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

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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.

When you upgrade from a previous version, follow the supported upgrade paths to ensure a smooth and successful upgrade. This article includes upgrade paths for all products supported in the 10.5.1 Informatica installer.

When you upgrade from a previous version, follow the supported upgrade paths to ensure a smooth and successful upgrade. This article includes upgrade paths for all products supported in the 10.5 Informatica installer.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

You can deploy PowerCenter on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) U.S. Intelligence Community Marketplace. This deployment reference includes step-by-step instructions for deploying PowerCenter on the AWS U.S. Intelligence Community Marketplace. It also includes information on prerequisites and troubleshooting.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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).

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).

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.