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Running a PowerCenter task

Perform the following tasks before you run a PowerCenter task:

Ensure that the source and target definitions are current. If the source or target no longer contains fields that are mapped in the field mapping, the PowerCenter task fails.

If the PowerCenter workflow uses the $PMSourceFileDir\ or $PMTargetFileDir variables to specify the source or target file directory location, you must copy the source or target files to the following directory:

<Secure Agent installation directory>/apps/Data_Integration_Server/data

If you do not move the source or target files, the task fails.

If the PowerCenter workflow uses a parameter file, update the parameter file headers with the

Data Integration

project and task names. Ensure that you have saved the parameter file in a location that is accessible by the Secure Agent or in your cloud-hosted directory. For more information about parameter files, see

Mappings

You cannot run multiple instances of a PowerCenter task simultaneously. If you run a PowerCenter task that is already running, the PowerCenter task fails.

You can run a PowerCenter task manually or on a schedule:

To run a PowerCenter task manually, on the

Explore

page, navigate to the task. In the row that contains the task, click

Actions

and select

Run

You can also run a PowerCenter task manually from the

Task Details

page. To access the

Task Details

page, click