Foundational

Informatica PowerCenter is a widely-used, enterprise data integration platform and a robust ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) tool. It is primarily used to connect to various data sources, apply transformation logic according to business requirements, and load the processed data into target systems like data warehouses for analytics and reporting.

In order to configure Informatica connector for Foundational, you will need to have Informatica PowerCenter administrator permissions. This is needed in order to:

Creates service account in the underlying database (SQL Server or Oracle)

Get the underlying database connection and authentication information

- Creates service account in the underlying database (SQL Server or Oracle)
- Get the underlying database connection and authentication information

All the following ports must be opened for all of Foundational IP addresses (<a href="https://docs.foundational.io/en/articles/9399690-allowing-ip-access-to-foundational">see here for the full list of IP addresses that Foundational uses</a>)

Open the following ports for the underlying physical database of Informatica

1. For Oracle: Open TCP port 1521 (Inbound)
2. For SQL Server: Open port 1433 (Inbound)

Open the following ports for Informatica PowerCenter Service Manager (<a href="https://knowledge.informatica.com/s/article/000078441?language=en_US" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">see here for Informatica documentation of these ports</a>)

1. TCP Port 6006 (Inbound)
2. TCP Ports 6014-6114 (Inbound)

1. Open the following ports for the underlying physical database of Informatica
 1. For Oracle: Open TCP port 1521 (Inbound)
 2. For SQL Server: Open port 1433 (Inbound)
2. Open the following ports for Informatica PowerCenter Service Manager (<a href="https://knowledge.informatica.com/s/article/000078441?language=en_US" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">see here for Informatica documentation of these ports</a>)
 1. TCP Port 6006 (Inbound)
 2. TCP Ports 6014-6114 (Inbound)

Follow <a href="https://docs.informatica.com/data-engineering/common-content-for-data-engineering/10-5-5-1/installation-for-data-engineering/part-4--after-you-install-the-services/create-and-configure-application-services/create-and-configure-the-powercenter-repository-service/after-you-create-the-powercenter-repository-service/create-the-powercenter-repository-user.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">these steps, from Informatica PowerCenter documentation</a> in order to create a new user for Foundational, so Foundational can access your PowerCenter information.

Write the credentials of this user aside. We will use them later when configuring the connector in Foundational

1. Follow <a href="https://docs.informatica.com/data-engineering/common-content-for-data-engineering/10-5-5-1/installation-for-data-engineering/part-4--after-you-install-the-services/create-and-configure-application-services/create-and-configure-the-powercenter-repository-service/after-you-create-the-powercenter-repository-service/create-the-powercenter-repository-user.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">these steps, from Informatica PowerCenter documentation</a> in order to create a new user for Foundational, so Foundational can access your PowerCenter information.
2. Write the credentials of this user aside. We will use them later when configuring the connector in Foundational

Informatica stores details in an underlying database (e.g. Oracle, SQL Server). Foundational requires access to this database, so it can extract these details

Log in to Informatica Administrator → Services and Nodes

Go to Properties &gt; Database Properties and write down these details: Type, Connection String and User Name and Password (see <a href="https://docs.informatica.com/data-engineering/common-content-for-data-engineering/10-5-5-1/application-service-guide/powercenter-repository-service/powercenter-repository-service-properties/database-properties.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">this Informatica article</a>)

1. Log in to Informatica Administrator → Services and Nodes
2. Select the Domain → Repository Service
3. Go to Properties &gt; Database Properties and write down these details: Type, Connection String and User Name and Password (see <a href="https://docs.informatica.com/data-engineering/common-content-for-data-engineering/10-5-5-1/application-service-guide/powercenter-repository-service/powercenter-repository-service-properties/database-properties.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">this Informatica article</a>)

You can also create a new user if you prefer. You just need to make sure that the new user has “SELECT” permissions on all tables under <code>OPB_</code> and <code>REP_</code>

Configure Informatica PowerCenter Connector in Foundational

Login to Foundational: <a href="https://app.foundational.io" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://app.foundational.io</a>

Click on Informatica PowerCenter connector

Fill in all the relevant details based on the information you created/collected above

1. Login to Foundational: <a href="https://app.foundational.io" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://app.foundational.io</a>
2. Go to Integrations page
3. Click on Informatica PowerCenter connector
4. Fill in all the relevant details based on the information you created/collected above
5. Click “Save”

How to set up Informatica PowerCenter

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How to set up Informatica PowerCenter

Prerequisites

Configuration Steps

Configure Network Access to Informatica

Create User in PowerCenter

Get Database Details from Informatica

Configure Informatica PowerCenter Connector in Foundational