Creating Tasks in the DAC for New or Modified Informatica Workflows

Creating Tasks in the DAC for New or Modified Informatica Workflows

You need to perform this step for all new workflows you create in Informatica and for all workflows that you modify.

To create a task in the DAC for new or modified Informatica workflows

1. In the DAC toolbar, select the appropriate source system container from the

drop-down list in the toolbar.

2. In the DAC, create custom logical and physical task folders for the custom folder

you created in the Informatica repository.

a. In the DAC, navigate to Tools, then select Seed Data, then select Task Folders.

b. To create a custom logical folder, click New.

c. In the Name field, enter a name for the custom logical folder, for example,

Custom Logical.

d. In the Type field, select Logical.

e. To create a custom physical folder, click New.

f. In the Name field, enter a name for the custom physical folder, for example,

Custom Physical.

g. In the Type field, select Physical.

3. Register the folders you created in Step 2 in the Source System Folders tab.

a. Navigate to Design, then select Source System Folders.

b. Click New.

c. In the Edit child tab, enter the name of the custom logical folder in the Logical

Folder field.

d. Enter the name of the custom physical folder in the Physical Folder field, and

click Save.

4. Create new tasks for the workflows.

a. Navigate to Design, then select Tasks, and click New in the top pane toolbar.

b. In the Edit child tab, enter the workflow name as it appears in Informatica

Workflow Manager.

c. Right-click and select Synchronize Tasks.

d. Select Selected Record Only, and click OK. Click OK in the informational

message box.

This command synchronizes the source and target table information between

the DAC and Informatica.

Creating a Task Group

Customizing DAC Objects and Designing Subject Areas 8-7

e. In the Tasks tab, enter the remaining information required for the task.

For a description of the fields in this tab, see "Tasks Tab".

The new table is now ready to be associated with a subject area. For information

about creating a subject area, see "Creating a Subject Area".