Part II: Version 9.6.0 > Changes to PowerCenter Big Data Edition (9.6.0) > Mappings in the Native Environment
  

Mappings in the Native Environment

Effective in version 9.6.0, you can enable the Data Integration Service to maximize parallelism when it runs mappings in the native environment. When you maximize parallelism, the Data Integration Service can use multiple partitions to process a mapping. By default, each mapping has a maximum parallelism value of Auto. As a result, each mapping uses the maximum parallelism value set for the Data Integration Service process.
Previously, you could not enable the Data Integration Service to use multiple partitions to process a mapping in the native environment. By default, each upgraded mapping has a maximum parallelism value of one. As a result, partitioning is disabled for upgraded mappings.