PowerExchange for MongoDB User Guide

PowerExchange for MongoDB User Guide

Updating the Schema File

Updating the Schema File

You can update the schema file to reflect metadata changes in the MongoDB database or make changes in the imported metadata.
  1. Open the schema definition by using the Informatica MongoDB ODBC Driver DSN.
  2. Click
    Browse
    and select a schema definition file.
    You can also enter a file name in the file selection dialog box to create and use a new schema definition file.
  3. Export the metadata to the SSD file.
    1. To export the metadata imported by using the MongoDB ODBC driver, click
      Export Existing
      .
    2. To export metadata sampled from the MongoDB database, click
      Generate All
      .
    3. To export any missing tables and add metadata, click
      Generate Missing
      .
  4. From the
    Database source table
    list, select the table to be updated.
  5. Click
    Generate Table
    to update the schema of the table from the database.
  6. Click
    Edit Schema File
    to open the schema file that you exported.
  7. In the
    Schema Editor
    , make the required modifications in the schema file to reflect the metadata changes.
    When you update metadata, press
    Enter
    and then click
    Save
    to ensure that the changes to the metadata are saved.
  8. Save the schema file and close the
    Schema Editor
    dialog box.
  9. In the
    Schema Definition
    dialog box, click
    Update Metadata
    to replace the metadata with the metadata from the SSD file.

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