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  1. Preface
  2. Understanding the Repository
  3. Using the Repository Manager
  4. Folders
  5. Managing Object Permissions
  6. Local and Global Shortcuts
  7. Team-Based Development with Versioned Objects
  8. Labels
  9. Object Queries
  10. Team-Based Development with Deployment Groups
  11. Copying Folders and Deployment Groups
  12. Exporting and Importing Objects
  13. Exchanging Metadata
  14. Copying Objects
  15. Metadata Extensions
  16. Appendix A: MX Views Reference
  17. Appendix B: PowerCenter Reports Reference

Repository Guide

Repository Guide

Rules and Guidelines for Object Compatibility

Rules and Guidelines for Object Compatibility

The Repository Service treats modified dependent objects as compatible when you perform the following tasks:
  • Change datatypes in a source, target, or transformation to a compatible datatype. The Repository Service marks objects as impacted only when you change the datatypes to incompatible datatypes.
  • Rename ports in a reusable transformation.
  • Add a port in a source, target, or transformation.
  • Replace objects such as sources, targets, mapplets, and mappings with compatible objects.
When you replace a repository object with another object, the following conditions must be true for the Repository Service to treat the objects as compatible:
Repository Object
Compatibility Requirements
Source, Target, Transformation
  • Name of the replacement object must match the original object.
  • All port names in the original object must be represented in the replacement object.
  • Datatypes must be compatible.
Mapping
Name and number of the following objects must match the original object:
  • Targets
  • Mapplets
  • Sources
  • Source Qualifiers
  • Joiner transformations
  • Update Strategy transformations
  • Custom transformations
Mapplet
Name and number of the following objects must match the original object:
  • Sources
  • Source Qualifiers
  • Joiner transformations
  • Update Strategy transformations
  • Custom transformations

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