Informatica Developer Sources > Create catalog sources in Metadata Command Center > Step 1. Register a catalog source
  

Step 1. Register a catalog source

When you register a catalog source, provide general information and connection values.
    1Log in to Intelligent Data Management Cloud.
    The My Services page appears.
    2Click Metadata Command Center.
    The Metadata Command Center box appears on the My Services page.
    The screenshot shows the Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services selelction screen with the Metadata Command Center highlighted.
    The Metadata Command Center home page appears.
    3Click New.
    4Select Catalog Source from the list of asset types.
    5Select Informatica Developer from the list of catalog source types.
    The following image shows the Informatica Developer catalog source type:
    The image shows the list of catalog sources with the Informatica Developer catalog source type selected and an option to create a new catalog source.
    6Click Create.
    The New Catalog Source page opens.
    The following image shows the Registration tab on the New Catalog Source page:
    The image shows the New Catalog Source page with the Informatica Developer catalog source type selected.
    7In the General Information section, enter a name and an optional description for the catalog source.
    Note:
    You can rename a catalog source after you create it, but to apply the change to all associated objects you must rerun the metadata extraction job.
    After you save the catalog source, you can update the description in and . The update appears only in the service in which you update it.
    8In the Connection Information area, enter the Informatica Developer connection information.
    The following table describes the connection properties that you can specify:
    Property
    Description
    Infacmd Utility Path
    The path to the infacmd file located on the Secure Agent machine.
    Domain
    The name of the Informatica domain.
    User
    The user name to connect to the Informatica domain.
    Password
    The password for the user name.
    Security Domain
    The name of the security domain to which the user belongs.
    Model Repository Service
    The name of the Model Repository Service.
    Timeout
    The amount of time in seconds after which infacmd times out if it doesn't receive a response.
    9Click Next.
The Configuration page appears.