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Creating a Connection to Access Sources or Targets

Create an HBase, HDFS, Hive, or JDBC connection before you import data objects, preview data, and profile data.

Click

Window

Preferences

Select

Informatica

Connections

Expand the domain in the

Available Connections

list.

Select the type of connection that you want to create:

To select an HBase connection, select

NoSQL

HBase

To select an HDFS connection, select

File Systems

Hadoop File System

To select a Hive connection, select

Database

Hive

To select a JDBC connection, select

Database

JDBC

Click

Add

Enter a connection name and optional description.

Click

Configure the connection properties. For a Hive connection, you must choose the Hive connection mode and specify the commands for environment SQL. The SQL commands apply to both the connection modes. Select at least one of the following connection modes:

Option	Description
Access Hive as a source or target	Select this option if you want to use Hive as a source or a target.
Access Hive to run mappings in Hadoop cluster	Select this option if you want to use the Hive driver to run mappings in the Hadoop cluster.

Click

Test Connection

to verify the connection.

You can test a Hive connection that is configured to access Hive data. You cannot test a Hive connection that is configured to run Informatica mappings in the Hadoop cluster.

Click

Finish

Connections