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Google Cloud Storage Connector Overview

You can use Google Cloud Storage Connector to connect to Google Cloud Storage from Informatica Cloud. Use Google Cloud Storage Connector to read data from or write data to Google Cloud Storage. You can use Google Cloud Storage objects as sources and targets in Data Synchronization tasks, Mapping Configuration tasks, and mappings.
You can use Google Cloud Storage Connector to read files that contain string and binary data. You can use Google Cloud Storage Connector to write to files that contain text, string, and binary data.
When you run a task or mapping, the Secure Agent uses the Google Cloud Storage API to perform the specified operation and reads data from or writes data to Google Cloud Storage buckets.