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  1. Preface
  2. Project and Asset Management
  3. Source control
  4. Asset migration
  5. My Processes

Asset Management

Asset Management

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Project and Asset Management

Project and Asset Management

Use the
Explore
 page to work with your
Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services
℠ projects and assets.

Finding projects and assets on the Explore page

Use any of the following methods to find your projects and assets on the
Explore
 page:
  • Explore by projects and folders. Vew all projects or select a particular project.
  • Explore by asset types. View all assets or view assets of a particular type.
  • Explore by tags. View assets associated with a particular tag.
  • Search for projects or assets. To search all projects, folders, and assets in the organization, view the
    Explore
     page by
    All Projects
     and then enter a name or description in the Find box. Or, to narrow your search, filter the
    Explore
     page by
    All Assets
    , select a specific asset type, or a specific project or folder, and then enter a name or description in the
    Find
     box.
  • Sort the search results. Sort the
    Explore
     page by name, creation date, last update date, description, or type. When you sort by type, the Explore page groups assets by asset type. It does not list the asset types in alphabetical order.
The following characters cannot be used on the # ? ' | { } " ^ & [ ] / \ page:
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Do not use these characters in project, folder, asset, or tag names.

Viewing project, folder, and asset details on the Explore page

The following table describes the project, folder, and asset properties that you can view on the
Explore
 page:
Property
Description
Name
Name of the project, folder, or asset.
Type
Type of the object. For example: Project, Folder, Taskflow, Mapping, or Mapplet.
Updated On
Date and time when the project, folder, or asset was last updated.
Updated By
Name of the user who last updated the project, folder, or asset.
This property is not displayed by default. To view the property, right-click the header row and select
Updated By
.
This property is not available if you select
All Tags
 in the
Explore
 page.
Created On
Date and time when the project, folder, or asset was created.
This property is not displayed by default. To view the property, right-click the header row and select
Created On
.
This property is not available if you select
All Tags
 in the
Explore
 page.
Created By
Name of the user who created the project, folder, or asset.
This property is not displayed by default. To view the property, right-click the header row and select
Created By
.
This property is not available if you select
All Tags
 in the
Explore
 page.
Location
Location where the project, folder, or asset is available.
Description
Description of the project, folder, or asset.
Tags
Tag that is assigned to the asset.
Status
Indicates whether the asset is valid.
This property displays one of the following values:
  • Valid. The asset does not contain any validation error.
  • Invalid. The asset contains validation errors.
Published
Indicates whether the asset is published.
This property is available if you view the
Explore
 page by selecting the
Asset Types
 option.
This property is not displayed by default. To view the property, right-click the header row and select
Published
.
This property displays one of the following values:
  • Published
  • Unpublished
  • Outdated
This property is blank for assets that cannot be published. For example, this property is blank for process objects, mappings, and mapping tasks.
Published On
Date and time when the asset was published.
This property is available if you view the
Explore
 page by selecting the
Asset Types
 option.
This property is not displayed by default. To view the property, right-click the header row and select
Published On
.
This property is blank for assets that cannot be published. For example, this property is blank for process objects, mappings, and mapping tasks.

Working with projects and assets on the Explore page

Perform actions on projects and assets from the
Explore
 page.
To see what actions you can perform on a project or asset, in the row that contains the project or asset, click the
Actions
 icon.
The following image shows the
Actions
 icon on the
Explore
 page:
A guide is highlighted in the Explore table and the Actions menu for the guide displays a list of options such as View, Edit, Run, and Rename.
The Actions menu lists the actions you can perform based on your user role privileges and the permissions specified for the selected asset. For example, your user role might have privileges to view and run tasks but not to delete tasks. You might not have permission to run a particular task because of the permissions set by the creator of the task.
To perform an action on multiple objects at one time, select the check box to the left of each object, and then use the Selection menu to choose the action.
The following image shows the selection menu:
The selection menu displays the tasks that you can perform on the selected objects such as Select None, Copy To, Move To, Export, and Delete.

Working with assets from other
Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services

If your organization has assets that belong to different services, you can view them on the
Explore
 page.
By default, you see
Application Integration
 assets.
To view assets from other services, perform the following steps:
  1. On the
    Explore
     page, go to
    Explore
    Explore By
    Asset Types
    .
  2. In the
    All Assets
     list, select
    All
    .
The following image shows the
All
 tab of the
All Assets
 list:
The All tab of the All Assets list is selected. A list of assets from all Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services is visible.
If you run a
Data Integration
 asset from the Explore page, the
Data Integration
 service opens in a new window. The asset runs in the read-only mode.
If you select a
Data Integration
 asset on the Explore page, the
Data Integration
 service opens in a new window. The asset appears in the editable mode.
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