Data transfer

tasks provide the same functionality as

synchronization

tasks while also providing support for more connector types, such as Snowflake V2.

When you convert a

synchronization

task,

Data Integration

creates a new

data transfer

task based on the

synchronization

task in the project folder specified in the convert request. It doesn't delete the

synchronization

task. The

data transfer

task contains the same task configurations as the

synchronization

task, including connection configurations, filters, parameters, field mappings, and runtime attributes.

You can't convert

synchronization

tasks that contain the following objects:

More than five lookup objects
Mapplets
Multiple source objects
Target child objects

If the

synchronization

task has data sorting configured, the sort direction for all fields must be the same in order to convert the task to a

data transfer

task. You can't convert tasks with multiple sort directions.

Data Integration

tags both tasks so that you can determine which assets in your organization have been converted. It tags new

data transfer

tasks with the tag "MIGRATED FROM DSS" and converted

synchronization

tasks with the tag "MIGRATED TO DTT".

For more information about the convert REST API resource, see the

REST API Reference

.