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Register the Operational Reference Stores

To register the Operational Reference Stores, use the Hub Console.

Start the

Databases

tool under the

Configuration

workbench.

Click

Write Lock

Acquire Lock

Click

The

Informatica MDM Hub Connection Wizard

appears and prompts you to select the database type.

Select Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, or IBM Db2, and click

In Microsoft SQL Server, configure connection properties for the database.

In the Connection Properties page, specify the connection properties, and then click

The following table lists and describes the connection properties:

Property	Description
Database Display Name	Name for the Operational Reference Store that must appear in the Hub Console.
Machine Identifier	Prefix given to keys to uniquely identify records from the Hub Store instance.
Database hostname	IP address or name of the server that hosts the Microsoft SQL Server database.
Port	Port of the Microsoft SQL Server database. The default is 1433.
Schema Name	Name of the Operational Reference Store.
Password	Password associated with the user name for the Operational Reference Store.
Dynamic Data Masking host	IP address or name of the server that hosts Dynamic Data Masking . Leave empty if you do not use Dynamic Data Masking .
DDM connection URL	Optional. URL for the Dynamic Data Masking server. Leave empty if you do not use Dynamic Data Masking .

In the Connection Properties page, specify the connection properties, and then click

Review the summary, and specify additional connection properties.

The following table lists additional connection properties that you can configure:

Property	Description
Connection URL	Connect URL. The Connection Wizard generates the connect URL by default.
Create datasource after registration	Select to create the datasource on the application server after registration.

In Oracle environments, configure connection properties for the database.

Select an Oracle connection method, and click

The following table describes the Oracle connection methods that you can select:

Connection Method	Description
Service	Connect to Oracle by using the service name.
SID	Connect to Oracle by using the Oracle System ID.

For more information about SERVICE and SID names, see the Oracle documentation.

The

Connection Properties

page appears.

Specify the connection properties for the connection type that you select, and click

The following table lists and describes the connection properties:

Property	Description
Database Display Name	Name for the Operational Reference Store that must appear in the Hub Console.
Machine Identifier	Prefix given to keys to uniquely identify records from the Hub Store instance.
Database hostname	IP address or name of the server that hosts the Oracle database.
SID	Oracle System Identifier that refers to the instance of the Oracle database running on the server. The SID field appears if you selected the SID connection type.
Service	Name of the Oracle SERVICE used to connect to the Oracle database. The Service field appears if the you selected the Service connection type.
Port	The TCP port of the Oracle listener running on the Oracle database server. The default is 1521 .
Oracle TNS Name	Name by which the database is known on your network as defined in the TNSNAMES.ORA file of the application server. For example: mydatabase.mycompany.com . You set the Oracle TNS name when you install the Oracle database. For more information about the Oracle TNS name, see the Oracle documentation.
Schema Name	Name of the Operational Reference Store.
User name	User name for the Operational Reference Store. By default, this is the user name that you specify in the script that you use to create the Operational Reference Store. This user owns all of the Operational Reference Store database objects in the Hub Store. If a proxy user is configured for the Operational Reference Store, then you can specify the proxy user instead.
Password	Password associated with the user name for the Operational Reference Store. For Oracle, the password is not case sensitive. By default, this is the password that you specify when you create the Operational Reference Store. If a proxy user is configured for the Operational Reference Store, then you specify the password for the proxy user instead.
Dynamic Data Masking host	IP address or name of the server that hosts Dynamic Data Masking . Leave empty if you do not use Dynamic Data Masking .
DDM connection URL	Optional. URL for the Dynamic Data Masking server. Leave empty if you do not use Dynamic Data Masking .

The

Schema Name

and the

User Name

are both the names of the Operational Reference Store that you specified when you created the Operational Reference Store. If you need this information, consult your database administrator.

The

Summary

page appears.

Review the summary, and specify additional connection properties.

The following table lists additional connection properties that you can configure:

Property	Description
Connection URL	Connect URL. The Connection Wizard generates the connect URL by default. The following list shows the format of the connect URL for the Oracle connection types: Service connection type jdbc:oracle:thin:@//database_host:port/service_name SID connection type jdbc:oracle:thin:@//database_host:port:sid For a service connection type only, you have the option to customize and later test a different connection URL.
Create datasource after registration	Select to create the datasource on the application server after registration. If you do not select the option, you must manually configure the data source.

Property

Description

Connection URL

Connect URL. The Connection Wizard generates the connect URL by default. The following list shows the format of the connect URL for the Oracle connection types:

Service connection type: jdbc:oracle:thin:@//database_host:port/service_name
SID connection type: jdbc:oracle:thin:@//database_host:port:sid

For a service connection type only, you have the option to customize and later test a different connection URL.

Create datasource after registration

Select to create the datasource on the application server after registration.

If you do not select the option, you must manually configure the data source.

For a service connection type, if you want to change the default URL, click the

Edit

button, specify the URL, and then click

In IBM Db2 environments, configure connection properties for the database.

Specify the connection properties, and click

The following table lists and describes the connection properties:

Property	Description
Database Display Name	Name for the Operational Reference Store that must appear in the Hub Console.
Machine Identifier	Prefix given to keys to uniquely identify records from the Hub Store instance.
Database server name	IP address or name of the server that hosts the IBM Db2 database.
Database name	Name of the database that you create.
Database hostname	IP address or name of the server that hosts the IBM Db2 database.
Schema Name	Name of the Operational Reference Store.
User name	User name for the Operational Reference Store. By default, this is the user name that you specify in the script that you use to create the Operational Reference Store. This user owns all the Operational Reference Store database objects in the Hub Store. If a proxy user is configured for the Operational Reference Store, then you can specify the proxy user instead.
Password	Password associated with the user name for the Operational Reference Store. For IBM Db2, the password is case sensitive. By default, this is the password that you specify when you create the Operational Reference Store. If a proxy user is configured for the Operational Reference Store, then you specify the password for the proxy user instead.
Dynamic Data Masking host	IP address or name of the server that hosts Dynamic Data Masking . Leave empty if you do not use Dynamic Data Masking .
DDM connection URL	Optional. URL for the Dynamic Data Masking server. Leave empty if you do not use Dynamic Data Masking .

The

Schema Name

and the

User Name

are both the names of the Operational Reference Store that you specified when you created the Operational Reference Store. If you need this information, consult your database administrator.

The

Summary

page appears.

Review the summary, and specify additional connection properties.

The following table lists additional connection properties that you can configure:

Property	Description
Connection URL	Connect URL. The Connection Wizard generates the connect URL by default. The following example shows the format of the connect URL: jdbc:db2://database_host:port/db_name
Create datasource after registration	Select to create the datasource on the application server after registration. If you do not select the option, you must manually configure the data source.