Database Reference
In-Depth Information
Chapter 4. Finishing the Development -
Using the Workflow Manager Screen
Basics
In the previous chapters, we discussed the Informatica PowerCenter Designer screen in de-
tail. This chapter marks the beginning of another client tool called Workflow Manager. In-
formatica PowerCenter Workflow Manager lets you execute the Informatica code. By now,
you must be clear that we create a skeleton of the data flow in the mapping that contains
the source for the target flow. Workflow Manager allows us to execute the mapping; in oth-
er words, we actually make the data flow from the source to the target when we execute the
process called workflow in Workflow Manager.
Basically, Workflow Manager contains a set of instructions, which we define as a work-
flow. The basic building block of workflow is tasks. As we have multiple transformations
in designer screen, we have multiple tasks in Workflow Manager screen. When you create
a workflow, you add tasks to it as per your requirement and execute the workflow to see the
status in the monitor.
