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  1. Preface
  2. Introduction to Test Data Management
  3. Test Data Manager
  4. Projects
  5. Policies
  6. Data Discovery
  7. Creating a Data Subset
  8. Performing a Data Masking Operation
  9. Data Masking Techniques and Parameters
  10. Data Generation
  11. Data Generation Techniques and Parameters
  12. Working with Test Data Warehouse
  13. Analyzing Test Data with Data Coverage
  14. Plans and Workflows
  15. Monitor
  16. Reports
  17. ilmcmd
  18. tdwcmd
  19. tdwquery
  20. Appendix A: Data Type Reference
  21. Appendix B: Data Type Reference for Test Data Warehouse
  22. Appendix C: Data Type Reference for Hadoop
  23. Appendix D: Glossary

Dictionary Connections

Dictionary Connections

A dictionary is a flat file or relational table that contains substitute data. When you define a relational dictionary, you can define the connection to the dictionary in the project plan and workflow.
The
Dictionary Connection
field appears in the
Plan Settings
if the plan requires a connection.
When you define a substitution masking rule with a flat file dictionary, you can browse to a dictionary from Test Data Manager. Test Data Manager imports the structure of the dictionary file to enable you to define the serial number column and the lookup column.
By default, when you run a workflow, the PowerCenter Integration Service finds flat file dictionaries in the following location:
<Informatica installation directory>\server\infa_shared\lkpfiles
You cannot change this location. The TDM installation installs the built-in dictionaries in the lkpfiles location. When you create a custom dictionary file, Test Data Manager copies the file to the
lkpfiles
directory.
To access a dictionary on Microsoft SQL Server, create an ODBC connection using the DataDirect SQL Server Wire Protocol driver.

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