You can migrate Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services assets from one organization to another organization. To migrate assets, you export the assets from the source organization and then import the assets into the target organization.
You can export single assets, groups of assets, or export all of the assets in a project. If you export a project or folder, the file structure remains intact so that when you perform the import in the target organization, you can duplicate the original structure.
To export or import assets in a sub-organization, log in to the sub-organization. If you have administrator privileges in the parent organization, you can also switch to the sub-organization and export or import assets.
Dependent objects
Dependent objects are assets that are required by other assets.
When you set up an export, you have the option to include or exclude dependent objects in the export file. The dependent objects must exist either in the export file or in the target organization, else the import fails.
You might want to include dependent objects if they do not exist in the target organization. Or, you might want to include dependent objects if you want to replace the dependent objects in the target organization with updated versions from the source organization. If you choose to include dependent objects, the export file includes dependent objects for all of the assets that you include in the export. When you configure the import, you can choose which dependent assets to import.
You might want to exclude an asset's dependent objects if the objects exist in the target organization and you do not want to replace them.
Note: Schedules are not dependent objects and are not included when you export assets that use them.
Asset export
When you export assets, Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services creates an export ZIP file that contains the assets that you selected for export.
You can select individual assets to export, or you can select an entire project or folder. When you export a project or folder, the export file includes all of the assets in the project or folder.
To export an asset, you need the following privileges and permissions:
•Your user role must have privileges to export assets.
•You must have read permission on the asset.
Note: Informatica recommends that you include no more than 1000 objects in an export file.
Exporting assets
You can select a single asset, multiple assets, or a project to export.
To include multiple assets, you can either select each asset within a folder or select a project or folder to export all of its assets. If you export a project, during import you can import the entire project or import only the assets that you select.
1Log in to the source organization.
2On the Explore page, navigate to the assets that you want to export.
3Select the assets that you want to export.
To export a single asset or project, select the asset or project, and then click Actions and select Export.
To export multiple assets, select the check box to the left of each asset to export. Or, select the check box for each project or folder that contains the assets to export. From the Actions menu, select Export.
The following image shows the selection menu with multiple assets selected:
4On the Export Assets page, change the job name or leave the default.
5Select whether to include dependent objects for the assets.
6Click Export.
7To see the progress of the job, select My Import/Export Logs from the navigation bar and then select Export from the menu at the top of the page. Click the name of the log to open the log details page.
Asset import
You can import all of the assets in an export file or select the assets that you want to import.
When you import assets, you specify the following information:
•The assets in the export file that you want to import and the projects in which to import them.
•Whether to overwrite assets in the target project with assets in the export file when there is a name conflict.
To import an asset, you need the following privileges and permissions:
•Your user role must have privileges to import assets.
•If you import an asset into the target project as a new asset, you must have create, update, and read permissions on the asset.
•If you overwrite an asset in the target project, you must have update and read permissions on the asset.
Note: To overwrite a source-controlled asset in the target project, the asset must be checked out.
The Import Assets page lists the assets that are in the export file. You can select which assets you want to import, and then specify which project to import the assets to. You can accept the default project, which is the same project name as the source project, or you can select a different project. If the project does not exist in the target organization, Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services creates it.
Importing assets
Import assets from an Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services export file.
1 Log in to the target organization.
2On the Explore page, navigate to All Projects and click Import.
3On the Import Assets page, navigate to the export file and click Open, or drag the zip file from the Downloads folder in Windows.
The Import Assets page lists the assets in the file.
4Optionally, change the import job name.
5Choose whether to overwrite existing assets with the assets in the import.
- If you choose to overwrite existing assets, when an asset has the same name as an asset in the target project, the asset replaces the existing asset in the target project.
- If you do not choose this option, if an asset with the same name exists in the target project, the asset is not imported.
6Select the assets to import.
If the export file contains a project and you want to import the entire project, select all of the assets. Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services creates the project in the target organization.
7Select the target project or accept the default.
8Click Test to see the potential results of the import.
In the Select Assets area, the status for each asset shows the action that the service performs when you import the files.
9If necessary, revise your selections to resolve any issues in the test results.
10Click Import.
You can see the progress of the import on the Import tab of the My Import/Export Logs page. When the import process is complete, a message appears in Notifications. Click the link in the message to open the log details page and see the results of the import.
Post-import tasks
To complete the migration process you need to perform certain tasks based on the types of assets that you imported.
Perform the following tasks after you import assets:
•Configure connection passwords and security tokens. Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services does not include connection passwords and security tokens in imports for security reasons.
Monitoring imports and exports
You can monitor the imports that are running or have run in your organization. Each time that you import or export objects, Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services creates a log entry for the import or export.
You can view the import and export logs on the following pages:
My Import/Export Logs page
Lists all imports and exports started by the currently logged in user. If you view your exports, you can download the export files from this page.
To open the My Import/Export logs page, in B2B Gateway, click My Import/Export Logs.
Import/Export Logs page
Lists all imports and exports that are running or have run in the organization. If you view exports, you can download the export files from this page.
To open the Import/Export Logs page, open Monitor, click Import/Export Logs.
Details page
Displays detailed information about a specific import or export instance. You can also download the import or export instance log file. The log contains instance and object-level details. Logs are available for download for seven days. If you view details for an export instance, you can download the export file from this page. To open the details page, click an import or export instance on the My Import/Export Logs or Import/Export Logs page.
For more information about monitoring imports and exports, see the Monitor service help.