An Informatica MDM Hub

batch job

is a program that, when run, completes a discrete unit of work (a process). All public batch jobs in Informatica MDM Hub can be run as database stored procedures.

In the Hub Console, the Informatica MDM Hub Batch Viewer and Batch Group tools provide simple mechanisms for executing Informatica MDM Hub batch jobs. However, they do not provide a means for executing and managing jobs on a scheduled basis. To run and manage jobs according to a schedule, you need to run stored procedures that do the work of batch jobs or batch groups. Most organizations have job management tools that are used to control IT processes. Any such tool capable of executing Oracle PL*SQL or DB2 SQL commands can be used to schedule and manage Informatica MDM Hub batch jobs.