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Informatica Cloud IICS (via Direct Connect method)

This page will guide you through the setup of Informatica Cloud (IICS) in K using the direct connect method.

Integration details

Scope

Included

Comments

Metadata

YES


Lineage

YES


Usage

YES


Sensitive Data Scanner

N/A


Step 1) Create KADA User

This step is performed by an IICS Admin.

  • Log into your IICS instance.

    • Note down the URL you use e.g. https://dm1-<region>.informaticacloud.com/ to be used in Step 2

  • Create a new KADA user.

  • Assign the user Read access to all assets in the Data integration service.

  • Login to the user account and set an appropriate password. Note down the username and password to be used in Step 2.

Step 2) Add IICS as a New Source

This step is performed by a KADA admin.

  • Log into K. Select Platform Settings in the side bar

  • In the pop-out side panel, under Integrations click on Sources

  • Click Add Source and select IICS

  • Fill in the Source Settings and click Save & Next

    • Name: Give the IICS source a name in K (e.g. Acme Inc IICS)

    • Host: Use your IICS URL (e.g. https://dm1-<region>.informaticacloud.com/)

  • Enter your API and User details and click Save

    • API URL: Use your IICS URL (e.g. https://dm1-<region>.informaticacloud.com/)

    • Username: Add the username you created in Step 1

    • Password: Add the password you created in Step 1

  • Check the connection by clicking Test connection

  • Click Save & Finish

Step 3) Schedule IICS source load

  • Select Platform Settings in the side bar

  • In the pop-out side panel, under Integrations click on Sources

  • Locate your new IICS Source and click on the Schedule Settings (clock) icon to set the schedule

Note that scheduling a source can take up to 15 minutes to propagate the change.

Step 4) Manually run an ad hoc load to test IICS

  • Next to your new Source, click on the Run manual load icon

  • Confirm how you want the source to be loaded

  • After the source load is triggered, a pop up bar will appear taking you to the Monitor tab in the Batch Manager page. This is the usual page you visit to view the progress of source loads

A manual source load will also require a manual run of

  • DAILY

  • GATHER_METRICS_AND_STATS

To load all metrics and indexes with the manually loaded metadata. These can be found in the Batch Manager page.

Troubleshooting failed loads

  • If the job failed at the extraction step

    • Check the error. Contact KADA Support if required.

    • Rerun the source job

  • If the job failed at the load step, the landing folder failed directory will contain the file with issues.

    • Find the bad record and fix the file

    • Rerun the source job