Part II: Getting Started with Informatica Developer > Lesson 2: Importing Physical Data Objects > Importing Physical Data Objects Summary
  

Importing Physical Data Objects Summary

In this lesson, you learned that physical data objects are representations of data based on a flat file or a relational database table.
You created physical data objects from flat files. You also set the source file directory so that the Data Integration Service can read the source data from the correct directory.
You use the data objects as mapping sources in the data quality lessons.