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Creating, editing, and deleting connections in Administrator

You can create, edit, and delete connections on the Connections page in the Administrator service.

Note: If your source or target is hosted in a private account, you'll need to allow traffic from Data Loader so that your tasks can connect to your source or target. For a list of IP addresses to whitelist, see the following community article: FAQ: What are the IP addresses I need to whitelist so that Data Loader can access my sources and targets?

1Open the service switcher in the upper left corner.

When you are in Data Loader, the service switcher says, "Data Integration." This image shows the service switcher:

The service switcher appears in the upper left corner of the screen. When you're in Data Loader, it says, "Data Integration."

2On the My Services page, select Administrator.

3In Administrator, select Connections.

4To create a connection, click New Connection.

To edit a connection, click the Edit icon in the row that contains the connection.

5Configure the general properties such as connection name and optional description.

The runtime environment is always the Informatica Cloud Hosted Agent.

6Configure the connection-specific properties.

These properties vary by connection type. For more information about connection properties, see Connections.

7To test the connection, click Test Connection.

If the test is not successful, verify that the source or target is available, or update the connection properties.

8Click Save.

To delete a connection, on the Connections page, click the Delete icon in the row that contains the connection. If the connection is used in a task, you'll have to replace it with a different connection before you can delete it.

Tip: You can click the Show Dependencies icon to see which tasks use the connection. Tasks that use the connection are listed on the Used By tab.