A cluster workflow contains a Create Cluster task that you configure with information about the cluster to create. The cluster workflow uses other elements that enable communication between the Data Integration Service and the cloud platform, such as a cloud provisioning configuration and a Hadoop connection.

If you want to create an ephemeral cluster, you can include a Delete Cluster task. An ephemeral cluster is a cloud platform cluster that you create and use for running mappings and other tasks, then terminate when tasks are complete to save cloud platform resources.

For more information about creating and deploying cluster workflows, see the following article on the Informatica Network: How to Create Cloud Platform Clusters Using a Workflow in Big Data Management.