A

Data Integration

task is a process that you configure to analyze, extract, transform, and load data. In

Data Integration Hub

, a

Data Integration

task is a task that reads from a file, a database, or another source and writes to a target. Use

Data Integration

tasks to process

Data Integration Hub

publications and subscriptions with

Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services

.

When you use a

Data Integration

task to process publications, you use the

Data Integration Hub

cloud connector as the publication target. When you use a

Data Integration

task to process subscriptions, you use the

Data Integration Hub

cloud connector as the subscription source.