Informatica (Version HotFix 1) Release Guide

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1 Informatica (Version HotFix 1) Release Guide

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4 Table of Contents Preface.... xv Informatica Resources.... xv Informatica Customer Portal.... xv Informatica Documentation.... xv Informatica Web Site.... xv Informatica How-To Library.... xv Informatica Knowledge Base.... xvi Informatica Multimedia Knowledge Base.... xvi Informatica Global Customer Support.... xvi Part I: Version Chapter 1: New Features and Enhancements (9.0.1) Informatica Data Quality and Informatica Data Explorer Advanced Edition Informatica Data Services Informatica Domain Metadata Manager PowerCenter PowerExchange Adapters for Data Quality and Data Services Chapter 2: New Features and Enhancements (9.0.1 HotFixes) HotFix Informatica Data Quality and Informatica Data Explorer Advanced Edition Informatica Data Services Metadata Manager Chapter 3: Informatica Data Quality and Informatica Data Explorer Advanced Edition (9.0.1) Transformations Chapter 4: Informatica Data Services (9.0.1) Relational Physical Data Objects Relational Physical Data Object Source and Target Transformations Relational Physical Data Object Keys Flat File Physical Data Object File Path Chapter 5: Informatica Domain (9.0.1) Features in Table of Contents i

5 Connections IBM DB2 Connections Connection Permissions Command Line Programs infacmd Changed Commands infacmd New Commands New Environment Variables Data Integration Service Data Integration Service Privilege Maximum # of Concurrent Connections Property Maximum Execution Pool Size Property LDAP User Import Logs View Log Events from the Previous Informatica Version Maximum Heap Size Node Diagnostics Reports User Activity Report License Management Report Chapter 6: PowerCenter (9.0.1) Mapping Analyst for Excel Excel Add-in Export Option Standard Mapping Specification Template Web Services Hub Sources and Targets Chapter 7: Metadata Manager (9.0.1) backupcmdline Command Line Program Business Glossary Data Lineage for Custom Objects Data Lineage for SQL Inline Views Impact Summary mmcmd Command Line Program Searching for PowerCenter Metadata Extensions Part II: Version Chapter 8: New Features and Enhancements (9.0) Informatica Data Quality and Informatica Data Services ii Table of Contents

6 Data Quality Data Services Informatica Analyst Informatica Domain Command Line Interface Services Management PowerCenter Metadata Manager PowerExchange Adapters for PowerCenter PowerExchange for HP Neoview Transporter PowerExchange for Netezza PowerExchange for SAP NetWeaver PowerExchange for Teradata Parallel Transporter API PowerExchange for Web Services PowerExchange for webmethods Chapter 9: Informatica Domain (9.0) PowerCenter Domain PowerCenter Domain Name Change Administration Console Name Change Informatica Administrator URL Change Object Name Length Shared Object Names Domain Configuration Command Line Programs New Commands New Environment Variable Metadata Manager Privileges Chapter 10: PowerCenter (9.0) Reference Table Manager Chapter 11: Metadata Manager (9.0) Business Glossary mmcmd Command Line Program Data Lineage Logging Resources Removed Resource Types Deprecated Metadata Source Versions Linking Objects in Connected Resources Table of Contents iii

7 Connection Assignments for Purged Resources Automatic Connection Assignment PowerCenter Source Increment Extract Window PowerCenter Parameter Files Part III: Version Chapter 12: New Features and Enhancements (8.6.1) Version HotFix Metadata Manager Version HotFix Data Masking Metadata Manager Version HotFix PowerExchange for MSMQ Version HotFix PowerExchange for JMS Web Services Hub Version Administration Console Command Line Programs Deployment Groups Domains Integration Service Metadata Manager Upgrade Services Data Masking Web Services Hub PowerExchange for Netezza PowerExchange for SAP NetWeaver PowerExchange for Web Services Chapter 13: Integration Service (8.6.1) Performance Date Formats Pushdown Compatibility Pushdown Subquery Support Pushdown Support for Netezza Oracle Bulk Load Buffer Size Partitioning IBM DB2 Range Partitioning FastExport iv Table of Contents

8 Chapter 14: Command Line Programs (8.6.1) infasetup Changed Commands pmrep Changed Commands pmrep New Commands infacmd isp Changed Commands Chapter 15: Web Services Provider (8.6.1) Web Service Security Deprecated Web Service Operations Chapter 16: Mapping Analyst for Excel (8.6.1) Matching Criteria for Custom Metamaps Import Options Export Options Custom File Naming Conventions and Storage Location Chapter 17: Metadata Manager (8.6.1) Terminology Changes Data Lineage Lookup Transformation Publishing Expanding Metadata Objects Logging Metadata Objects Viewing Details Metadata Catalog and Shortcuts Object Relationships Wizard Searches Resources Business Intelligence Resources Business Objects Configuration Properties Dropped Objects in an Oracle Schema Teradata Hierarchy ERwin URL API Business Glossary Wildcards Chapter 18: Data Analyzer (8.6.1) Datasource Table of Contents v

9 Chapter 19: Adapters for PowerCenter (8.6.1) PowerExchange for Netezza PowerExchange for Web Services PowerExchange for SAP NetWeaver BAPI/RFC Transformation BCI Metadata Connection Type SAP/ALE IDoc Interpreter Transformation Part IV: Version Chapter 20: New Features and Enhancements (8.6) PowerCenter Code Pages Datatypes Designer Functions Integration Service Orchestration Transformations Web Services Hub Mapping Architect for Visio (Data Stencil) Metadata Manager Metadata Exchanges Metadata Manager Service PowerChannel Adapters for PowerCenter PowerExchange for Netezza PowerExchange for SAP NetWeaver BI (BW Option) PowerExchange for SAP NetWeaver (mysap Option) PowerExchange for Web Services Chapter 21: PowerCenter (8.6) Code Pages Integration Service Performance Recovery Real-time Processing XML Target File List LANG Environment Variable for Linux Mapping Architect for Visio Mapping Template Unstructured Data Transformation vi Table of Contents

10 Name Change New Transformation Attributes Writing to Multiple Output Groups Chapter 22: Metadata Manager (8.6) Custom Metadata Configurator Connection String Relationships Between Resources Logging Metadata Manager Service Business Objects XConnect Resources Cognos SDK Library Path Oracle Service Name Searches Data Lineage and Where-Used Analysis Chapter 23: Data Analyzer (8.6) Data Analyzer Context Path JDBC Driver URL Chapter 24: Adapters for PowerCenter (8.6) PowerExchange for Netezza Editing Datatype and Precision Update Else Insert Unprojected Columns Code Pages Creating Source and Target Definitions PowerExchange for JMS PowerExchange for SAP NetWeaver PowerExchange for SAP NetWeaver mysap Option Renamed Installing the SAP RFC SDK Libraries Processing BAPI/RFC Data PowerExchange for SAP NetWeaver BI PowerExchange for SAP NetWeaver BW Option Renamed Registering the PowerExchange for SAP NetWeaver BI Client Installing the SAP RFC SDK Libraries PowerExchange for Web Services Web Services Consumer Transformation SOAP Response Timeout Table of Contents vii

11 Part V: Version Chapter 25: New Features and Enhancements (8.5.1) Code Pages Chapter 26: PowerCenter (8.5.1) pmrep Transformations Integration Service Part VI: Version Chapter 27: New Features and Enhancements (8.5) Command Line Programs infacmd pmrep Data Analyzer Data Profiling Data Stencil Datatypes Domains Integration Service Date Processing External Loading Flat File Processing Parameters and Variables Pushdown Optimization Real-time Recovery Recovery Session Properties Workflows Metadata Manager Architecture Browse and Search Metadata Edit Metadata Objects Custom Models Data Lineage and Where-Used Analysis Metadata Exchanges (XConnects) User Preferences Metadata Resources PowerCenter Repository Reports New Reports viii Table of Contents

12 Repository Service Security Unified Security Administration Authentication Single Sign-On HTTPS Permissions Privileges Integration Service Transformations Transformation Language Web Services Provider Web Services Hub Source and Target Definitions Mappings and Workflows XML PowerExchange (PowerCenter Connect) PowerExchange for WebSphere MQ PowerExchange for JMS PowerExchange for SAP NetWeaver BW Option PowerExchange for SAP NetWeaver mysap Option PowerExchange for Web Services Chapter 28: PowerCenter Domain (8.5) Application Service Names Domain and Service Alerts Domain Reports Chapter 29: PowerCenter Security (8.5) User and Group Management Unified User and Group Management Domain User Names Default Users and Groups for a Domain Default Users and Groups for a Repository Service Default Repository Administrator Account Logging In to PowerCenter Applications Service Manager Authentication Domain Privileges Domain Privilege Changes Domain Tasks Not Determined by Privileges PowerCenter Repository Privileges Repository Service Privileges Repository Tasks Not Determined by Privileges Table of Contents ix

13 Use Repository Manager Metadata Manager Privileges and Roles Permissions on Domain Objects Permissions on PowerCenter Repository Objects Relational Connection Object Permissions Configuring Repository Folder and Global Object Permissions Copying Repository Folders Locking and Unlocking Labels Chapter 30: Repository and Repository Service (8.5) Code Pages Managing Repositories Connecting to a Repository Creating a Repository Service Managing User Connections and Locks Restoring a Repository Managing a Repository Domain Changing a Repository Code Page MX Views and MX Data REP_USERS REP_USERS_GROUPS and REP_GROUPS Operating Mode Chapter 31: Integration Service (8.5) Datatype Processing Bigint Datetime Processing Integers Character Conversion Character Mapping Changes Substitution Values for Inconvertible Characters Recovery Post-Session Pushdown Optimization Allow Temporary View for Pushdown Pushdown Optimization Option Performance Date Formats for TO_CHAR() and TO_DATE() Functions $$PushdownConfig Parameter Pushdown Optimization for Slowly Changing Dimension Logic Pushdown Optimization for the Update Operation Real-time Processing Recovery Process x Table of Contents

14 Recovery Table and Recovery File Storage Recovery with Restart Stopping a Real-time Session Partitioning Changes Changes to Restart and Recover Commands Chapter 32: Functions (8.5) Built-in Functions Date Functions with Format String Arguments DATE_COMPARE GREATEST LEAST MAKE_DATE_TIME User-Defined Functions User-Defined Functions in the Navigator Managing User-Defined Functions Validating User-Defined Functions Renaming User-Defined Functions Copying User-Defined Functions Versioning User-Defined Functions Analyzing Dependencies for User-Defined Functions Querying User-Defined Functions Chapter 33: Web Services Provider (8.5) Changes to Properties Web Service Operations Web Service Sources and Targets Chapter 34: Command Line Programs (8.5) infacmd New infacmd Commands Changed infacmd Commands infasetup pmcmd pmrep New pmrep Commands Changed pmrep Commands Ported pmrep Commands Chapter 35: Transformations (8.5) Complex Data Transformation (Unstructured Data) External Procedure Transformation Java Transformation Table of Contents xi

15 Joiner Transformation Sequence Generator Transformation Chapter 36: Data Profiling (8.5) Data Profiling Sessions Data Profiling Reports Chapter 37: Data Analyzer (8.5) User Account Policy Authentication Data Lineage Weblogic and WebSphere Support Customization of Style Sheets and Color Schemes Change in jboss Installation Path Managing Data Analyzer Repository Content Obsolete Utilities and Tools Changes to Utilities Change in Path for Tools and Utilities Language Support Multi-Select on Dashboard Filters Panscopic and RDL Support Unicode Support Fax and Mobile Support Access Management Chapter 38: PowerCenter Repository Reports (8.5) PowerCenter Repository Reports Running Reports Schema Objects Chapter 39: Metadata Manager (8.5) Terminology Changes Configuring Metadata Manager Metadata Manager Console Metadata Manager Reports Running Reports Report Links Removed Reports Dashboards Schema Objects Metadata Exchanges Business Objects Metadata Exchange Cognos Impromptu Metadata Exchange xii Table of Contents

16 Microstrategy Metadata Exchange Models Creating and Configuring Models Importing and Exporting Models Resources Configuration Loading Multiple Resources Simultaneously Agent URL Property JDBC Connection URL and Source JDBC URL Properties Encoding Property Scheduling Data Lineage Lineage History Field-Level Details Limits on Displayed Objects Remote Access To Data Lineage Data Lineage Interface Metadata Objects Importing and Exporting Object and Report Links Versioning Deleting (Purging) Metadata Objects Relationships Searching Metadata Objects Creating Metadata Objects Chapter 40: PowerCenter Connect (8.5) PowerCenter Connect Name Change PowerExchange for JMS PowerExchange for SAP NetWeaver BI Loading Data to SAP BW BW OHS Source Definitions BW Application Connections Process Chains Installing Transports to Read Data from SAP BW PowerExchange for WebSphere MQ Selecting a Code Page Processing Unicode Data PowerExchange for SAP NetWeaver mysap Option Processing BAPI/RFC Data Passing the Sender Partner Number to SAP LANG Datatype Validation saprfc.ini and sideinfo File Installation Table of Contents xiii

17 Upgrading IDoc and DMI Transformations xiv Table of Contents

18 Preface The Informatica Release Guide is written for administrators who are responsible for installing and configuring the Informatica platform and developers and software engineers who implement Informatica. This guide assumes that you have knowledge of the features for which you are responsible. The Informatica Release Guide lists new features and enhancements, behavior changes between versions, and tasks you might need to perform after you upgrade from a previous version. Informatica Resources Informatica Customer Portal As an Informatica customer, you can access the Informatica Customer Portal site at The site contains product information, user group information, newsletters, access to the Informatica customer support case management system (ATLAS), the Informatica How-To Library, the Informatica Knowledge Base, the Informatica Multimedia Knowledge Base, Informatica Product Documentation, and access to the Informatica user community. Informatica Documentation The Informatica Documentation team takes every effort to create accurate, usable documentation. If you have questions, comments, or ideas about this documentation, contact the Informatica Documentation team through at infa_documentation@informatica.com. We will use your feedback to improve our documentation. Let us know if we can contact you regarding your comments. The Documentation team updates documentation as needed. To get the latest documentation for your product, navigate to Product Documentation from Informatica Web Site You can access the Informatica corporate web site at The site contains information about Informatica, its background, upcoming events, and sales offices. You will also find product and partner information. The services area of the site includes important information about technical support, training and education, and implementation services. Informatica How-To Library As an Informatica customer, you can access the Informatica How-To Library at The How-To Library is a collection of resources to help you learn more about Informatica products and features. It xv

19 includes articles and interactive demonstrations that provide solutions to common problems, compare features and behaviors, and guide you through performing specific real-world tasks. Informatica Knowledge Base As an Informatica customer, you can access the Informatica Knowledge Base at Use the Knowledge Base to search for documented solutions to known technical issues about Informatica products. You can also find answers to frequently asked questions, technical white papers, and technical tips. If you have questions, comments, or ideas about the Knowledge Base, contact the Informatica Knowledge Base team through at Informatica Multimedia Knowledge Base As an Informatica customer, you can access the Informatica Multimedia Knowledge Base at The Multimedia Knowledge Base is a collection of instructional multimedia files that help you learn about common concepts and guide you through performing specific tasks. If you have questions, comments, or ideas about the Multimedia Knowledge Base, contact the Informatica Knowledge Base team through at KB_Feedback@informatica.com. Informatica Global Customer Support You can contact a Customer Support Center by telephone or through the Online Support. Online Support requires a user name and password. You can request a user name and password at Use the following telephone numbers to contact Informatica Global Customer Support: North America / South America Europe / Middle East / Africa Asia / Australia Toll Free Brazil: Mexico: North America: Standard Rate North America: Toll Free France: Germany: Israel: Italy: Netherlands: Portugal: Spain: Switzerland: or United Kingdom: or Toll Free Australia: New Zealand: Singapore: Standard Rate India: Standard Rate Belgium: France: Germany: Netherlands: xvi Preface

20 Part I: Version This part contains the following chapters: New Features and Enhancements (9.0.1), 2 New Features and Enhancements (9.0.1 HotFixes), 12 Informatica Data Quality and Informatica Data Explorer Advanced Edition (9.0.1), 14 Informatica Data Services (9.0.1), 15 Informatica Domain (9.0.1), 17 PowerCenter (9.0.1), 25 Metadata Manager (9.0.1), 27 1

21 C H A P T E R 1 New Features and Enhancements (9.0.1) This chapter includes the following topics: Informatica Data Quality and Informatica Data Explorer Advanced Edition, 2 Informatica Data Services, 5 Informatica Domain, 6 Metadata Manager, 8 PowerCenter, 9 PowerExchange, 10 Adapters for Data Quality and Data Services, 11 Informatica Data Quality and Informatica Data Explorer Advanced Edition This section describes new features and enhancements to Informatica Data Quality and Informatica Data Explorer Advanced Edition. Analyst Viewer Permissions You can create a user or group in the Administrator tool with read-only permissions on objects in the Analyst tool. Analyst Viewer users and groups can view a profile, scorecard, bad or duplicate record table, or reference data table. They cannot create, edit, or run an object or export profile results to reference tables. Informatica Content You can define an INFA_CONTENT environment variable on a PowerCenter Integration Service machine to set the path PowerCenter uses to read reference data. Use this environment variable if you cannot install the reference data to the expected location on the PowerCenter machine. Informatica Data Quality Transformations Address Validator transformation You can configure the Address Validator transformation to generate Coding Accuracy Support System (CASS) reports for United States addresses and Software Evaluation and Recognition Program (SERP) reports for Canadian addresses. CASS and SERP reports verify that the address validation operations performed on the source address data meet standards set by the USPS and Canada Post. 2

22 Multi-strategy transformations You can configure multiple strategies within a single transformation object for the following transformations: Case, Decision, Key Generator, Labeler, Match, Merge, Parser, and Standardizer. You can apply each strategy to a set of data ports in a mapplet or mapping. Decision transformation Use the Decision transformation to write business rules using IF-THEN-ELSE logic and regular expressions and apply the rules to selected ports in a mapplet or mapping. Note: You must have Informatica Data Quality to use the Data Quality transformations. Mapping Export and Import You can use the Developer tool to import mappings, mapplets, transformations, and any reference table data used by these objects to the Model repository in a single step. Mapping Performance You can tune the performance of mappings by updating the mapping optimizer level through the mapping configuration or mapping deployment properties. The optimizer level determines which optimization methods that the Data Integration Service applies to the mapping at run time. You can choose no, minimal, normal, or full optimization for mappings. Parameters and Parameter Files You can create parameters to define values that change between mapping runs. For example, create a parameter to represent a connection so you can run one mapping with different relational source connections. Create a parameter file to define parameter values. The Data Integration Service applies the parameter values when you run a mapping from the command line and specify the parameter file. Physical Data Objects Customized physical data objects You can create customized physical data objects to perform the following tasks: Join source data that originates from the same source database. Select distinct values from the source. Filter rows when the Data Integration Service reads source data. Specify sorted ports. Specify an outer join instead of the default inner join. Create a custom query to issue a special SELECT statement for the Data Integration Service to read source data. Add pre- and post-mapping SQL commands. Define parameters for the data object. Retain key relationships when you synchronize the object with the sources. You can add customized physical data objects to mappings and mapplets as read, write, or lookup objects. Create and import You can create physical data objects from flat file, nonrelational database, relational database, and SAP resources. You can create physical data objects from resources that contain Developer tool illegal characters or reserved words. For example, you can import a view named "CONCAT" or a table that contains a column with a period in the column name. Informatica Data Quality and Informatica Data Explorer Advanced Edition 3

23 Profiles You can import tables, synonyms, and views from databases that use mixed case metadata. For example, you can import tables "CUST" and "Cust" as separate physical data objects. Profile comments You can choose to delete profile comments on a profile. Profile results You can profile multilingual data from different data objects and view profile results based on the locale settings in the browser. The Analyst tool changes the Datetime, Numeric, and Decimal datatypes based on the browser locale. You can sort on multilingual data. The Analyst tool displays the sort order based on the browser locale. After you run a profile, the Analyst tool purges the last profile run results from the profiling warehouse. The profiling warehouse stores 16,000 unique highest frequency values including NULL values for profile results by default. If there is at least one NULL value in the profile results, the Analyst tool can display NULL values as patterns Running a profile After you add a rule to a profile that has previously run, you can select the rule and associated columns and run the profile again. The Analyst tool displays the previous profile results and the recent rule and columns results. You can modify the rule and run the profile again to view changes to profile results for the rule. When you run a profile, you can choose to discard the profile results for previously profiled columns and display results for the columns and rules selected for the latest profile run. Drilling down on columns Repository You can choose to drill down on profile data for a column. You can select the drill-down columns without profiling all the source columns again after you run the profile. You can migrate objects from the Informatica Data Quality repository to the Model repository. You can also migrate reference data files used by the objects. Rules You can choose to drill down on live data for a rule. You can select the rules for drill down without profiling all the source columns again after running the profile. Scorecards You can group related scores within a scorecard to view a set of scores for a particular business concept. When you add a profile column to a scorecard, you can choose to add it to a group. You can add a score to a group within a scorecard. You can move scores between groups within a scorecard and edit and remove groups from a scorecard. You can select columns in the scorecard before running a scorecard again. You can choose to drill down on live data for columns in a score. You can view the total number of valid and not valid records and the refresh date for each score in the scorecard. 4 Chapter 1: New Features and Enhancements (9.0.1)

24 Informatica Data Services This section describes new features and enhancements to Informatica Data Services. Applications Objects in the Application view are sorted by default. Projects in the Application view have a new icon. They do not use the folder icon anymore. You can rename an application in the Administrator tool. You can refresh the Application view to update newly deployed, undeployed, and restored applications. You can update an application to resolve the conflict when you use the Administrator tool to deploy an application with the same name as an existing application. Also, when you select the update or replace option during a conflict, you can select an option to stop the existing application if it is running. Custom Data Transformation You can configure a Custom Data transformation in a mapping. The Custom Data transformation processes unstructured and semi-structured file formats, such as messaging formats, HTML pages, and PDF documents. The Custom Data transformation also processes structured formats such as ACORD, HL7, EDI-X-12, EDIFACT, and SWIFT. The Custom Data transformation calls a Data Transformation service to process the data. Data Object Cache You can purge data object and virtual table cache for an application. You can purge the cache from the Applications view in the Administrator tool. You can also purge cache with the infacmd PurgeDataObjectCache command line program. Mapping Performance You can tune the performance of mappings by updating the mapping optimizer level through the mapping configuration or mapping deployment properties. The optimizer level determines which optimization methods that the Data Integration Service applies to the mapping at run time. You can choose no, minimal, normal, or full optimization for mappings. Parameters and Parameter Files You can create parameters to define values that change between mapping runs. For example, create a parameter to represent a connection so you can run one mapping with different relational source connections. Create a parameter file to define parameter values. The Data Integration Service applies the parameter values when you run a mapping from the command line and specify the parameter file. Physical Data Objects Customized physical data objects You can create customized physical data objects to perform the following tasks: Join source data that originates from the same source database. Select distinct values from the source. Filter rows when the Data Integration Service reads source data. Specify sorted ports. Specify an outer join instead of the default inner join. Create a custom query to issue a special SELECT statement for the Data Integration Service to read source data. Add pre- and post-mapping SQL commands. Informatica Data Services 5

25 Define parameters for the data object. Retain key relationships when you synchronize the object with the sources. You can add customized physical data objects to mappings and mapplets as read, write, or lookup objects. Create and import You can create physical data objects from flat file, nonrelational database, relational database, and SAP resources. You can create physical data objects from resources that contain Developer tool illegal characters or reserved words. For example, you can import a view named "CONCAT" or a table that contains a column with a period in the column name. You can import tables, synonyms, and views from databases that use mixed case metadata. For example, you can import tables "CUST" and "Cust" as separate physical data objects. Staging Database The staging database properties include the database connection name and the properties for an IBM DB2 EEE database or a Microsoft SQL Server database. SQL Data Services You can view the JDBC string for an SQL data service in the general properties of the SQL Data Service view in the Administrator tool. You can rename an SQL data service in the Administrator tool. Virtual Data Data preview When you preview virtual table data, you can view a graphical representation of the SQL query you enter. You can view the query plan for the original query and for the optimized query plan. Use the query plan to troubleshoot queries that end users run against a deployed SQL data service. You can also use the query plan to troubleshoot your own queries and to understand the log messages. Column level security You can set permissions at the column level to deny queries against a column in a virtual table. You can restrict user access to a column without denying the user access to the table. You can fail a query that selects the column or replace the column value with a default value in a query. Configure column-level security with infacmd. Informatica Domain This section describes new features and enhancements to the Informatica Domain. Connections Pass-through security The Data Integration Service uses the client user name and the password for connection objects in an SQL data service. The Data Integration Service connects to source objects with the client credentials instead of the default credentials from the connection object. Restrict users from the data in an SQL data service based on user permissions on the physical data object. 6 Chapter 1: New Features and Enhancements (9.0.1)

26 Object names The Data Integration Service can generate SQL against Oracle, DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, or ODBC connections that have case-sensitive table and column names. You can use the Administrator tool or Developer tool to configure the connection. You can specify whether to include quotes around table and column names in the connection. Microsoft SQL Server You can use the Administrator tool to specify the owner name and schema name for a Microsoft SQL Server connection. You can use the Administrator tool or Developer tool to configure a Microsoft SQL Server connection as a trusted connection in the domain. IBM DB2 You can use the Administrator tool to specify the tablespace name for an IBM DB2 connection. Connection types If you have PowerExchange, you can create the following connection types: DB2 for i5/os IMS Sequential z/os VSAM If you have PowerExchange for SAP Netweaver, you can create the following connection type: SAP Connection permissions You can assign users the read, write, and execute permissions on the database connection. The execute permission grants other users the ability to preview data and run profiles and scorecards on data objects created with the connection. Command Line Program Environment Variables INFA_DEFAULT_PWX_OSEPASSWORD Stores the encrypted password for the operating system. You can use INFA_DEFAULT_PWX_OSEPASSWORD to set an encrypted password or use the corresponding command line -e option on infacmd pwx commands. You can set this password to access the operating sytem. INFA_DEFAULT_PWX_OSPASSWORD Stores the plain text password for the operating system. You can use INFA_DEFAULT_PWX_OSPASSWORD to set a plain text password or use the corresponding command line -p option on infacmd pwx commands. You can set this password to access the operating sytem. INFA_PASSWORD Stores the encrypted password for miscellaneous options when you set LDAP connectivity, define gateway nodes, define worker nodes, create new users, reset user passwords, and update SMTP options. You can use INFA_ PASSWORD to set a password or use the corresponding command line option. You can set this password to access your Informatica user account, data source, LDAP services, and outbound mail server. INFA_PC_REPOSITORY_PASSWORD Stores the default password for the PowerCenter Repository. You can use INFA_ PC_REPOSITORY_PASSWORD to set a password or use the corresponding command line option. You can set this password to create a PowerCenter Integration Service, an SAP BW Service, a Web Services Hub, and get log events for the most recent run of a session. Informatica Domain 7

27 Domain Configuration You can use infacmd to back up and restore the domain. LDAP Users You can choose to support case-sensitive distinguished name attributes for the LDAP security domain. License Management Report The License Management Report is enhanced to provide more statistics, such as user statistics and CPU statistics for each host. The report contains information for all licenses assigned to the domain. An administrator can track the number of times a user logs in to the Analyst tool and how often the user runs profiles and scorecards. Service Upgrade Use the Service Upgrade Wizard in the Administrator tool to upgrade multiple services at one time. You can save the upgrade report to file. Metadata Manager This section describes new features and enhancements to Metadata Manager. Browse Metadata Impact summary When you view a business term or any metadata object except PowerCenter objects on the Browse tab, you can view impacted objects from the most relevant classes. The most relevant classes include business intelligence reports, relational database tables, PowerCenter mappings, and business terms. Business Glossary notifications Metadata Manager sends an notifying users about the following events: A data steward proposes a draft business term for review. Metadata Manager displays the options so that the data steward can send an to other users. A user adds a comment to a business term in any phase. Metadata Manager sends an to the data steward assigned to the term. Data Lineage SQL inline views for PowerCenter and relational resources You can view data lineage on a database table, view, or synonym used in an SQL query with an inline view. The SQL query can exist in the following objects: SQL override in a PowerCenter Source Qualifier or Lookup transformation. Database views, stored procedures, functions, and triggers. Custom objects When you run data lineage analysis on a custom object, the data lineage diagram includes the custom object and all child custom objects. 8 Chapter 1: New Features and Enhancements (9.0.1)

28 You can view correct data lineage for relationships created between a custom metadata object or a business term to the following PowerCenter objects: - Reusable transformation or session. When you run data lineage analysis on the custom object or business term, the data lineage diagram displays the PowerCenter object and all instances of the object. When you run data lineage analysis on any instance of the PowerCenter object, the data lineage diagram displays the associated custom metadata object or business term. - Instance of a transformation or session. When you run data lineage analysis on the custom object or business term, the data lineage diagram displays the PowerCenter object instance within the context where the instance is used. For example, the diagram shows a transformation instance within its corresponding mapping and session context. - Shortcut. When you run data lineage analysis on the custom object or business term, the diagram displays the instances of the original object and all instances of the shortcuts to the original object. PowerCenter This section describes new features and enhancements to PowerCenter. Mapping Analyst for Excel User interface Mapping Analyst for Excel includes the following user interface enhancements: Simple or advanced view of a worksheet by displaying the minimum or maximum columns available. Icons for the most common tasks. Annotation of cells with descriptions from other worksheets. Domains and enumerations You can configure domains and enumerations to define reference data within a mapping specification. A domain is a reference table. An enumeration includes the reference table values. Reusable rules You can define reusable rules to use as expressions on the Mappings worksheet. You can use rules in a mapping specification to perform simple data cleansing. Validation When you validate a mapping specification, Mapping Analyst for Excel provides more detailed error messages. Multiple mappings You can configure multiple mappings in a single mapping specification based on the Standard mapping specification template. Mapping Objects Data Transformation source and target You can configure a Data Transformation source or a Data Transformation target in a mapping. The Data Transformation source and the Data Transformation target process unstructured and semi-structured file PowerCenter 9