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  1. Preface
  2. Data integration tasks
  3. Mapping tasks
  4. Dynamic mapping tasks
  5. Synchronization tasks
  6. Data transfer tasks
  7. Replication tasks
  8. Masking tasks
  9. Masking rules
  10. PowerCenter tasks

Tasks

Tasks

Configuring the target

Configuring the target

You can configure a single target for a
synchronization
task. The options that appear on the page depend on the task type and target type that you select for the task.
  1. On the
    Target
    page, enter the following information:
    Field
    Description
    Connection
    Select a connection. The list of available connections depends on the task operation defined for the task.
    To create a connection, click
    New
    . To edit a connection, click
    View
    , and in the
    View Connection
    dialog box, click
    Edit
    .
    Target Object
    If the connection includes less than 200 objects, select a target object or click
    Select
    .
    If the connection includes more than 200 objects, click
    Select
    .
    The
    Select Target Object
    dialog box displays up to 200 objects. If the object you want to use does not appear, enter a search string to reduce the number of objects that display.
    Select a target object and click
    OK
    .
    Display Technical Field Names Instead of Labels
    Displays technical names instead of business names.
    Not available for all connection types.
    Display Target Fields in Alphabetical Order
    Displays target fields in alphabetical order instead of the order returned by the target system.
    Formatting Options
    For Flat File and FTP/SFTP connections only. Select a delimiter and text qualifier. Optionally, select an escape character.
    If you choose Other for the delimiter, the delimiter cannot be an alphanumeric character or a double quotation mark.
    If you choose a delimiter for an FTP/SFTP flat file,
    Data Integration
    applies the delimiter to the local file, not the remote file, when previewing and reading data. If the remote and local files are not synchronized, you might see unexpected results.
    Create Target
    Flat File and relational database connections only. Creates a target file.
    You can create a target file when the source connection is Salesforce, database, or ODBC, and the source object is Single or Custom.
    Enter a file name and select the source fields that you want to use. By default, all source fields are used.
    Truncate Target
    Database targets with the Insert task operation only. Truncates a database target table before inserting new rows.
    • True. Truncates the target table before inserting all rows.
    • False. Inserts new rows without truncating the target table.
    Default is False.
    Enable Target Bulk Load
    Select this option to write data in bulk mode. The default value is false.
  2. If preview data does not appear automatically, click
    Show Data Preview
    to preview data.
    The
    Data Preview
    area shows the first ten rows of the first five columns in the target. It also shows the total number of columns in the target.
    The
    Data Preview
    area does not display certain Unicode characters correctly. If the data contains binary data, the Data Preview area shows the following text:
    BINARY DATA
  3. To preview all target columns in a file, click
    Preview All Columns
    .
    The file shows the first ten rows of the target.
  4. Click
    Next
    .

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