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Workflow Connections

Workflows contain connections to the PowerCenter Integration Service, the TDM repository, and one or more connection objects.
An offline job requires three connections to the TDM repository. When you run a plan with multiple workflows, each workflow requires one connection. You can run a maximum of eight workflows at a time. When you run eight workflows, you need 11 connections. Additional workflows move into the queued state.
Each workflow can use different connections to relational sources and paths to flat files. Choose the connections in the plan.
When you create a plan, you can select the following connections: