To effectively ingress data, you need a basic understanding of the following concepts:
Source System
An external data source from where you can extract data. For example, Salesforce.
Note: If the source system includes date and time data without time zone details, the system considers it to be UTC date and time, and converts the values as per its current time zone.
Process
A Cloud Application Integration asset that provides a set of instructions to automate a business requirement. For more information about process, see Informatica Cloud Application Integration Design.
Taskflow
A Cloud Data Integration workflow that consists of multiple tasks linked together. You can use a taskflow to run multiple tasks in a sequential order or in parallel. Use Cloud Data Integration to create taskflows that map source systems to target systems. For example, if you want to ingress customer data from a flat file and a MySQL database, create a mapping task that maps the flat file to your target asset, and another mapping task that maps the MySQL database to your target asset. Add the mapping tasks to a taskflow that you can use to ingress data. For more information about taskflows, see Informatica Cloud Data Integration Taskflows.
To add new records and update field values or delete field group entries in record sections, create a mapping with different data flows for each field group and for root fields with Business 360 FEP Connector. You can specify the operation that you want to perform on the field values in record sections.
Note: Ensure that you do not include disabled fields in mappings. When you run a taskflow related to mappings that include disabled fields, the imported data does not include the data in disabled fields.
Asset
A target system that stores the data extracted from the source systems. For example, Business 360 can store data in the Person or Organization business entities. For more information about business entities, see the Model Master Data section.