Create and use Hadoop HDFS connections in Test Data Manager to use PowerCenter mappings to perform data group movement and data masking operations.
Import metadata from a Hadoop HDFS connection and perform data group movement and data masking operations. A Hadoop HDFS connection type is an HDFS connection that uses PowerCenter mappings to perform a TDM operation. In a TDM plan, you can use a Hadoop HDFS connection as a source, a target, or both.
You can perform the write operation in the following cases:
Source is a relational database such as Oracle, Microsoft SQL, Sybase, and DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows and the target is a Hadoop HDFS connection type
Source is a flat file and the target is a Hadoop HDFS connection type
Both the source and the target are Hadoop HDFS connection types
Source is a Hadoop HDFS connection type and the target is a flat file
The Hadoop HDFS connection contains the following limitations:
You cannot perform a write operation when the source is a Hadoop HDFS connection type and the target is a relational database.
You cannot use a Hadoop HDFS connection type in a Hadoop plan.
You cannot use shuffle masking when both the source and the target are Hadoop HDFS connection types.
You cannot use a Hadoop HDFS connection type as a variable when you configure a source or a target.