Changes (9.6.1 HotFix 4)
This section describes changes in version 9.6.1 HotFix 4.
Change to Support in Version 9.6.1 HotFix 4
Effective in version 9.6.1 HotFix 4, Informatica deferred support for Big Data Edition. Support will be reinstated in a future release.
Application Services
This section describes changes to Application Services in version 9.6.1 HotFix 4.
Reporting and Dashboards Service (Deprecated)
Effective in version 9.6.1 HotFix 4, Informatica deprecated the Reporting and Dashboards Service. Informatica will drop support for the Reporting and Dashboards Service in a future release.
If you upgrade to version 9.6.1 HotFix 4, you can continue to use the Reporting and Dashboards Service. Informatica recommends that you begin using a third-party reporting tool before Informatica drops support. You can use the recommended SQL queries for building all the reports shipped with earlier versions of PowerCenter.
If you install version 9.6.1 HotFix 4, you cannot create a Reporting and Dashboards Service. You must use a third-party reporting tool to run PowerCenter and Metadata Manager reports.
For information about the PowerCenter Reports, see the Informatica PowerCenter Using PowerCenter Reports Guide. For information about the PowerCenter repository views, see the Informatica PowerCenter Repository Guide.
Informatica Domain
This section describes changes to Informatica Domain in version 9.6.1 HotFix 4.
Domain Reports
Effective in version 9.6.1 HotFix 4, the property cores in the License Management Report is renamed to cores per socket. This property describes the number of cores for each socket on the machine.
For more information about the License Management Report, see the "Domain Reports" chapter in the Informatica 9.6.1 HotFix 4 Administrator Guide.
Informatica Installation
This section describes the changes to the Informatica Installer in version 9.6.1 HotFix 4.
Install the Java Runtime Environment
Effective in version 9.6.1 HotFix 4, Informatica uses the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) instead of the Java Development Kit (JDK).
Before you install or upgrade Informatica on AIX, HP-UX, or zLinux, you must first install the Java runtime environment (JRE) and set the INFA_JRE_HOME environment variable. When you upgrade, remove the INFA_JDK_HOME environment variable.
For more information, see the "Install the Java Runtime Environment" chapter in the Informatica 9.6.1 HotFix 4 Installation and Configuration Guide and the Informatica upgrade guides.
Informatica Transformations
This section describes changes to Informatica transformations in version 9.6.1 HotFix 4.
Address Validator Transformation
This section describes the changes to the Address Validator transformation.
The Address Validator transformation contains the following updates to address functionality:
- Address validation engine upgrade
- Effective in version 9.6.1 HotFix 4, the Address Validator transformation uses version 5.8.1 of the Informatica Address Verification software engine. The engine enables the features that Informatica adds to the Address Validator transformation in version 9.6.1 HotFix 4.
- Previously, the transformation used version 5.7.0 of the Informatica AddressDoctor software engine.
- Product name change
- Informatica Address Verification is the new name of Informatica AddressDoctor. Informatica AddressDoctor became Informatica Address Verification in version 5.8.0.
- Changes to geocode options for United Kingdom addresses
- Effective in version 9.6.1 HotFix 4, you can select Rooftop as a geocode data property to retrieve rooftop-level geocodes for United Kingdom addresses.
- Previously, you selected the Arrival Point geocode data property to retrieve rooftop-level geocodes for United Kingdom addresses.
- If you upgrade a repository that includes an Address Validator transformation, you do not need to reconfigure the transformation to specify the Rooftop geocode property. If you specify rooftop geocodes and the Address Validator transformation cannot return the geocodes for an address, the transformation does not return any geocode data.
- Support for unique property reference numbers in United Kingdom input data
- Effective in version 9.6.1 HotFix 4, the Address Validator transformation has a UPRN GB input port and a UPRN GB output port.
- Previously, the transformation had a UPRN GB output port.
- Use the input port to retrieve a United Kingdom address for a unique property reference number that you enter. Use the UPRN GB output port to retrieve the unique property reference number for a United Kingdom address.
For more information, see the Informatica 9.6.1 HotFix 4 Address Validator Port Reference.
Metadata Manager
This section describes changes to Metadata Manager in version 9.6.1 HotFix 4.
Certificate Validation for Command Line Programs
Effective in version 9.6.1 HotFix 4, when you configure a secure connection for the Metadata Manager web application, the Metadata Manager command line programs do not accept security certificates that have errors. The property that controls whether a command line program can accept security certificates that have errors is removed.
Previously, the Security.Authentication.Level property in the MMCmdConfig.properties file controlled certificate validation for mmcmd or mmRepoCmd. You could configure the property to either accept all certificates or accept only certificates that do not have errors.
Because the command line programs no longer accept security certificates that have errors, the Security.Authentication.Level property is obsolete. The property no longer appears in the MMCmdConfig.properties files for mmcmd or mmRepoCmd.
For more information about certificate validation for mmcmd and mmRepoCmd, see the "Metadata Manager Command Line Programs" chapter in the Informatica 9.6.1 HotFix 4 Metadata Manager Administrator Guide.
Changes to Security
This section describes changes to security in version 9.6.1 HotFix 4.
Transport Layer Security (TLS)
Effective in version 9.6.1 HotFix 4, Informatica uses TLS v1.1 and v1.2 to encrypt traffic. Additionally, Informatica disabled support for TLS v1.0 and lower.
The changes affect secure communication within the Informatica domain, secure connections to web application services, and connections between the Informatica domain to an external destination.