Create Informatica Mappings From/To an ODBC Data Source for Adobe Experience Manager

Informatica provides a powerful, elegant means of transporting and transforming your data. By utilizing the CData ODBC Driver for Adobe Experience Manager, you are gaining access to a driver based on industry-proven standards that integrates seamlessly with Informatica's powerful data transportation and manipulation features. This tutorial shows how to transfer and browse Adobe Experience Manager data in Informatica PowerCenter.

Connect to Adobe Experience Manager as an ODBC Data Source

Information for connecting to Adobe Experience Manager follows, along with different instructions for configuring a DSN in Windows and Linux environments.

The driver connects to Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) instances that expose the JCR repository over WebDAV. It supports both on-premises AEM and AEM as a Cloud Service deployments.

To establish a connection, set the following properties:

• URL: The WebDAV-enabled JCR server URL.
  • AEM as a Cloud Service: https://author-pXXXXX-eXXXXX.adobeaemcloud.com/crx/server
  • Local development: http://localhost:4502/crx/server
• User: Your AEM username.
• Password: Your AEM password.

Note: Tables are dynamically generated based on the JCR repository structure. Ensure that the configured user has sufficient permissions to access the required content paths in the AEM repository.

Windows

If you have not already, first specify connection properties in an ODBC DSN (data source name). This is the last step of the driver installation. You can use the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure ODBC DSNs.

Linux

If you are installing the CData ODBC Driver for Adobe Experience Manager in a Linux environment, the driver installation predefines a system DSN. You can modify the DSN by editing the system data sources file (/etc/odbc.ini) and defining the required connection properties.

/etc/odbc.ini

[CData AdobeExperienceManager Source]
Driver = CData ODBC Driver for Adobe Experience Manager
Description = My Description
URL = https://author-p12345-e67890.adobeaemcloud.com/crx/server
User = admin
Password = admin

For specific information on using these configuration files, please refer to the help documentation (installed and found online).

Create a Linked Table to Content Data

Follow the steps below to create a linked table, which enables you to access live Content data.

Create the ODBC Connection

Follow the steps below to connect to Adobe Experience Manager in Informatica PowerCenter:

1. In the Informatica Developer tool connect to your repository and create a project.
2. In the Connection Explorer pane, right-click and click Create a Connection.
3. In the New Database Connection wizard that is displayed, enter a name and Id for the connection and in the Type menu select ODBC.
4. In the Connection String property, enter the DSN.

NOTE: If you are working in a Linux operating system, set the Driver Manager for Linux property to unixODBC 2.3.x.

Create the Adobe Experience Manager Data Object

After you have created an ODBC connection to Adobe Experience Manager, you can now access Adobe Experience Manager entities in Informatica. Follow the steps below to add Content entities to your project.

1. In the Object Explorer, right-click your project and then click New -> Data Object.
2. In the wizard that is displayed, select the Relational Data Object option.
3. Click the Browse button next to the Connection box and select the ODBC connection you created in the previous step.
4. Select the option to create a data object from an existing resource and click the Browse button next to the Resource box.
5. In the dialog that is displayed, clear the Show Default Schema Only option and expand the node for the ODBC connection. Select the entity that you want. 👁 The driver models Adobe Experience Manager entities as relational tables. (Salesforce is shown.)
   

You can now browse the table in the Data Viewer: Right-click the node for the table and then click Open. On the Data Viewer view, click Run.

👁 Table data and metadata in the Data Viewer. (Salesforce is shown.)

Create the Mapping

Follow the steps below to add the Adobe Experience Manager source to a mapping:

1. In the Object Explorer, right-click your project and then click New -> Mapping.
2. Expand the node for the Adobe Experience Manager connection and then drag the data object for the table onto the editor.
3. In the dialog that appears, select the Read option.

👁 The source Adobe Experience Manager table in the mapping. (Salesforce is shown.)

Follow the steps below to map Adobe Experience Manager columns to a flat file:

1. In the Object Explorer, right-click your project and then click New -> Data Object.
2. Select Flat File Data Object -> Create as Empty -> Fixed Width.
3. In the properties for the Adobe Experience Manager object, select the rows you want, right-click, and then click copy. Paste the rows into the flat file properties.
4. Drag the flat file data object onto the mapping. In the dialog that appears, select the Write option.
5. Click and drag to connect columns.

To transfer Adobe Experience Manager data, right-click in the workspace and then click Run Mapping.

👁 The completed mapping. (Salesforce is shown.)