Create Informatica Mappings From/To an ODBC Data Source for Azure DevOps

Informatica provides a powerful, elegant means of transporting and transforming your data. By utilizing the CData ODBC Driver for Azure DevOps, 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 Azure DevOps data in Informatica PowerCenter.

Connect to Azure DevOps as an ODBC Data Source

Information for connecting to Azure DevOps follows, along with different instructions for configuring a DSN in Windows and Linux environments.

You can connect to your Azure DevOps account by providing the Organization and PersonalAccessToken.

Obtaining a Personal Access Token

A PersonalAccessToken is necessary for account authentication.

To generate one, log in to your Azure DevOps Organization account and navigate to Profile -> Personal Access Tokens -> New Token. The generated token will be displayed.

If you wish to authenticate to Azure DevOps using OAuth refer to the online Help documentation for an authentication guide.

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 Azure DevOps 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 AzureDevOps Source]
Driver = CData ODBC Driver for Azure DevOps
Description = My Description
AuthScheme = Basic
Organization = MyAzureDevOpsOrganization
ProjectId = MyProjectId
PersonalAccessToken = MyPAT
InitiateOAuth = GETANDREFRESH

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

Create a Linked Table to Builds Data

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

Create the ODBC Connection

Follow the steps below to connect to Azure DevOps 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 Azure DevOps Data Object

After you have created an ODBC connection to Azure DevOps, you can now access Azure DevOps entities in Informatica. Follow the steps below to add Builds 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 Azure DevOps 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 Azure DevOps source to a mapping:

1. In the Object Explorer, right-click your project and then click New -> Mapping.
2. Expand the node for the Azure DevOps 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 Azure DevOps table in the mapping. (Salesforce is shown.)

Follow the steps below to map Azure DevOps 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 Azure DevOps 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 Azure DevOps data, right-click in the workspace and then click Run Mapping.

👁 The completed mapping. (Salesforce is shown.)