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PowerCenter

This section describes the changes to PowerCenter in 10.4.0.

Refresh Metadata in Designer and in the Workflow Manager

Effective in version 10.4.0, you can refresh the repository and the folder in the Workflow Manager and the Designer without disturbing the connection state. Repository and folder updates occur when you create, delete, modify folder, or when you import objects in to the PowerCenter client.
To refresh the folder list in a repository, right-click the repository and select Refresh Folder List. To refresh the folder and all the contents within the folder, right-click the folder and select Refresh.
Previously, you had to disconnect and reconnect the PowerCenter clients to view the updates to the repository or at the folder.
For more information, see the PowerCenter 10.4.0 Repository Guide, PowerCenter 10.4.0 Designer Guide, and PowerCenter 10.4.0 Workflow Basics Guide.

Import and Export

Effective in version 10.4.0, you can import and export mappings, sessions, workflows, and worklets.
To import data from PowerCenter into the Model Repository, complete the following tasks:
  1. 1. Export PowerCenter objects to a file using the PowerCenter Client or with the following command:
    2. pmrep ExportObject
  2. 2. Convert the export file to a Model repository file using the following command:
    3. infacmd ipc importFromPC
  3. 3. Import the objects using the Developer tool or with the following command:
    4. infacmd tools importObjects
To export data from the Model repository into the PowerCenter repository, complete the following tasks:
  1. 1. Export Model Repository objects to a file using the Developer tool or with the following command:
    2. infacmd tools ExportObjects
    Or, you can directly run infacmd ipc ExportToPC to export.
  2. 2. Convert the export file to a PowerCenter file using the following command:
    3. infacmd ipc ExporttoPC
  3. 3. Import the objects using the PowerCenter or with the following command:
    4. pmrep importObjects
In versions 10.2.2 and 10.2.1, you could import from PowerCenter with the installer patches but you could not export to PowerCenter. Prior to version 10.2.1, you could import from and export to PowerCenter.
For more information, see the Informatica 10.4.0 Developer Tool Guide, Informatica 10.4.0 Developer Mapping Guide, Informatica 10.4.0 Developer Workflow Guide, and the Informatica 10.4.0 Command Reference Guide.