PowerExchange for Kafka User Guide for PowerCenter

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Configure Kafka Target Session Properties

You can configure the session properties for a Kafka target on the

Mapping

tab. Define the properties for the target instance in the session.

The following table describes the session properties that you can configure for a Kafka target session:

Property	Description
Metadata Fetch Timeout in milliseconds	Not applicable for PowerExchange for Kafka.
Batch Flush Time in milliseconds	The interval after which the data is published to the target. Not applicable for PowerExchange for Kafka.
Batch Flush Size in bytes	The batch size of the events after which the PowerCenter Integration Service writes data to the target. Not applicable for PowerExchange for Kafka.
Producer Configuration Properties	The configuration properties for the producer. If you write data to a Kafka cluster that is configured for Kerberos authentication, include the following property to override the Additional Connection Properties specified in the Kafka connection: security.protocol=SASL_PLAINTEXT,sasl.kerberos.service.name=kafka,sasl.mechanism=GSSAPI For more information about the Kafka producer configuration properties, please see the Kafka documentation.