The Designer connects to the Domino server to import metadata into PowerCenter. The Designer imports source and target definitions that represent metadata for the Lotus Notes sources and targets. Use the imported metadata in the mappings to run Lotus Notes sessions.
The PowerCenter Integration Service connects to the Domino server to read and write data into the Notes database.
The following figure shows how the PowerCenter Integration Service integrates with Lotus Notes to read and write Lotus Notes data: