Informatica 96 Latest Features

Latest Features of Informatica Power Center version 9.
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Informatica Power Center 9. 6 have been released with new capabilities that make it easier to
develop and deploy a wide range of data tasks, from integration jobs to new cloud and big data
projects.
Informatica continues to drive innovative capabilities with this release. With enriched features
that mirror the increasing need for business-driven data governance, data integration, data
management and ease of deployment across hybrid cloud and on premise data environments,
and more agile application development.
Informatica 9.6 is offered in PowerCenter Standard, Advanced and Premium editions, along
with a new PowerCenter Big Data trial. The editions feature built-in business-IT collaboration
functionality, built-in profiling and rapid prototyping, advanced scaling and metadata
management, and state of the art data stewardship, data validation and proactive monitoring
that guarantees safe data. The Vibe Virtual Data Machine architecture provides risk-free big
data integration experimentation.
Now lets see the new features in this version.
Informatica Installer
Authentication:
You can configure the Informatica domain to use Kerberos authentication. When you install the
Informatica services, you can enable Kerberos authentication for the domain. A page titled
Domain - Network Authentication Protocol appears in the Informatica services installer. To
install the domain with Kerberos authentication, select the option to enable Kerberos
authentication and enter the required parameters.
Encryption Key:
Informatica encrypts sensitive data such as passwords when it stores data in the domain.
Informatica uses a keyword to generate a unique encryption key with which to encrypt
sensitive data stored in the domain. A page titled Domain - Encryption Key appears in the
Informatica services installer. If you create a node and a domain during installation, you must
specify a keyword for Informatica to use to generate a unique encryption key for the node and
domain. If you create a node and join a domain, Informatica uses the same encryption key for
the new node.
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Secure Communication :
You can provide an SSL certificate or use the default Informatica SSL certificate to secure
communication between services in the domain. To use your SSL certificate, specify a keystore
and truststore file and password during installation.
Informatica Domain
Analyst Service:
Version 9.6.0 includes the following enhancements to the Analyst Service:
You can select a Data Integration Service configured to run Human tasks. If the Data
Integration Service associated with the Analyst Service is not configured to run Human tasks,
choose a different Data Integration Service.
You can select a Search Service to enable searches in the Analyst tool.
You can set the location of the export file directory to export a business glossary.
Content Management Service:

You can set the location of the SendRight report file on the Content Management Service.
Generate a SendRight report when you run an address validation mapping in certified mode on
New Zealand address records. The report verifies that the address records meet the certification
standards of New Zealand Post.
High Availability:
Version 9.6.0 includes the following enhancements to high availability for services:
When the Model Repository Service becomes unavailable, the Service Manager can restart the
service on the same node or a backup node. You can configure the Model Repository Service to
run on one or more backup nodes.
When the Data Integration Service becomes unavailable, the Service Manager can restart the
service on the same node or a backup node. You can configure the Data Integration Service to
run on one or more backup nodes.
When the Data Integration Service fails over or restarts unexpectedly, you can enable
automatic recovery of aborted workflows.
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You can enable the PowerCenter Integration Service to store high availability persistence
information in database tables. The PowerCenter Integration Service stores the information in
the associated repository database.
Log Management:
You can aggregate logs at the domain level or service level based on scenarios with the
Administrator tool. You can also compress the log files that you aggregate to save disk space.
Informatica Domain Security
This section describes security enhancements to the Informatica domain.
Authentication: You can run Informatica with Kerberos authentication and Microsoft Active
Directory (AD) directory service. Kerberos authentication provides single sign-on capability to
Informatica domain client applications. The Informatica domain supports Active Directory 2008
R2.
Two-Factor Authentication (TFA): Informatica clients can run on a Windows network that uses
two-factor authentication.
Encryption Key: You can specify a keyword to generate a unique encryption key for encrypting
sensitive data such as passwords that are stored in the domain.
Workflow Security: You can configure the PowerCenter Integration Service to run
PowerCenter workflows securely. The Enable Data Encryption option enables secure
communication between the PowerCenter Integration Service and the Data Transformation
Manager (DTM) process and between DTM processes.
Administrator Group: The Informatica domain includes an Administrator group with default
administrator privileges. You can add users to or remove users from the Administrator group.
You cannot delete the Administrator group.
Administrator Account Lockout: When you configure account lockout in the Administrator
tool, you can enforce account lockout for administrator user accounts. The Admin Account
Lockout option enables lockout for administrator user accounts. When you enable the Account
Lockout option, you can also enable the Admin Account Lockout option.
Connection to Secure Relational Databases: You can use the Informatica relational database
drivers to connect to a secure Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, or IBM DB2 database. You can
create repositories, sources, and targets on databases secured with SSL certificates.
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Audit Reports: In the Administrator tool, you can generate audit reports to get information on
users and groups in the Informatica domain. For example, you can get information about a user
account, such as the privileges and permissions assigned to the user and the groups associated
with the user.
PowerCenter
Pushdown Optimization for SAP HANA:
The PowerCenter Integration Service can push transformation logic to SAP HANA sources and
targets when the connection type is ODBC.
High Availability Persistence in a Database:
You can enable the PowerCenter Integration Service to store high availability persistence
information in database tables. The PowerCenter Integration Service stores the information in
the associated repository database.
PowerCenter Advanced Edition
Business Glossary
Business Glossary comprises online glossaries of business terms and policies that define
important concepts within an organization. Data stewards create and publish terms that include
information such as descriptions, relationships to other terms, and associated categories.
Glossaries are stored in a central location for easy lookup by end-users.
Business Glossary is made up of glossaries, business terms, policies, and categories. A glossary
is the high level container that stores other glossary content. A business term defines relevant
concepts within the organization, and a policy defines the business purpose that governs
practices related to the term. Business terms and policies can be associated with categories,
which are descriptive classifications. You can access Business Glossary through Informatica
Analyst (the Analyst tool).
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