Getting Started with Informatica Cloud Data Integration

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A runtime environment is the execution platform for running tasks. A runtime environment consists of one or more Secure Agents. A Secure Agent is a lightweight program that runs tasks and enables secure communication across the firewall between your organization and Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services. You must have at least one runtime environment in each organization so that users in the organization can run tasks.

Before you can use Data Integration to run data integration tasks, you need to create a connection. When you configure the connection, you specify the connector that enables the exchange of data between Data Integration and the source and target objects. For example, if you want to create a task that uses Salesforce data, you create a Salesforce connection. The Salesforce connection uses the Salesforce connector which enables the exchange of data between Salesforce and Data Integration.

Organize your data integration projects in folders that contain assets such as mappings, tasks, and taskflows. Create a project folder and folders to contain the assets you need for your project.

After you set up folders, create your project assets. Assets include the following objects:

If your organization is enabled for source control and the organization has read-write access to the source control repository, add your project to the repository.

Before you can add your project, your organization administrator must configure a link between the organization and source control repository, and you must specify your source control user credentials in Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services.