Modernization process

The following image shows the high-level steps you need to perform to modernize your PowerCenter and Data Engineering Integration assets:

Register domain

Before you start your modernization journey, you need to register your on-premise domains in Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services. When you register a domain, you link the on-premise domain with the cloud and establish communication between them. After you register a domain, you can monitor the domain from the cloud, update the domain, and modernize the assets that are available in the repositories of the domain. For more information about registering a domain, see Register a domain.

Create repoint configuration

Create a repoint configuration where you can define various endpoints to which you want to repoint the assets. Use this configuration in assessment tasks to evaluate the feasibility of repointing the assets to another endpoint. For more information about creating a repoint configuration, see the Creating a Repoint Configuration topic. In addition to the repoint configuration, Informatica recommends that you copy the parameter files generated from your PowerCenter environment to a shared location.

Assess repository

After you register a domain, you can view a list of repositories within the domain. Assess the PowerCenter or Model repositories to evaluate the feasibility of converting PowerCenter and Data Engineering Integration assets. Based on the feasibility, CDI-PC categorizes the assets into different categories. After you assess a repository, you can view the folders and workflows within the repository. For more information about assessment, see the Repository Assessment topic.

Download assessment output files

The assessment job generates a report that contains a breakdown of the assets along with the list of flags responsible for manual or partial conversion of the assets. For more information about the output files, see the Assessment output files topic.

Create connection map and conversion properties configurations

If you want to repoint your endpoint after migrating to the cloud, you need to create a Connection Map configuration to map PowerCenter and Data Engineering Integration connections with Data Integration connections. Additionally, you can create a Conversion Properties configuration to override the default conversion behavior.

Convert assets

Finally, from the repository that you assessed, select the workflows that you want to convert and add them to a conversion task. Run the conversion task to convert the PowerCenter or Data Engineering Integration assets to the Data Integration assets. For more information about converting assets, see the Asset Conversion topic.

Update asset metadata

After you convert and migrate the PowerCenter or Data Engineering Integration assets to the Data Integration assets, you can update the metadata of the assets using bulk update tasks. Add the project and folder location of the assets to the export metadata task and upload the updated metadata to the update metadata task. Run the tasks to export the metadata and update the assets with new metadata. For more information, see the Asset Bulk Update topic.