After you configure the target, you give the task a name and decide how to run it. Configure these options on the Let’s Go page.
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Before you run the task, you can check it for errors using the validation panel. To open the validation panel, click the Validation icon. If there are validation errors, you can save the task, but you can’t run it until you fix the errors. If there are no errors, you can run the task now, save it and run it later, or run it on a schedule.
To run the task now, click Save to save the task, and then click Run. To save it and run it later, click Save.
You can also configure the schedule, email notification options, error handling, and task location. The runtime environment is always the Informatica Cloud Hosted Agent, which is maintained by Informatica.
When you run the task, data loading occurs in parallel batches of five objects each. So, the first batch loads data from the first five source objects to the first five target objects. The next batch loads data from the second set of five source objects, and so on. You can monitor the task progress on the My Jobs page. For more information, see Monitoring data loader tasks.
Running the task on a schedule
You can run your task on a schedule. For example, you might want to run the task every 12 hours or every Friday at noon.
Select a schedule for your task on the Let's Go page under Schedule. Click Run on a schedule, and then select the schedule.
If you want to create a new schedule, click New Schedule. To make the schedule easy to identify, give the schedule a meaningful name such as "Fridays at 12PM." For the start time, the date format is MM-DD-YYYY, and the time appears in the 12-hour format.
You can configure the task to send email notifications to users when the task completes successfully, completes with warnings, or fails. If you don't configure email notifications, the task doesn't send any.
Configure email notification options for your task on the Let's Go page under Notifications. You can send notifications to different addresses based on whether the task completed successfully, completed with warnings, or failed.
You can enter multiple email addresses in each field. If you enter multiple addresses, separate them with commas.
Handling runtime errors
If a task encounters a runtime error, you can stop the task or skip the error and continue. The default is to stop the task.
To determine how Data Loader handles runtime errors, set one of the following options:
•Stop the task.
•Skip the error object and continue the task.
Configuring the task location
You can select the project where your data loader task is stored.
Configure the task location on the Let's Go page under Task Location. By default, the task is stored in the currently open project, or, if no project is open, in the project where you saved your last task. If you haven't previously created a task, the task is stored in the Default project. To select a different location, click the project name and choose a different project.
If you're editing a task you saved before, the task location is read-only. You can move the task to a different project on the Explore page.
Runtime environment
The runtime environment is the execution platform for data loader tasks.
You can view the runtime environment on the Let's Go page under Runtime Environment. The runtime environment for all data loader tasks is the Informatica Cloud Hosted Agent.
The Informatica Cloud Hosted Agent connects to your sources and targets securely and does the data processing when you run a task. The hosted agent is maintained by Informatica. There is nothing to download, and there are no settings to configure.
