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Informatica PowerCenter

PowerCenter is an Informatica product that extracts data from multiple sources, transforms the data according to business logic, and loads the transformed data into different target databases. You can run connection-aware scans on PowerCenter sources.

For more information about the prerequisites for connecting PowerCenter to Metadata Command Center, see https://knowledge.informatica.com/s/article/What-are-the-prerequisites-for-conencting-the-PowerCenter-in-CDGC.

Objects extracted

The metadata extraction extracts the following objects from a PowerCenter source system:

•Folder
•Repository
•Workflow
•Workflow Instance
•Calculation
•Mapping
•Session
•Session Instance

Data Lineage

The following lineage data is available for PowerCenter assets:

•Summary lineage
•Data set level
•Data element level
•SQL override
•Pre- and post-SQL session
•Default column