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Getting Started

Getting Started

PowerCenter® Getting Started is written for the developers and software engineers who are responsible for implementing a data warehouse. It provides a tutorial to help first-time users learn how to use PowerCenter. PowerCenter Getting Started assumes you have knowledge of your operating systems, relational database concepts, and the …

Glossary

The Informatica Glossary is written for Informatica users. It contains terminology for Informatica products that you can use with Informatica Administrator, Informatica Analyst, and Informatica Developer.

Release Information

Informatica New Features Guide

The Informatica New Features and Enhancements Guide is written for all Informatica software users. This guide lists the new features and enhancements in Informatica products.

New Features Guide

The Informatica New Features and Enhancements Guide is written for all Informatica software users. This guide lists the new features and enhancements in Informatica products.

New Features Guide

The Informatica New Features and Enhancements Guide is written for all Informatica software users. This guide lists the new features and enhancements in Informatica products.

Release Guide

The Informatica Release Guide lists new features and enhancements, behavior changes between versions, and tasks you might need to perform after you upgrade from a previous version. The Informatica Release Guide is written for all types of users who are interested in the new features and changed behavior. This guide assumes that you …

Release Guide

The Informatica Release Guide lists new features and enhancements, behavior changes between versions, and tasks you might need to perform after you upgrade from a previous version. The Informatica Release Guide is written for all types of users who are interested in the new features and changed behavior. This guide assumes that you …

Help for Users

Advanced Workflow Guide

The PowerCenter® Advanced Workflow Guide is written for developers and administrators who are responsible for creating workflows and sessions, and running workflows. This guide assumes you have knowledge of your operating systems, relational database concepts, and the database engines, flat files or mainframe system in your …

Analyst Tool Guide

The Informatica Analyst Tool Guide describes how to use Informatica Analyst (the Analyst tool) to discover and define business logic and collaborate on business projects in an enterprise. It is written for business users such as analysts and data stewards who collaborate on projects within an organization. This guide assumes that you have …

Designer Guide

The PowerCenter® Designer Guide is written for developers and software engineers responsible for implementing a data warehouse. The PowerCenter Designer Guide assumes that you have a solid understanding of your operating systems, relational database concepts, and database engines, flat files, or mainframe system in your environment. …

Mapping Analyst for Excel Guide

The PowerCenter® Mapping Analyst for Excel Guide is written for business analysts who want to use Microsoft Excel to develop PowerCenter mappings. It is also written for PowerCenter developers who want to use the Microsoft Excel files to begin developing PowerCenter mappings. This book assumes you have a working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.

Mapping Architect for Visio Guide

The PowerCenter® Mapping Architect for Visio Guide is written for developers and architects responsible for designing PowerCenter mappings. The PowerCenter Mapping Architect for Visio Guide assumes that you have a solid understanding of PowerCenter and data integration concepts. This guide also assumes that you are familiar with Microsoft Office Visio.

Performance Tuning Guide

The PowerCenter® Performance Tuning Guide is written for PowerCenter administrators and developers, network administrators, and database administrators who are interested in improving PowerCenter performance. This guide assumes you have knowledge of your operating systems, networks, PowerCenter, relational database concepts, and flat …

PowerCenter Repository Reports

PowerCenter Repository Reports

PowerExchange Interfaces for PowerCenter

The PowerExchange Interfaces for PowerCenter publication describes the Informatica® PowerExchange® Client for PowerCenter (PWXPC) and ODBC interfaces between PowerExchange and PowerCenter®. This publication is intended for developers and administrators who are responsible for creating, running, and administering workflows and sessions …

Profile Guide

The Informatica Profile Guide is written for Informatica Analyst and Informatica Developer users. It contains information about how you can use profiles to analyze the content and structure of data. Use column profiles to determine the characteristics of columns, such as value frequency, percentages, and patterns, in a data source.

Repository Guide

The PowerCenter® Repository Guide is written for database administrators and developers who manage repositories. This guide assumes you have knowledge of relational database concepts, and the database engines, flat files, or mainframe systems in your environment. You should also be familiar with the interface requirements of your …

Transformation Guide

The PowerCenter® Transformation Guide is written for the developers and software engineers responsible for implementing your data warehouse. The PowerCenter Transformation Guide assumes that you have a solid understanding of your operating systems, relational database concepts, and the database engines, flat files, or mainframe system …

Transformation Language Reference

The PowerCenter Transformation Language Reference is written for the developers who are responsible for building mappings. The PowerCenter Transformation Language Reference assumes you have knowledge of SQL, relational database concepts, and the interface requirements for your supporting applications.

Web Services Provider Guide

The PowerCenter® Web Services Provider Guide provides information about the Web Services Provider and the PowerCenter web services hosted by the Web Services Hub. This guide also provides information about how to turn PowerCenter workflows into web services and examples for how to create client applications that use the web services …

Workflow Basics Guide

The PowerCenter® Workflow Basics Guide is written for developers and administrators who are responsible for creating workflows and sessions, and running workflows. This guide assumes you have knowledge of your operating systems, relational database concepts, and the database engines, flat files or mainframe system in your environment. …

XML Guide

The XML Guide is written for developers and software engineers responsible for working with XML in a data warehouse environment. Before you use the XML Guide, ensure that you have a solid understanding of XML concepts, your operating systems, flat files, or mainframe system in your environment. Also, ensure that you are familiar with the …

Help for Administrators

Administrator Guide

The Informatica Administrator Guide is written for Informatica domain administrators and operators. It contains information that you need to configure, manage and monitor the domain. The Administrator Guide assumes that you have basic working knowledge of the Informatica domain and services.

Application Service Guide

The Informatica Application Service Guide is written for Informatica users who need to configure application services. The Informatica Application Service Guide assumes you have basic working knowledge of Informatica and details of the environment in which the application services run.

Security Guide

The Informatica Security Guide contains information about security in the Informatica domain. It contains information that you need to manage security for the Informatica domain and the Informatica clients that connect to the domain. This book assumes that you have knowledge of the Informatica domain and the Informatica Administrator. It also …

Reference Material

Command Reference

The Informatica Command Reference is written for Informatica administrators and developers who manage the repositories and administer the domain and services. This guide assumes you have knowledge of the operating systems in your environment. This guide also assumes you are familiar with the interface requirements for the supporting applications.

Message Reference

The Informatica Message Reference is written for all Informatica users. This guide contains troubleshooting information for all aspects of data warehouse development, including source analysis, transformation development, mapping development, and running sessions. This guide assumes you have knowledge about your operating systems, …

Installation and Upgrade

Upgrading from Version 10.0

Upgrading from Version 10.0 is written for the system administrator who is responsible for upgrading the Informatica product. This guide assumes that you have knowledge of operating systems, relational database concepts, and the database engines, flat files, or mainframe systems in your environment. This guide also assumes that you are …

Upgrading from Version 10.1

Upgrading from Version 10.1 is written for the system administrator who is responsible for upgrading the Informatica product. This guide assumes that you have knowledge of operating systems, relational database concepts, and the database engines, flat files, or mainframe systems in your environment. This guide also assumes that you are …

Upgrading from Version 9.6.1

Upgrading from Version 9.6.1 is written for the system administrator who is responsible for upgrading the Informatica product. This guide assumes that you have knowledge of operating systems, relational database concepts, and the database engines, flat files, or mainframe systems in your environment. This guide also assumes that you are …

Additional Guides

Developer Tool Guide

The Informatica Developer Tool Guide is written for big data, data services, and data quality developers. This guide describes common functionality in the Developer tool. This guide assumes that you have an understanding of flat file and relational database concepts, and the database engines in your environment.

Installation and Configuration Guide

The Informatica Installation and Configuration Guide is written for the system administrator who is responsible for installing the Informatica product. This guide assumes you have knowledge of operating systems, relational database concepts, and the database engines, flat files, or mainframe systems in your environment. This guide also …

Release Notes

This document contains important information about restricted functionality, known limitations, and bug fixes for Informatica 10.1.1.

Upgrading from Version 9.5.1

Upgrading from Version 9.5.1 is written for the system administrator who is responsible for upgrading the Informatica product. This guide assumes that you have knowledge of operating systems, relational database concepts, and the database engines, flat files, or mainframe systems in your environment. This guide also assumes that you are …

Getting Started

Running a Workflow on a PowerCenter Grid

When an Informatica domain contains multiple nodes, you can configure PowerCenter workflows to run on a grid. When you run a workflow on a grid, the PowerCenter Integration Service runs a service process on each available node of the grid to increase performance and scalability. The service distributes workflow tasks across the nodes …

Team-Based Development in the PowerCenter Repository and the Model Repository

Team-based development is the collaboration of team members on a development project. Both the PowerCenter repository and the Model repository contain team-based development features, such as versioning and the ability to check out and check in objects. The list and method of implementation of team-based development features depends on …

Configure

Configure an ODBC Connection to SAP HANA

You can connect to an SAP HANA database by using ODBC. This article explains how to configure an OBDC connection for SAP HANA in PowerCenter, the Administrator tool, the Developer tool, and the Analyst tool.

Configuring Secure Communication to Microsoft SQL Server in PowerCenter

You can enable secure communication with SSL encryption from PowerCenter to Microsoft SQL Server. When you use an ODBC provider type in the Microsoft SQL Server connection, you must enable DSN to set the SSL encryption. This article describes how you can configure secure communication from PowerCenter to Microsoft SQL Server with a …

Configuring SFTP Connections in PowerCenter®

This article describes how to set up an SFTP workflow connection in PowerCenter and configure the SFTP connection properties to achieve secure transfer of files and protection against attacks such as IP spoofing, IP source routing, and DNS spoofing.

Configuring the Simba ODBC Driver for MongoDB

You can configure an ODBC connection to connect to MongoDB from the Developer Tool or PowerCenter. This article explains how to configure an ODBC connection for MongoDB in the Developer Tool or PowerCenter.

Connecting to Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse Cloud from Informatica Developer or PowerCenter

You can configure an Oracle connection to connect to Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse Cloud (Oracle ADWC) from Informatica® Developer or PowerCenter®. This article describes how to configure connectivity to Oracle ADWC.

Connecting to Oracle Database Cloud Service from Informatica Developer or PowerCenter

You can configure an Oracle connection to connect to Oracle Database Cloud Service from Informatica® Developer or PowerCenter®. This article describes how to configure connectivity to Oracle Database Cloud Service.

Connect to Oracle Using Oracle Connection Manager from PowerCenter

You can use Oracle Connection Manager to connect to an Oracle database from PowerCenter®. This article discusses the tasks that you must perform to configure connectivity to Oracle using Oracle Connection Manager from the PowerCenter Client.

Enable Proxy User Support for Oracle Databases in PowerCenter (10.4.0)

You can temporarily sign in to your network as a different user through user impersonation. This article describes how you can specify an impersonate user and connect to Oracle databases on behalf of that user and perform read or write operations.

Entering an Adabas FDT Password for CAPXRT Database Row Tests or PowerCenter CDC Sessions

This article shows how to enter the Adabas FDT password when you connect to an Adabas source or target during a PowerCenter batch, Change, or Real-time mode session or run a CAPXRT database row test for an Adabas extraction map.

How to Configure Oracle Single Client Access Name (SCAN) in Informatica 10.1.1

Informatica supports connectivity to an Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) for the domain, Model Repository Service, and PowerCenter Repository Service. Informatica services can connect to Oracle RAC configured in Connect Time Connection Failover (CTCF) or Fast Connection Failover (FCF) mode. Effective in version 10.1.1, you can use …

How to Migrate Microsoft SQL Server Connections from the OLE DB to the ODBC Provider Type

When you create a Microsoft SQL Server connection, you can use the OLE DB or ODBC provider types. If required, you can migrate the OLE DB provider type to the ODBC provider type. This article explains how to migrate Microsoft SQL Server connections from the OLE DB provider type to the ODBC provider type.

Installing PowerCenter on the Google Cloud Platform

You can use all the features of PowerCenter® on a Google Compute Engine virtual machine instance. This article describes how to install PowerCenter on a Google Compute Engine virtual machine instance. This article assumes that you have basic working knowledge of the Informatica Services, Google Cloud Platform, and Google Compute Engine.

Reading Data from SAP HANA Modelling Views Using PowerCenter

This article explains how to read data from SAP HANA modelling views using PowerCenter.

Testing XML Data with Informatica Data Validation Option

With Informatica Data Validation Option (DVO), you can reduce the complexity to test XML data and provide flexibility to test the data in both XML and non XML data scenarios. This article describes how you can use DVO to test XML data.

Using Parameters for General Session Properties

You can use the general session parameter, $ParamName, to define a parameter for a general session property. This article describes how to add a general session parameter to a session, create a parameter file to define the value of the parameter, and configure the parameter file name and location.

Using PowerCenter to Process Flat Files in Real Time

You can use PowerCenter to process a large number of flat files daily in real time or near real time. Based on the source data, you can run a session that processes multiple flat files at scheduled intervals. Or, you can run a single real-time session that processes flat files continuously. This article presents multiple real-time or near …

Using the SQL Transformation in an Informatica Developer Mapping

You can run SQL queries against a relational database midstream in a mapping. This article describes how to configure an SQL transformation in a logical data object mapping in the Developer tool.

Integrate

Implementing Data Masking and Data Subset with Sequential or VSAM Sources

You can use PowerExchange, PowerCenter, and Persistent Data Masking and Data Subset to perform data masking and data subset with sequential or VSAM sources on z/OS. This article describes the procedures for installing and configuring PowerExchange and performing data masking and data subset with these sources.

Troubleshoot

Business Glossary Best Practices

This article provides best practices for migrating, configuring, and using Business Glossary.

Optimize and Tune

Data Validation Option Best Practices

To maximize the benefits that Data Validation Option offers, you must understand how to best set up Data Validation Option in a customer environment and know the best practices for using Data Validation Option.

How to Use Full Pushdown Optimization in PowerCenter

You can push transformation logic to the database to improve mapping performance. A common use case is full pushdown optimization where the Integration Service attempts to push all transformation logic to the target database. This article describes how to configure full pushdown optimization in PowerCenter.

Increasing Performance for PowerCenter Sessions that Use Partitions

A partition is a pipeline stage that executes in a single reader, transformation, or writer thread. You can configure multiple partitions for a single pipeline stage. This article explains how to increase performance in sessions that use partitions.

PowerCenter Repository Maintenance

The PowerCenter repository grows over time as you run new jobs on the development and production environments. The PowerCenter administrator must perform certain maintenance tasks on the database that hosts the repository to maintain the size of the database for optimal performance. This article provides information for the PowerCenter …

Setting Up Disaster Recovery for PowerCenter

You can implement a disaster recovery plan for PowerCenter deployments to recover from accidental loss of user data, hardware failures, database corruption, and natural disasters. This article presents some recovery strategies and best practices that you can adopt to recover and protect PowerCenter deployments during a disaster.

Administration

Informatica Architecture: Nodes and Domains

The Informatica domain consists of one or more servers, one or more installations of the Informatica software, and at least one relational database. This article is a discussion of how nodes work with the database, communications between nodes, what happens when a node dies, and basic troubleshooting on your domain.

Migrating a Repository to Another Database

Migrating a Repository to Another Database

Migrating Mappings and Mapplets from a PowerCenter Repository to a Model Repository

Informatica supports the migration of mappings and mapplets created with the PowerCenter Client to a Model repository. This article explains how you can import objects from a PowerCenter repository into a Model repository. The article also outlines guidelines and restrictions to consider, and notes changes to objects that might occur during migration.

Using Groups and Roles to Manage Informatica Access Control

When you use groups and roles to organize Informatica access control, you simplify user management and create a more secure environment. This article describes how to identify groups and roles and examines the benefits of using groups and roles.

Using SequeLink to Access Data

If PowerExchange® does not provide access for your database, you might be able to use the DataDirect SequeLink Client and Server with the SequeLink ODBC drivers to access the data, depending on the database type. With the SequeLink ODBC drivers, you can access data on a Windows machine from a UNIX or Linux machine that runs PowerCenter® services.

Security

Configuring HTTPS for the Administrator Tool Using a Certificate Signed by a Certificate Authority

To use the SSL protocol for a secure connection to the Administrator tool, create a keystore file and configure an HTTPS port for each gateway node in the domain. The keystore file can include a self-signed certificate or a certificate signed by a certificate authority. This article describes how to create and use a certificate signed by a …

Configuring Kerberos Authentication in an Informatica Domain

Kerberos is a network authentication protocol that provides strong authentication between users and services in a network. This article explains how you can configure clients and services within an Informatica domain to use Kerberos authentication.

Using Two-Factor Authentication to Connect to a Kerberos-enabled Informatica Domain

Two-factor authentication (2FA), utilizing smart cards or USB tokens, is a popular network security mechanism. This article explains how two-factor authentication works in an Informatica domain configured to use Kerberos authentication. The information in the article might also be useful when troubleshooting authentication issues.

Install and Upgrade

Data Validation Option Integration with Cloudera

You can use Cloudera Impala to process queries directly on the Apache Hadoop data stored in HDFS or HBase. Data Validation Option contains a graphical user interface to create and run tests on data including Hadoop data. This article describes how you can integrate Data Validation Option with Cloudera Impala.

Data Validation Option Integration with Hortonworks

You can use Hortonworks to process queries directly on the Apache Hadoop data stored in HDFS or HBase. Data Validation Option contains a graphical user interface to create and run tests on data including Hadoop data. This article describes how you can integrate Data Validation Option with Hortonworks.

Deploying PowerCenter on AWS ICMP Infrastructure

You can deploy a PowerCenter® installation on AWS ICMP. This article describes how to verify that the PowerCenter installation is correctly deployed in your AWS ICMP infrastructure.

Deploying the Informatica® PowerCenter 10.4.0 AWS Marketplace Solution

This deployment reference provides step-by-step instructions for deploying Informatica® PowerCenter on the Amazon Web Services Cloud Marketplace. Automated reference deployments use AWS CloudFormation templates to launch, configure, and run the AWS compute, network, storage, and other services required to deploy a specific workload on AWS.

Deploying the Informatica® PowerCenter 10.4.0 Google Cloud Platform Marketplace Solution

The automated marketplace solution uses Google Cloud Platform templates to launch, configure, and run the Google Cloud compute, network, storage, and other services required to deploy a specific workload on Google Cloud. This deployment reference provides step-by-step instructions for deploying Informatica PowerCenter on Google Cloud …

Deploying the Informatica® PowerCenter 10.4.0 Microsoft Azure Marketplace Solution

The automated marketplace solution uses Azure Resource Manager to launch, configure, and run the Azure virtual machine, virtual network, and other services required to deploy a specific workload on Azure. This deployment reference provides step-by-step instructions for deploying Informatica PowerCenter on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace.

Deploying the Informatica® PowerCenter 10.4.0 Microsoft Azure Marketplace Solution

The automated marketplace solution uses Azure Resource Manager to launch, configure, and run the Azure virtual machine, virtual network, and other services required to deploy a specific workload on Azure. This deployment reference provides step-by-step instructions for deploying Informatica PowerCenter on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace.

Deploy PowerCenter on the AWS Cloud Marketplace (10.5)

You can deploy PowerCenter on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace. This deployment reference includes step-by-step instructions for deploying PowerCenter on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace. It also includes information on prerequisites, and how to troubleshoot common issues.

Deploy the Informatica® PowerCenter Solution on the AWS Cloud Marketplace (10.4.1)

You can deploy PowerCenter on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace. This deployment reference includes step-by-step instructions for deploying PowerCenter on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace. It also includes information on prerequisites, and how to troubleshoot common issues.

Deploy the Informatica® PowerCenter Solution on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace (10.4.1)

The automated marketplace solution uses Azure Resource Manager to launch, configure, and run the Azure virtual machine, virtual network, and other services required to deploy a specific workload on Azure. This deployment reference provides step-by-step instructions for deploying Informatica PowerCenter on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace.

Deploy the Informatica® PowerCenter Solution on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace (10.4.1)

The automated marketplace solution uses Azure Resource Manager to launch, configure, and run the Azure virtual machine, virtual network, and other services required to deploy a specific workload on Azure. This deployment reference provides step-by-step instructions for deploying Informatica PowerCenter on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace.

Deploy the Informatica® PowerCenter Solution on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace (10.5)

The automated marketplace solution uses Azure Resource Manager to launch, configure, and run the Azure virtual machine, virtual network, and other services required to deploy a specific workload on Azure. This deployment reference provides step-by-step instructions for deploying Informatica PowerCenter on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace.

How to Configure Hive ODBC Connector for Cloudera Enterprise with PowerCenter on Linux

You can configure Hive ODBC Connector for Cloudera Enterprise with PowerCenter® on Linux. This article describes how to install and configure the connector and also use the connector with the PowerCenter installation deployed in your infrastructure.

How to Configure Hortonworks ODBC Driver for Apache Hive with PowerCenter on Linux

You can configure Hive ODBC Connector for Cloudera Enterprise with PowerCenter® on Linux. This article describes how to install and configure the connector and also use the connector with the PowerCenter installation deployed in your infrastructure.

How to Configure MapR Hive ODBC Connector with PowerCenter on Linux

You can configure MapR Hive ODBC Connector with PowerCenter® on Linux. This article describes how to install and configure the connector and also use the connector with the PowerCenter installation deployed in your infrastructure.

How to Connect to a Microsoft SQL Server Database that Uses Kerberos Authentication in Informatica 10.x

You can connect to a Microsoft SQL Server database with Kerberos authentication from PowerCenter. This article describes how you can configure a connection to a Microsoft SQL Server database that uses Kerberos authentication in Informatica 10.x.

How to Implement PowerCenter on Microsoft Azure

You can use all the features of PowerCenter® on an Azure machine instance. This article describes how to install PowerCenter 10.2 HotFix 1 or 10.2 HotFix 2 with an Azure machine instance.

How to Implement PowerCenter on the Microsoft Azure Cloud Service

You can use all the features of PowerCenter® on an Azure machine instance. This article describes how to install PowerCenter with an Azure machine instance.

Informatica 10.0 Supported Upgrade Paths

Informatica provides a list of supported upgrade paths for users who want to upgrade their Informatica product. This article describes the supported upgrade paths to upgrade to Informatica 10.0.

Informatica Port Administration

Domain and application services ports can either be static ports or dynamic ports. The Informatica domain and domain components are assigned to static ports. Certain application services are also assigned to static ports while others run on dynamic ports.

Installing and Configuring PowerCenter 10.2 in the AWS Cloud

You can use all the features of an on-premises PowerCenter® installation on an Amazon EC2 instance. This article describes how to install and set up PowerCenter with an Amazon EC2 instance to install Informatica services.

Installing and Configuring PowerCenter in the AWS Cloud

You can use all the features of an on-premises PowerCenter® installation on an Amazon EC2 instance. This article describes how to install and set up PowerCenter with an Amazon EC2 instance to install Informatica services.

Install PowerCenter (10.4.x - 10.5) on Docker with Informatica Deployment Manager

Informatica Deployment Manager provides a quick and easy way to install the Informatica domain. This article describes how to install PowerCenter on Docker from the Docker image using Informatica Deployment Manager.

Install PowerCenter 10.5 on Kubernetes with Informatica Deployment Manager

Informatica Deployment Manager provides a quick and easy way to install and manage the Informatica domain. This article describes how to install PowerCenter on Kubernetes from the Docker image using Informatica Deployment Manager. This article also describes how you can use Informatica Deployment Manager to manage an existing PowerCenter …

Install PowerCenter on Docker with the Container Utility (10.4.0 - 10.4.1)

Informatica provides the Informatica container utility to install the Informatica domain quickly. This article describes how to install PowerCenter from the Docker image through the Informatica container utility on Docker.

Install PowerCenter on Kubernetes with the Container Utility (10.4.0 - 10.4.1)

Informatica provides the Informatica container utility to install the Informatica domain quickly. This article describes how to install PowerCenter from the Docker image through the Informatica container utility on Kubernetes.

Install PowerCenter with the Container Utility on Kubernetes (10.4.0 - 10.4.1)

Informatica provides the Informatica container utility to install the Informatica domain quickly. This article describes how to install PowerCenter from the Docker image through the Informatica container utility on Kubernetes.

Reporting Options for Data Validation Option in PowerCenter 10.1

You can generate reports with Data Validation Option. This article describes the different reporting options for Data Validation Option. This article also describes how to install and configure a standalone JasperReports Server for the Data Validation client to generate reports.

Supported Upgrade Paths to Informatica 10.1.1

Informatica provides a list of supported upgrade paths for users who want to upgrade their Informatica product. This article describes the supported upgrade paths to upgrade to Informatica 10.1.1 and 10.1.1 hotfix releases.

Supported Upgrade Paths to Informatica 10.2

Informatica 10.2 HotFix 2 contains various improvements and enhancements to the Informatica domain. Informatica provides a list of supported upgrade paths for users who want to upgrade their product. This article describes the supported upgrade paths to upgrade to Informatica 10.2 HotFix 2.

Additional Articles

Business Glossary Documentation Quick Reference

This article lists the Business Glossary user guides and how-to articles available for data stewards, administrators, and Glossary consumers.

Configuring HTTP Streaming for SAP ABAP Table Reader Mappings in PowerCenter®

When you run ABAP mappings in PowerCenter to read data from SAP tables, you can configure HTTP streaming. HTTP stream mode sessions use background processing. This article describes how to configure HTTP streaming for ABAP table reader mappings in PowerCenter.

Configuring SAML-based Single Sign-on for Informatica 10.1.1 Web Applications

You can enable users to log into the Administrator tool, the Analyst tool and the Monitoring tool using single sign-on. This article explains how to configure single sign-on in an Informatica domain using Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) and Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS).

Creating a Data Processor Transformation for an XML Source

Use the Data Processor transformation to process an XML source with one format and produce an XML output in another format. The Data Processor transformation uses an XMap to transform an XML hierarchy into a different XML hierarchy. This article describes how to create and configure a Data Processor transformation with an XMap to …

Enabling SAML Authentication in an Informatica 10.2.x Domain

You can enable users to log into Informatica web applications using single sign-on. This article explains how to configure single sign-on in an Informatica 10.2.x domain using Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) and Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS).

How to Configure PowerCenter 10.2 HotFix 2 on Kubernetes

You can configure PowerCenter on Kubernetes to optimize resource management and to enable load balancing for the Informatica domain within the containerized environment. This article is written for the PowerCenter administrator responsible for configuring PowerCenter 10.2 HotFix 2 on Kubernetes.

How to Configure PowerCenter on Kubernetes

You can configure PowerCenter on Kubernetes to optimize resource management and to enable load balancing for the Informatica domain within the containerized environment. This article is written for the PowerCenter administrator responsible for configuring PowerCenter on Kubernetes.

Implementing Data Masking and Data Subset with IMS Unload File Sources

You can use PowerExchange, PowerCenter, and Test Data Management (TDM) to perform data masking and data subset with IMS unload file sources on z/OS. This article describes the procedures for installing and configuring PowerExchange and performing data masking and data subset with these sources.

Improving the Performance of the PowerCenter Repository

The PowerCenter repository is a relational database instance managed by the PowerCenter Repository Service. The database stores tables that hold metadata about repository objects, such as mappings and transformations. Over time, PowerCenter repository performance can slow for many reasons. This article describes methods to improve …

Migrating Objects from a Model Repository to a PowerCenter Repository

Informatica supports the migration of mappings, mapplets, and logical data object models created in Informatica Developer to PowerCenter. This article explains how you can migrate objects from a Model repository to a PowerCenter repository. The article also outlines guidelines and restrictions to consider, and notes changes to objects that …

Sizing Guidelines and Performance Tuning for Metadata Manager 10.0

This article is intended to provide you general reference guidelines to help you tune the performance of Metadata Manager. The results listed in this article are based on observations in an internal Informatica environment using data from real-world scenarios. The performance of Metadata Manager might vary based on individual environments …

Released November 2017

Updated June 2018

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