Developer Mapping Guide > Export to PowerCenter > Exporting an Object to PowerCenter
  

Exporting an Object to PowerCenter

When you export mappings, mapplets, or logical data object models to PowerCenter, you can export the objects to a file or to the PowerCenter repository.
Before you export an object, set the compatibility level to the appropriate PowerCenter release. Validate the object to verify that it is compatible with the PowerCenter release.
    1. Click File > Export.
    The Export dialog box appears.
    2. Select Informatica > PowerCenter.
    3. Click Next.
    The Export to PowerCenter dialog box appears.
    4. Select the project in the Model repository from which you want to export objects.
    5. Select the PowerCenter release to which you want to export the objects.
    6. Choose the location where you want to export the objects. You can export the objects to an XML file of the a PowerCenter repository.
    7. If you export to a PowerCenter repository, select a folder in the PowerCenter repository or the pmrep control file that defines how to import objects into PowerCenter.
    8. Select Convert exported mappings to PowerCenter mapplets to convert the Developer tool mappings to mapplets in PowerCenter.
    9. Select Convert Target mapplets to convert data objects used as targets in a mapplet to Output transformations in the PowerCenter mapplet.
    10. Select Export Reference Datato export any reference table data used by a transformation in an object you export.
    11. If want to export the reference data, specify the location for the reference table data that the Developer tool exports.
    12. Select the code page of the PowerCenter repository.
    13. Click Next.
    The Developer tool prompts you to select the objects to export.
    14. Select the objects to export and click Finish.
    The Developer tool exports the objects to the location you selected.
If you export objects to a file, you can import objects from the file into the PowerCenter repository.
If you export reference table data, copy the reference data files to the PowerCenter directory structure on the machine that hosts Informatica services. The reference data file locations must correspond to the reference table object locations in the Model repository.
For example, copy the reference data files to the following location:
<PowerCenter installation directory>\services\<Model repository project name>\<Folder name>