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 Metadata Command Center home page appears.
3Click New.
4Select Catalog Source from the list of asset types.
5Select Informatica PowerCenter from the list of catalog source types.
6Click Create.
The New Catalog Source page opens.
The following image shows the Registration tab on the New Catalog Source page:
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 Metadata Command Center and Data Governance and Catalog. The update appears only in the service in which you update it.
8In the Connection Information area, enter the Informatica PowerCenter connection information.
The following table describes the connection properties that you can specify:
Property
Description
Pmrep path
Path to the pmrep command line program. For example: $INFA_HOME/PowerCenter/server/bin/pmrep
Repository name
Name of the Informatica PowerCenter repository service to connect to.
Domain host and port
Host name and port number of the Informatica domain. For example, Informatica_Domain_host>:<Port>.
Security domain
Name of the security domain to which the user belongs.
User
Name of the Informatica domain user who has access to the Informatica PowerCenter repository.
Password
Password for the Informatica domain user.
Pmrep timeout in seconds
Timeout duration for the pmrep connect command. The default value is 600 seconds.