To use a PowerCenter mapplet, you create a mapplet in PowerCenter and export the mapplet to an XML file. Then you upload the XML file in to

Data Integration

.

A mapplet contains a set of transformations. A PowerCenter mapplet can contain one or more Source transformations but it cannot contain a Target transformation. You can use PowerCenter mapplets in the following

Data Integration

tasks:

Synchronization
tasks. You can use one mapplet in a
synchronization
task.
Mapping
tasks. You can use multiple mapplets in a
mapping
task. You can use mapplets in a mapping, but you can't use a PowerCenter mapplet in advanced mode.
Masking
tasks. You can use passive mapplets in a
masking
task to mask target fields.