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Content Management Service

The Content Management Service is an application service that manages reference data. A reference data object contains a set of data values that you can search while performing data quality operations on source data. The Content Management Service also compiles rule specifications into mapplets. A rule specification object describes the data requirements of a business rule in logical terms.
The Content Management Service uses the Data Integration Service to run mappings to transfer data between reference tables and external data sources. The Content Management Service also provides transformations, mapping specifications, and rule specifications with the following types of reference data:

Create the Content Management Service

Use the service creation wizard in the Administrator tool to create the service.
Before you create the Content Management Service, verify that you have created and enabled the Model Repository Service and Data Integration Service. You also need to verify that you have created a Model repository user that the Content Management Service can use to access the Model Repository Service.
    1. In the Administrator tool, click the Manage tab.
    2. Click Actions > New > Content Management Service.
    The New Content Management Service dialog box appears.
    3. On the New Content Management Service - Step 1 of 2 page, enter the following properties:
    Property
    Description
    Name
    Name of the service. The name is not case sensitive and must be unique within the domain. It cannot exceed 128 characters or begin with @. It also cannot contain spaces or the following special characters:
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    Description
    Description of the service. The description cannot exceed 765 characters.
    Location
    Domain and folder where the service is created. Click Browse to choose a different folder. You can move the service after you create it.
    License
    License object that allows use of the service.
    Node
    Node on which the service runs.
    HTTP Port
    HTTP port number to use for the Content Management Service.
    Data Integration Service
    Data Integration Service to associate with the service. The Data Integration Service and the Content Management Service must run on the same node.
    Model Repository Service
    Model Repository Service to associate with the service.
    Username
    User name that the service uses to access the Model Repository Service. Enter the Model repository user that you created. Not available for a domain with Kerberos authentication.
    Password
    Password for the Model repository user. Not available for a domain with Kerberos authentication.
    Security Domain
    LDAP security domain for the Model repository user. The field appears when the Informatica domain contains an LDAP security domain. Not available for a domain with Kerberos authentication.
    Reference Data Location
    Reference data warehouse connection that you created for the Content Management Service to access the reference data warehouse. Click Select to select the connection.
    4. Click Next.
    The New Content Management Service - Step 2 of 2 page appears.
    5. Accept the default values for the security properties.
    6. Select Enable Service.
    The Model Repository Service and Data Integration Service must be running to enable the Content Management Service.
    7. Click Finish.
    The domain creates and enables the Content Management Service.
After you create the service through the wizard, you can edit the properties or configure other properties.