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This section describes new features and enhancements in Power Center 8.1.1:
• Code Pages
• Command Line Programs
• Data Analyzer (PowerAnalyzer)
• Data Profiling
• Data Stencil (Visio Client for PowerCenter)
• Domains
• Integration Service
• Metadata Manager (SuperGlue)
• Repository and Repository Service
• Transformations and Caches
• Unstructured Data
• Web Services Provider
• Workflow Monitor
• XML
• PowerCenter Connects
• PowerExchange Client for PowerCenter
You can find information about newly supported platforms and databases on
my.informatica.com.
Code Pages
IBM833
IBM 834
IBM850
IBM933
infacmd Changes
The infacmd command line programs contain new commands in the following
groups:
Alert. Added commands for the following actions: subscribe to, remove from, list
or update SMTP options, and list alert users.
Domain. Added commands related to service levels and domain options.
Folder. Added commands for the following actions: create, get info about, list,
move, move objects between, remove, and update.
Node. Added commands for the following actions: get node name, list node
options, and switch to gateway or worker node.
Service. Added commands for the following actions: list nodes assigned to
service, list services, and create or update SAP BW Service.
User. Added commands for the following actions: add, create, remove users, or
reset password.
infasetup Changes
pmrep Changes
Data Analyzer accessibility. You can use the keyboard to access all areas of
Data Analyzer.
Global cache enhancements. Data Analyzer creates a global cache in
memory for repository objects accessed by Data Analyzer users. The global
cache uses a locking scheme to prevent deadlocks from occurring. In a
clustered environment, Data Analyzer replicates the global cache across all
nodes in the cluster when you modify an object on one node. You can manage
the size of the global cache by configuring the eviction policy.
Composite reports. You can use the Data Analyzer SDK to access composite
reports from your client application.
Cluster on JBoss Application Server. You can set up a Data Analyzer cluster
on JBoss Application Server.
Data Profiling
Partitioning. You can create multiple partitions for profile sessions containing
source-level and column-level functions.
Data Profiling Data Analyzer reports. You can view the Join Complexity
Evaluation and Intersource Structure Analysis Data Profiling reports through
Data Analyzer. You can use the new Data Analyzer Intersource Function
Statistics composite report and Intersource Function Metadata report to view
profile statistics for intersource functions.
Alerts
Users
Set permissions by user. You can view and edit permissions and privileges for
each user on the Administration tab. You can assign multiple permissions to a
user when you add a user account or edit the permissions.
Status added to each log event. The User Activity Monitoring report shows the
status of each log event. The report indicates whether each log event
succeeded or failed.
High Availability
Integration Service
Email Task
Email recipients. You can send email to any valid email address. On Windows,
the mail recipient does not have to have an entry in the Global Address book of
the Microsoft Outlook profile.
Load Balancer
You can configure the way the Load Balancer dispatches tasks by defining the
following properties:
Operating Mode
Normal and safe operating mode. You can run the Integration Service in
normal or safe operating mode. Run the Integration Service in safe operating
mode to limit access to the Integration Service during migration and
maintenance activities. You configure the operating mode in the Administration
Console.
Performance
Targets
Generate flat file targets by transaction. You can generate a separate flat file
target each time the Integration Service starts a new transaction. You can
dynamically name each file. To generate a separate output file for each
transaction, you add a FileName port to the flat file target definition. When you
connect the FileName port in the mapping, the Integration Service writes a
target file at each commit. The Integration Service uses the FileName port value
to name the output file. You can generate output files from source-based or
user-defined commits.
Administration
Installation
Sybase ASE. You can install the Metadata Manager Warehouse and
PowerCenter repository for Metadata Manager on Sybase ASE.
Utilities
EAR Repackager utility. The EAR Repackager utility extracts files from and
repackages customized files to the Metadata Manager EAR file. You may need
to customize files in the Metadata Manager EAR file to customize the Metadata
Manager images, color schemes, style sheets, or configuration files.
License Update utility. The License Update utility updates the Metadata
Manager license. You may need to update an existing license with a new
license key to extend the expiration date.
Repository Backup utility. The Repository Backup utility backs up and
recovers a Metadata Manager repository.
Update System Accounts utility. The Update System Accounts utility modifies
the user name and password for the Metadata Manager system administrator
and system daemon.
XConnects
Security
IBM DB2 client authentication. You can use IBM DB2 client authentication to
authenticate database users. IBM DB2 client authentication lets you log in to an
IBM DB2 database without specifying a database user name or password if the
IBM DB2 server is configured for external authentication or if the IBM DB2
server is on the same machine hosting the Integration Service process.
PowerCenter uses IBM DB2 client authentication when the connection user
name is PmNullUser and the connection is for an IBM DB2 database.
HTTP transformation. You can connect to an HTTP server to use its services
and applications. When you run a session with an HTTP transformation, the
Integration Service connects to the HTTP server and issues a request to
retrieve data from or update data on the HTTP server, depending on how you
configure the transformation.
SQL transformation. You can process ANSI SQL queries midstream in a
pipeline. You can insert, delete, update, and retrieve rows from a database.
When you create an SQL transformation, you configure it to run in script mode
or query mode. Script mode allows you to run scripts that are external to the
transformation. Query mode allows you to run queries that you define in the
transformation. You can use an existing database connection or you can pass
database connection information to the SQL transformation as input data at run
time.
Configure caches. When you configure caches sizes, you can use a cache
calculator to estimate the amount of memory required to process the
transformation. Based on the type of mapping object, you provide information
such as the number of groups, the number of source rows, or the number of
ranks.
Unstructured Data
Stateful services. All services hosted by the Web Services Hub are now
stateful services. This state is the same state as in version 7.1.4. Stateful
operations available in version 7.1.4 are also available in version 8.1.1. A client
application must call the Login operation to access the repository before it calls
other web service operations.
Advanced properties. On the Administration Console, two additional advanced
properties are available for the Web Services Hub:
-SessionExpiryPeriod. The number of seconds that a session can remain idle
before the session times out and the session ID becomes invalid.
-MaxLMConnections. The maximum number of connections to the Integration
Service that can be open at one time for the Web Services Hub.
Web Services Hub URL. The URL for the Web Services Hub can use the
context name PowerCenter or wsh:
http://<hostname>:<portnum>/PowerCenter
http://<hostname>:<portnum>/wsh
Workflow Monitor
View binary log files. You can view existing binary log files for sessions and
workflows in the Log Events window.
XML
XML foreign key column names. You can configure the Designer to prefix
generated foreign key columns with the name of the XML view and the name of
the primary key column.
PowerCenter Connects
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol. You can configure IBM MQSeries to
use the SSL protocol to provide a reliable end-to-end secure and authentic
connection between the Integration Service and MQSeries.
PowerCenter Connect for JMS
WSDL parsing. When you import a web service source or target definition, you
can prefix the XML view name to every foreign key column. Prefixing the XML
view name to foreign key columns prevents foreign key conflicts. You can
generate a foreign key with the format
FK_<nameOfChildView>_<nameOfPKView_nameOfPKColumn>. The foreign
key naming convention is applicable as long as the generated name is less than
80 characters long.
Target support. You can write to ADABAS databases, sequential files, and
VSAM datasets.
Restart token file. You can automatically keep numerous versions of the
Restart token file by specifying the number to keep in the new CHANGE
CAPTURE connection attribute Number of Runs to Keep Restart Token File.
Restart token file directory. You no longer need to pre-allocate the Restart
token file directory. There is a new default of $PMRootDir/Restart in the
CHANGE CAPTURE connection attribute “Restart Token File Folder” which will
be automatically created if it does not exist.
Real-time extraction. You can stop real-time extraction at the end of the
current log data by setting the idle time to 0 in the CHANGE CAPTURE
connection object.