What is the Informatica Administration Console?
The Informatica Administration Console is a server tool that manages the domain’s properties, integration services, repository services, and user security.
Who uses the Informatica Administration Console?
The Informatica Administration Console is used primarily by system administrators.
Domain
A collection of nodes and services that defines the PowerCenter environment. The domain controls the administration of shared services and system resources across a collection of machines.
A logical representation of a machine in a domain. A domain can have more than one node and each can be configured to run one or more the application services.
An application service contained within the domain that processes, manages and monitors workflows of the PowerCenter.
An application service contained within the domain that manages connections to the repository.
Identifies the terms and conditions of a client’s Informatica environment.
Versioning
The process of checking out, editing, and checking in repository objects. Only checked-out objects can be modified.
Administration Console Terminology and Icons
Domain Tab
View and edit properties of the domain and objects within the domain.
Logs Tab
View log events for the domain and services within the domain.
Administration Tab
Manage domain users in the Administration tab. This tab appears if you have permission on the domain.
Upgrade Tab
Upgrade Repositories and Integration Services. This tab appears if you have permission on the domain.
Manage Accounts Tab
Manage your domain user profile. On this tab, you can change your domain user password and update your user profile.
Functions of the Informatica Administration
Console
1.To stop and start repository services
2.To stop and start integration services
3.To manage and create domain objects
4.To view log events
5.To view and edit domain object properties
6.To manage security
7.To upgrade repositories
8.To create backup repositories
To stop and start repository services
1.Click on the repository service
in the navigator to open the repository service workspace.
2.Locate the “Enable” button near the top right-hand side of you screen.
Click ”Enable” to start the repository services.
3.Click on the Domain to validate
the service has started.
4.To stop the repository services, you will click the Disable button.
Choose either option in the pop-up widow and click “OK.”
To stop and start integration services
1.Click on Integration Service in the navigator to open the integration
service workspace.
2.Locate the Enable button near the top right-hand side of you screen.
Click ”Enable” to start the integration services
3.Click on the Domain to validate the service has started
4.To stop the integration services, you will click the Disable button.
Choose the option you would prefer in the pop-up and click “OK.”
To manage and create domain objects
1.Click on the Create drop down
in the upper left-hand corner of your screen to display the option available in
the domain.
To view log events
1.Click on the Logs tab in the upper left-hand corner of your screen.
The log view will display all events that have occurred in your domain.
2.Click on the drop-down arrow to the view log filter options and change
selection criteria for a service’s particular log.
3.Change filter criteria and click “OK.”
You can filter for any one particular service or all of them.
To view and edit domain object properties:
1.Choose the domain object that
you would like to edit from the left hand navigator.
2.Click the tabs in the objects workspace to view the properties and
configurations for the object selected.
3. Click the Edit button in the upper right-hand corner of the
properties window that you would like to edit.
Commonly edited domain object properties
• Domain => Properties => Database Properties
• Node => Properties => Backup Directory
• Integration Service => Properties => Codepage
• Integration Service =>
Processes => Directories
• Integration Service =>
Associated Repository
• Repository => Properties
=> Database Properties
To create backup repositories:
1.Click on the Action tab in the repository service.
2.Choose “Back Up Contents” from the dropdown menu.
3.Enter the a repository username (preferably the Administrator’s),
password, and filename for the backup. Click “OK.”
4.Validate that Back Up Contents task has succeeded.
5.Double check the file in the backup directory
To configure security
1.Click on the Manage Accounts tab in the upper right-hand corner of the
Administration Console.
2.To create a new user, click on the Create User button.
3.Fill in the required prompts for the new user and click “OK.”
4.To edit privileges, click on the user in the navigator view of the page.
5.Choose the “Privileges” tab for the user.
6.Click on the Edit button to edit the user’s privileges
NOTE: The Administrator User and Roles privileges cannot be modified.
License Key restrictions
The Informatica license key provided by Oracle for the BI Applications
should only be used for BI Application objects.
The license key does not include Informatica’s pushdown optimization and
parallel processing functions.
Versioned Repository
The out-of-the-box BI Applications Repository comes with versioning
enabled. This setting is listed in the Administration Console and cannot be
modified
This can be overcome if you migrate the BI Application’s folders into a
non-versioned repository.
1. Log in to Administration Console
Start – All Programs –
Informatica Power Center – Services – Administration Console
Username: Administrator
Password: Administrator
2.Confirm that $PMRootDir value exists on the VM
3. Validate the Integration Service $PMSourceFileDir is
“$PMRootDir/SrcFiles”
• View under Integration Services - Processes (Why do we do this? The
Informatica Workflow Manager reads parameter files from this directory. We must
verify its location because it is essential to the success of other Informatica
Tools.)
4. Start the Repository and Integration Services.
5. Add a new administrative user
• Username: BICG-adm
• Password: welcome1
6. Sign out as the “Administrator” and sign in as “BICG-adm”
7. Add a developer user who does not have access to the domain.
• Username: BICG-dev
• Password: welcome2 (HINT: sign out as BICG-adm and sign back in as
BICG-dev.
If you cannot access the Administration Console, you have given BICG-dev
the correct access.)
8. Add another developer who does not have access to the domain. •
Username: OTHER-dev • Password: welcome3
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