Install and configure Informatica Services. Verify that the domain has a Data Integration Service and a Model Repository Service.

Verify that a cluster configuration is created in the domain.

Verify that a Metadata Access Service is created in the domain.

Verify that the Hadoop Distribution Directory property in the developerCore.ini file is set based on the Hadoop distribution that you use.

To run a mapping to process complex files, you must configure the INFA_PARSER_HOME environment variable for the Data Integration Service in Informatica Administrator. Set the value of the environment variable to the absolute path of the Hadoop distribution directory on the machine that runs the Data Integration Service.