An object that represents the source system from which you can extract metadata and data facts. Amazon S3 and Oracle are examples of source systems.
Used by Metadata Command Center, Data Governance and Catalog.
catalog source accelerator
A catalog source accelerator is a catalog source that supports complex environments. You can use catalog source accelerators to extract metadata from systems that are difficult to analyze and require a more sophisticated configuration.
To enable and configure a catalog source accelerator, you need assistance from Informatica Professional Services.
Examples of catalog source accelerators include SAS Base Programs and IBM Mainframe Job Control Language.
Used by Metadata Command Center, Data Governance and Catalog.
catalog source job
A job that you run against a source system based on the configured catalog source. When Metadata Command Center runs a catalog source job, it creates and runs a task for each configured capability.
Used by Metadata Command Center.
category
A grouping of related data collections within a common theme that helps consumers browse for and find relevant data.
Used by Data Marketplace.
CDI-PC domain
The fundamental administrative unit for a collection of nodes and services in Cloud Data Integration for PowerCenter.
Used by Cloud Data Integration for PowerCenter.
CDI-PC Integration Service
An on-premises application service that runs sessions and workflows that you create in the Cloud Data Integration for PowerCenter client.
Used by Cloud Data Integration for PowerCenter.
CDI-PC repository
A database that stores metadata created by the Cloud Data Integration for PowerCenter client and application services.
Used by Cloud Data Integration for PowerCenter.
CDI-PC Repository Service
An on-premises application service that manages the Cloud Data Integration for PowerCenter repository. It retrieves, inserts, and updates metadata in the repository database tables.
Used by Cloud Data Integration for PowerCenter.
change data capture
The process of capturing changes that were made to source databases, tables, and data sets for transmission to a target.
Used by Data Ingestion and Replication.
change stream
The stream of change records that PowerExchange reads from a CDC source or PowerExchange Logger for Linux, UNIX, and Windows log files.
Used by Data Integration, Connectors, PowerExchange.
character labeling
A data operation that searches for character patterns in an input field and writes a descriptive label as output for each pattern found. You configure character labeling in a labeler asset.
Used by Data Quality.
checkout
The steps taken by a data consumer to order a data collection.
Used by Data Marketplace.
checkpoint
Recovery information that PowerExchange generates and that the Data Integration service and CDC client store on the target system to resume the extraction of change records from where the mapping task last left off.
Used by Data Integration, Connectors.
cleanse asset
An asset that standardizes the form and content of your data to render the data more accurate, usable, and consistent. Configure a cleanse asset to remove unwanted values from data fields, replace the values, or convert the character case of the values.
Used by Data Quality.
Cloud Data Integration for PowerCenter (CDI-PC)
An IDMC service that you can use to manage and monitor the status of Cloud Data Integration for PowerCenter domains and assess and convert repository assets.
Used by Cloud Data Integration for PowerCenter.
Cloud Server
A runtime environment that is hosted on the cloud. You deploy Cloud Application Integration assets to the Cloud Server or to a Secure Agent.
Used by Application Integration.
cluster
The records in a data set that a Deduplicate transformation identifies as potential duplicates of one another.
Used by Data Quality, Data Integration.
cluster lifecycle
The sequence of changes that occurs as a Secure Agent creates a Secure Agent cluster, scales the cluster up or down, stops the cluster, and applies changes in the advanced configuration to the cluster when the cluster starts up again. Each point in the cluster lifecycle is a cluster event.
A set of reference data that comes from the same application, industry standard list, or internal list. You organize code lists into reference data sets.
Used by Reference 360.
code value
A unique value, such as a business term, code, or lookup value. A code value is the lowest representation of reference data. You create code values in code lists.
Used by Reference 360.
collector
A service that collects data, such as job and workflow statistics, performance metrics, and configuration metadata, from components in an Informatica domain monitored by Operational Insights. Collectors run within the Secure Agent that enables communication between an Informatica domain and IDMC.
Used by Operational Insights.
complex data type
A data type that allows you to represent multiple data values in a single row or column position.
Used by Data Integration.
complex file
Contains semi-structured data in text, XML, JSON, sequence files, or binary files such as PDF, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel.
Used by Data Integration, Connectors.
complex operator
A type of operator to refer to element names or to access elements in a complex data type.
Used by Data Integration.
connection
An object that you configure to provide access to data in applications, platforms, databases, and flat files.
Can be used by all services.
connection assignment
The linking of catalog sources to establish lineage between the source systems that the catalog sources represent.
Used by Metadata Command Center.
consolidation
The process of building a single record from a set of matching records. The consolidated record is sometimes known as the survivor record.
Used by Data Quality, Master Data Management.
consumer access
A record that indicates a data consumer’s access to a data collection, along with other details such as the date of delivery, stakeholders, and the delivery option that was used for the delivery.
Used by Data Marketplace.
contributor
A version of a source record or an edit record that contributes data to a master record.
Used by Master Data Management.
crosswalk
A visual representation of value mappings between code values in a pair of code lists. Crosswalks exist between code lists in the same reference data set.