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Accessing Catalog Administrator

Use Catalog Administrator to consolidate the administrative tasks for resources, attributes, and schedules. You launch Catalog Administrator from Informatica Administrator. You must know the host name of the gateway node and the Informatica Administrator port number to log in to Informatica Administrator.
Perform the following steps before you log in:
  1. 1. Launch Informatica Administrator using the gateway node and Informatica Administrator port number in the Informatica Administrator URL.
  2. 2. In Informatica Administrator, configure an Informatica domain, user accounts, database connections, and services if you haven't created them as part of the installation. The services include Data Integration Service, Model Repository Service, Content Management Service, Informatica Cluster Service and Catalog Service.
  3. 3. On the Services and Nodes tab of Informatica Administrator , select the Catalog Service, and then click the service URL to launch Catalog Administrator from Informatica Administrator.
  4. 4. Use the login credentials to log in to Catalog Administrator.

Prerequisites

The prerequisites to launch Catalog Administrator include an Informatica domain, domain connectivity information, and administrator user account.
You need to verify the following prerequisites before you log in to the Catalog Administrator:
  1. 1. The Informatica Domain is running.
  2. 2. The Informatica domain has Data integration Service, Model Repository Service, and Catalog Service enabled.
  3. 3. You have the domain connectivity information and administrator user account in Informatica Administrator.

Log In To Catalog Administrator

Use either Microsoft Internet Explorer or Google Chrome to log in to Catalog Administrator.
    1. Start Microsoft Internet Explorer or Google Chrome.
    2. In the Address field, enter the URL for the Catalog Administrator login page in the following format:
    http://<host>:<port>/ldmadmin
    The host is the gateway node host name. The port represents the port number configured for the Catalog Service.
    3. In the Catalog Administrator login page, enter the user name and password.
    4. Verify that the default domain option Native is selected. You can also select an LDAP domain.
    The Domain field appears when the Informatica domain contains an LDAP security domain.
    5. Click Log In.

Changing the Password

Use the Administrator menu to change the password.
    1. In the Catalog Administrator tool header area, click Administrator > Change Password.
    The Change Password page appears.
    2. Enter the current password in the Password field and the new password in the New Password and Confirm New Password fields.
    3. Click Update.