when you validate a mapping, mapplet, or logical data object model. The Developer tool first verifies that the object is valid in Developer tool. If the object is valid, the Developer tool then verifies that the object is valid for export to the selected release of PowerCenter. You can view compatibility errors in the

Validation Log

view.