Before you use Cloud Data Integration to create and run mappings, ensure that you have an active Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services account, have defined user roles through the Administrator, and have a relevant license. Ensure that you install the Secure Agent on the same machine as

B2B Data Exchange

. For more information, see the

Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services Administrator Guide

.

Configure the following system properties in

B2B Data Exchange

:

dx.iics.url
dx.iics.username
dx.iics.password
dx.iics.runtime.environment
dx.iics.max.poll.time.minutes
dx.iics.object.prefix

For more information, see the

B2B Data Exchange Administrator Guide

.

Create a mapping with a flat file source transformation, Expression transformations, any additional transformations whose functionality you wish to use, and a target transformation.

You must parametrize the source transformation connection and source type. For example, for the source transformation connection, create

_Src_Connection_Param

, and for the source type, create

_Src_Type_Param

.

You must create an Expression transformation with a parameter for the input file path, and you can also define parameters for the flat file source formatting. For more information, see Input Parameter Files and Formatting Options for Flat File Sources.

For more information about transformations, see the

Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services Transformations Guide

.

Create a workflow with an

Informatica Cloud workflow

flow type, and select the Cloud Data Integration mapping for the workflow.

For more information, see the

B2B Data Exchange Developer Guide

.

Create a profile and associate it with the Informatica Cloud workflow. The mapping parameters that you created in the Expression transformations are displayed as workflow parameters. You can configure the mapping input file parameter and flat file formatting parameters as part of the workflow parameters associated with the profile.

Create an inbound endpoint such as a File Receive endpoint. As part of the file pattern configuration, select the profile associated with the Informatica Cloud workflow.