The

Active Properties

view contains general properties and all run-time properties. General properties include the cluster configuration name, ID, description, distribution type, and the last date of refresh. Run-time properties are organized into configuration sets based on the corresponding *-site.xml files on the cluster. For example, the hive-site.xml configuration set contains all of the properties and values imported from the hive-site.xml file on the cluster.

The cluster configuration can contain the following types of run-time properties:

Imported properties

Properties and values imported from the cluster or file. You can override property values based on your requirements. Some cluster configuration properties contain sensitive information, such as passwords. The Service Manager masks the value of sensitive properties with asterisk characters when you import or refresh the cluster configuration. The masked values appear in the Administrator tool and in infacmd results.

User-defined properties

You can create user-defined properties based on processing requirements. When you create a user-defined property, the value appears as an overridden value.

Active properties are properties that the Data Integration Service uses at run time. Each expanded configuration set of the

Active Properties

view displays these active values. If a property has an overridden value, the Data Integration Service uses the overridden value as the active value. If the property does not have an overridden value, the Data Integration Service uses the imported value as the active value. To see the imported value of a property that is overridden, click the edit icon.

The following image shows cluster configurations in the

Domain Navigator

.