Use the interactive user interface of CDI-PC to perform the modernization tasks.
The following image shows a sample CDI-PC home page:
1. Navigation Bar
Navigate to different components of CDI-PC to perform modernization. The navigation bar displays the following menu items:
Menu item
Description
New
Select the modernization configuration or task that you want to create.
Home
View the status of the registered domains, use shortcuts to perform different actions, and access the documentation.
Explore
Explore the domains, repositories, and conversion tasks. You also have the option to explore the complete list of tasks.
My Jobs
Monitor the status of assessment and conversion jobs.
2. Download Installers, Register a Domain, and Manage your Domains
Use the quick start menu options to download CDI-PC binaries, register a domain, and monitor the registered domains. For more information about domain management, see the Domain Registration section.
3. Convert PowerCenter Assets
Use the quick start menu option to view the list of repositories within the registered domains. You can assess a repository and then convert the PowerCenter and Data Engineering Integration assets to the cloud.
4. Domain Status
View the status of the registered domains.
5. Getting Started
Access the documentation and other related resources to learn and use CDI-PC effectively.
New Asset dialog box
Use the New Asset dialog box to create new configuration files, assessment tasks, workflow conversion tasks, or parameter file conversion tasks.
The following image shows the different tasks or configurations that you can create using the New Asset dialog box:
Configuration
A configuration is a collection of parameters that you can use in conversion tasks to override the default conversion behavior, map PowerCenter and Data Engineering Integration connections to IDMC connections in conversion tasks, or evaluate the feasibility of repointing in assessment tasks.
You can create and manage configurations for assessment and conversion tasks.
The following image shows the configuration types:
You can create the following configurations:
•Conversion Properties. Use this configuration in conversion tasks to override the default conversion behavior.
•Connection Map. Use this configuration in conversion tasks to map the PowerCenter and Data Engineering Integration connections to IDMC connections.
•Repoint Configuration. Use this configuration in assessment tasks to evaluate the feasibility of repointing the assets to another endpoint.
Assessment Task
Create an assessment task to assess a PowerCenter or Model Repository Service repository that includes reviewing the asset details within the repository and their conversion feasibility to the cloud environment.
The following image shows the New Assessment Task page:
Workflow Conversion Task
After you complete the assessment of a repository, you can start the conversion process for the workflows in the PowerCenter repository or mappings in the Model Repository Service repository. You can create a conversion task to specify the workflows that you want to convert to Cloud Data Integration. You can only convert the workflows that have their assessment results as automated or partial. Workflows that have assessment results as manual require you to manually convert the workflows after the completion of the assessment.
The following image shows the New Workflow Conversion Task page:
Parameter File Conversion Task
You can create a parameter file conversion task to convert PowerCenter parameter files to Cloud Data Integration parameter files.
The following image shows the New Workflow Conversion Task page:
Bulk Update Task
After you convert and migrate the PowerCenter and Data Engineering Integration assets to the Cloud Data Integration assets, you can create bulk update tasks to simultaneously update the metadata of several assets. You can create export metadata tasks to export the existing metadata of the assets as Excel template files. After you update the Excel template files with new metadata, you can create update metadata tasks to update the metadata of the assets.
The following image shows the New Bulk Update Task page:
Repositories page
On the Repositories page, you can view the repositories associated with the registered domains and assess the repositories.
Click Explore from the left navigation menu and select Repositories from the drop-down list. The page displays the list of repositories available in the registered domains in a tile view. You can click an assessed repository to view the folders and workflows within the repository.
The following image shows the Repositories page:
1. Filter repositories by domain
Select a domain to view the repositories associated with the domain.
2. Toolbar Menu
The toolbar menu contains the following options:
- Switch between list view and tile view
- Refresh repositories
- Sort repository list by repository name, number of assets, and domain name
- Filter repository list by repository name, domain name, and assessment status
- Search for a repository using repository name or domain name
3. Repositories
The repositories available in the selected domain. By default, you can view the repositories in the card view. You can switch to the grid view to display the repository details as a table. The tiles for assessed repositories contain the following information:
- Repository name
- Pie chart that displays the asset count based on the conversion potential
- Total number of assets in the repository
- Availability status of the repository
- Assessment status of the repository
- Actions menu that includes options to assess the repository and download assessment report
If the above details are not available for a repository, assess the repository to get these details.
Folders
When you click an assessed repository, you can view the folder structure of the corresponding PowerCenter or Model Repository Service repository. You can click a folder to view the workflows within the folder. The following image shows sample folders within a repository:
Each folder displays the total number of assets along with the breakdown of the assets based on their conversion potential. You can download the assessment report or assess the repository again to view the latest assessment status.
Workflows
When you click a folder of an assessed repository, the Workflows page appears containing the list of workflows within the folder.
The following image shows sample workflows within a folder:
Each workflow displays its assessment result and conversion status. You can click the links in the Assessment Result Details column to view the list of flags responsible for manual or partial conversion of a workflow. You can select workflows with automated or partial assessment, and create a conversion task with these workflows.
Assessment Result Details
The assessment result of a workflow displays the details of the flags that are responsible for the manual or partial conversion of the workflow.
When you click a link in the Assessment Result Details column, the Assessment Result page appears containing the details of the flags that are responsible for a manual or partial conversion of a workflow.
The following image shows sample assets in a workflow and the associated flags:
You can view the list of assets of a workflow that can be manually or partially converted on the Assets pane. The following table describes the details that you can view for the assets:
Column Name
Description
Status
Shows if you can manually or partially convert the asset.
Asset Name
Name of the PowerCenter asset.
Asset Type
Type of asset, such as mapping, session, and maplet.
Path
Location of the asset in the PowerCenter repository.
You can click an asset to view the list of associated manual and partial flags. The following table describes the details you can view on the Flags table:
Column Name
Description
Status
Shows if the flag causes manual or partial conversion.
Flag Name
Name of the flag.
Description
Description of the flag.
Suggestion
Recommended actions to perform before you convert the asset.
Repository Dashboard
The dashboard of an assessed repository provides a graphical representation of the overall migration status from PowerCenter and Data Engineering Integration to Data Integration.
The Dashboard provides a centralized view of the PowerCenter and Data Engineering Integration assets migration to Data Integration status of a repository. After you assess a repository, you can access the dashboard to graphically analyze and gain insights into the migration progress.
Note: The dashboard displays the migration status of a repository based on the latest assessment and conversion jobs.
The following image shows sample dashboard of a PowerCenter repository:
The dashboard displays the following details of a repository.
Assessment task results
Provides graphical representation of the latest assessment task result of a repository. You can view a breakdown of the assets available in the repository based on asset type and conversion potential. For PowerCenter repositories, you can view the breakdown of workflow, worklet, session, mapping, and mapplet assets. For Model repositories, you can view the breakdown of workflow, mapping, and mapplet assets.
Converted assets
Displays a graphical comparison of converted and not converted assets of the repository. For a PowerCenter repository, you can view the conversion details of workflows. For a Model repository, you can view the conversion details of mappings.
Top 5 Manual and Partial Flags
Displays the top five manual and partial flags for each asset type based on the assessment result of the repository.
Connection types
Displays the details of supported and unsupported repoint connections of a repository in a tabular format. You can download the connection details in the CSV file format.
Configurations page
You can manage an existing configuration by performing different actions on the configuration, such as modifying the configuration, creating a copy of an existing configuration, or renaming a configuration.
The Configurations page lists the repoint, connection map, and conversion properties configurations. Click the actions menu on a configuration and select the appropriate action to manage the configuration.
You can perform the following actions on a configuration:
View
Click View to view the configuration details.
Edit
Click Edit to modify the configuration description and properties for the configuration.
Copy
Click Copy to copy the configuration to another domain and repository with a different name.
Rename
Click Rename to change the name of the configuration.
Set as default
Click Set as default to set the configuration as the default configuration. For each configuration type, you can set one configuration as default. When you select a configuration in assessment or conversion tasks, the configuration is marked as default.
Delete
Click Delete to delete a configuration. You can delete a configuration only if it is not associated with any assessment or conversion task.
All Tasks page
Click Explore from the left navigation menu and select All Tasks from the drop-down list. The list of tasks that you created appears.
The following image shows a sample All Tasks page:
Each task displays the name, last update time, description, and location where the converted workflows are stored in Cloud Data Integration. You can use the actions menu to run a conversion job, edit the job details, or delete the job. Click a task name to view the details fo the task.
Use the filter option to filter the tasks based on the task type as shown in the following image:
