Data Discovery Guide > Part III: Data Discovery with Informatica Developer > Column Profiles on Semi-structured Data Sources > Creating an HDFS Connection
  

Creating an HDFS Connection

Configure the HDFS connection in Informatica Developer to create a column profile on an Avro, JSON, Parquet, and XML data sources in HDFS. You can create a complex file data object after you create an HDFS connection.
    1. Click Window > Preferences.
    2. Select Informatica > Connections.
    3. Expand the domain.
    4. Select the connection type File Systems > Hadoop File System, and click Add.
    5. Enter a connection name.
    6. Optionally, enter a connection description.
    7. Click Next.
    8. Configure the connection properties.
    9. Click Test Connection to verify the connection to HDFS.
    10. Click Finish.