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Runtime parameters

You can configure parameters in the following ways:

Parameters: Parameters are placeholders that represent values in a
mapping
or PowerCenter
task. You can use a taskflow to pass input parameters and in-out parameters to a task.
Parameter files: A parameter file is a list of user-defined parameters and their associated values.; If the parameter file contains sections and parameters for taskflows and
mapping
tasks, you can save the parameter file in the location where the
Data Integration
job runs. For more information about parameter files, see
the Parameter files documentation
.
Parameter sets: A parameter set is a list of user-defined parameters and their associated values.; If the parameter file contains sections and parameters at the taskflow level, you can upload the parameter file to the Informatica managed cloud-hosted repository using the ParamSetCli utility and use them in taskflows. This uploaded parameter file is known as a parameter set. You can also define parameters for subtaskflows and Data Task steps in a parameter set.
To convert parameter files to parameter sets, you must install the ParamSetCli utility.

Consider you have a taskflow where you want to orchestrate two mapping tasks, and you want to specify inputs for the taskflow and parameters for the mapping tasks in the parameter file. In this case, you can create a parameter file with sections for each asset and save the parameter file to the location where the Data Integration tasks run. For the taskflow to use this parameter file, you must upload the parameter file to the cloud-hosted repository using ParamSetCli. The uploaded parameter file becomes a parameter set for the taskflow. You can then specify the parameter set name in the taskflow.

Additionally, if you have Data Integration tasks such as mapping tasks with a parameterized connection password, it is recommended that you create a separate parameter file with the sensitive information. You can create a separate parameter set with taskflow-related information.

You cannot use Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) user accounts to work with parameter sets.

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