Data Integration Jobs

The following topics describe job attributes that work with Data Integration platforms and services:

Alteryx Trifacta Job

Alteryx Trifacta is a data-wrangling platform that allows you to discover, organize, edit, and publish data in different formats and to multiple clouds, including AWS, Azure, Google, Snowflake, and Databricks.

The following table describes the Trifacta job attributes.

Attribute

Description

Connection Profile

Determines the authorization credentials that are used to connect Control-M to Alteryx Trifacta.

Rules:

  • Characters: 1−30

  • Case Sensitive: Yes

  • Invalid Characters: Blank spaces.

Flow Name

Determines which Trifacta flow the job executes.

Rerun with New Idempotency Token

Determines whether to allow re-execution of the job in Trifacta with a new idempotency token (for example, when the job execution times out).

Idempotent Token

Defines a unique ID (idempotency token), which guarantees that the job executes only once. After successful execution, this ID cannot be used again.

To re-execute the job with a new token, replace the default value with the RUN_ID, which can be retrieved from the job output.

Default: Control-M-Idem_%%ORDERID

Retrack Job Status

Determines whether to track job execution status as the job execution progresses and the status changes (for example, from in-progress to failed or to completed).

Run ID

Defines the RUN_ID number for the job execution to be tracked.

The RUN_ID is unique to each job execution and can be found in the job output.

Status Polling Frequency

Determines the number of seconds to wait before Control-M checks the status of the Trifacta job.

Default: 10

AWS Glue Job

AWS Glue enables you to define data-driven workflows that automate the movement and transformation of data.

The following table describes AWS Glue job attributes.

Attribute

Description

Connection Profile

Determines the authorization credentials that are used to connect Control-M to AWS Glue.

Rules:

  • Characters: 1−30

  • Case Sensitive: Yes

  • Invalid Characters: Blank spaces.

Glue Job Name

Defines the AWS Glue job name that you want to execute.

A job name is automatically saved when you create an AWS Glue pipeline.

Glue Job Arguments

Determines whether to add arguments to the AWS Glue job.

Arguments

Defines the AWS Glue job execution-time parameters, In JSON format.

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{"--myArg1": "myVal1", "--myArg2": "myVal2"}

Status Polling Frequency

(Optional) Determines the number of seconds to wait before checking the status of the job between intervals.

Default: 15

Failure Tolerance

Determines the number of times to check the job status before ending Not OK.

Default: 2

AWS Glue DataBrew Job

AWS Glue DataBrew is a cloud-based extract, transform, load (ETL) service that you can use to visualize your data and publish it to the Amazon S3 Data Lake.

The following table describes AWS Glue DataBrew job attributes.

Attribute

Description

Connection Profile

Determines the authorization credentials that are used to connect Control-M to AWS Glue DataBrew.

Rules:

  • Characters: 1−30

  • Case Sensitive: Yes

  • Invalid Characters: Blank spaces.

Job Name

Defines the AWS Glue DataBrew job name.

Output Job Logs

Determines whether the DataBrew job logs are included in the Control-M output.

Status Polling Frequency

Determines the number of seconds to wait before checking the status of the DataBrew job.

Default: 10

Failure Tolerance

Determines the number of times to check the job status before ending Not OK.

Default: 2

Azure Data Factory Job

Azure Data Factory is a cloud-based extract, transform, load (ETL) and data integration service that allows you to create data-driven workflows to automate the movement and transformation of data.

The following table describes the Azure Data Factory job attributes.

Attribute

Description

Connection Profile

Determines the authorization credentials that are used to connect Control-M to Azure Data Factory.

Rules:

  • Characters: 1−30

  • Case Sensitive: Yes

  • Invalid Characters: Blank spaces.

  • Variable Name: %%AZURE-ACCOUNT

Resource Group Name

Determines the Azure Resource Group that is associated with a specific data factory. A resource group is a container that holds related resources for an Azure solution.

The resource group can include all the resources for the solution, or only those resources that you want to manage as a group.

Data Factory Name

Determines the name of the Azure Data Factory that contains the pipeline you want to execute.

Pipeline Name

Determines which data pipeline executes when you execute the Control-M job.

Parameters

Defines specific parameters, in JSON format, that are passed when the data pipeline executes.

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 {"var1":"value1", "var2":"value2"}

Status Polling Frequency

Determines the number of seconds to wait before checking the status of the Data Factory job.

Set to 120 seconds or longer for jobs that execute for more than an hour.

Default: 45

Failure Tolerance

Determines the number of times to check the job status before ending Not OK.

Default: 3

Boomi AtomSphere Job

Boomi Atomsphere enables you to develop, test, and run applications in the cloud.

The following table describes the Boomi job attributes.

Parameter

Description

Connection Profile

Determines the authorization credentials that are used to connect Control-M to Boomi AtomSphere.

Atom Name

Defines the name of a Boomi Atom associated with the Boomi process.

Process Name

Defines the name of a Boomi process associated with the Boomi Atom.

Status Polling Frequency

Determines the number of seconds to wait before checking the status of the job between intervals.

Default: 20 seconds

Tolerance

Determines the number of times to check the job status before ending Not OK. If the API call that checks the execution status fails due to the Boomi limitation of a maximum of 5 calls per second, it will retry again according to the number in the Tolerance field.

Default: 3 times

GCP Dataprep Job

GCP Dataprep enables you to visualize, format, and prepare your data for analysis.

The following table describes the GCP Dataprep job attributes.

Attribute

Description

Connection Profile

Determines the authorization credentials that are used to connect Control-M to GCP Dataprep.

Rules:

  • Characters: 1−30

  • Case Sensitive: Yes

  • Invalid Characters: Blank spaces.

Flow Name

Defines the name of the flow, which is the workspace where you format and prepare your data.

Parameters

Defines parameters that override the flow or its datasets when the job executes.

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{
   "schemaDriftOptions": {
      "schemaValidation": "true",
      "stopJobOnErrorsFound": "true" 
   }
}

For more information on parameter types, see the properties of runFlow service in the GCP Dataprep API documentation.

Execute Job with Idempotency Token

Determines whether to execute the job with an idempotency token.

Idempotency Token

Defines a unique ID (idempotency token), which guarantees that the job executes only once.

Default: Control-M-Idem-%%ORDERID

Status Polling Frequency

Determines the number of seconds to wait before checking the status of the job.

Default: 10

Failure Tolerance

Determines the number of times to check the job status before ending Not OK.

Default: 2

Informatica Job

Informatica enables you to automate tasks or workflows based on the parameters you define.

The following table describes the Informatica job attributes.

Attribute

Description

Connection Profile

Determines the authorization credentials that are used to connect Control-M to Informatica.

Rules:

  • Characters: 1−30

  • Case Sensitive: Yes

  • Invalid Characters: Blank spaces.

Variable Name: %%INF-ACCOUNT

Repository Folder

Defines the repository folder that contains the workflow that you want to execute.

Variable Name: %%INF-REP_FOLDER

Workflow

Defines the workflow that you want to execute.

Variable Name: %%INF-WORKFLOW

Instance Name

Defines the specific instance of the workflow that you want to execute.

Variable Name: %%INF-INSTANCE_NAME

OS Profile

Enables you to specify an OS profile when executing or re-executing an Informatica job.

Run Options

Defines the workflow task hierarchy.

Depth

Determines the number of levels within the workflow task hierarchy that are used to select workflow tasks.

Default: 10

Variable Name: %%INF- DEPTH

Run

Determines whether to execute the whole workflow, start from a specific task, or execute a single task as follows:

  • Run the Whole Workflow: Executes the whole workflow.

  • Start from Task: Starts the workflow from the task that you specify.

    Variable Name: %%INF- START_FROM_TASK

  • Run Single Task: Executes the task that you specify.

    Variable Name: %%INF-RUN_SINGLE_TASK

Parameters

Determines an array of parameters that is passed to the workflow.

Each parameter is comprised of the following:

  • Scope: Defines the scope of the parameter in an array definition.

  • Name: Defines the parameter name in an array definition.

  • Value: Defines the parameter value in an array definition.

Include Workflow Events Log in Job Output

Determines whether to include the workflow event log in the job outputClosedA tab in the job properties pane of the Monitoring domain where the job output appears that indicates whether a job ended OK, and is used, for example, with jobs that check file location..

Include Detailed Error Log for Failed Sessions

Determines whether to include a detailed error log for a workflow that failed.

Get Session Statistics and Log

Determines whether to retrieve session statistics and log messages.

Action on Rerun

Determines which operation is executed when the workflow is suspended, as follows:

  • Recover: Restarts a suspended workflow from the point of failure.

  • Force Restart: Restarts a suspended workflow from the beginning.

  • Force Restart from a Specific Task: Restarts the suspended workflow from the task that you define.

Variable Name: %%INF- RESTART_FROM_TASK

Workflow Parameters File

Defines the path and name of the workflow parameters file.

Variable Name: %%INF-WORKFLOW_PARAMETERS_FILE

Informatica CS Job

Informatica Cloud Services (CS) enable you to integrate and synchronize data, applications, and processes that reside on-premises or in the cloud.

The following table describes the Informatica Cloud Services job attributes.

Attribute

Description

Connection Profile

Determines the authorization credentials that are used to connect Control-M to Informatica Cloud Services.

Rules:

  • Characters: 1−30

  • Case Sensitive: Yes

  • Invalid Characters: Blank spaces.

Variable Name: %%INF-ACCOUNT

Task Type

Determines one of the following task types to execute on Informatica Cloud:

  • Mapping Task: A set of instructions that defines how data is transformed and moved from its source to its target system.

  • Masking Task: A data security technique that enables you to protect sensitive data while allowing it to be used for non-production purposes.

  • PowerCenter Task: A data integration tool that enables you to extract, transform, and load data from different sources into a unified target system.

  • Replication Task: A data replication solution that enables you to replicate and synchronize data across different systems and databases in real-time.

  • Synchronization Task: A data integration solution that enables you to synchronize data between different systems and databases, ensuring that data is consistent and up-to-date across all systems.

  • Linear Taskflow: A workflow automation feature that enables you to create and automate a sequence of tasks that are executed in a specific order, which helps streamline data integration and processing tasks.

  • Taskflow: A workflow automation feature that enables you to create complex workflows that orchestrate and automate data integration and processing tasks across multiple systems and platforms.

Use Federation ID

Determines whether to identify the task using a Federated Task ID, which is a unique identifier that is used track and manage tasks across distributed environments in a federated environment. This ID is generated by the Informatica domain and is important for monitoring and troubleshooting tasks.

This attribute is not required when you execute a taskflow.

Task Name

Defines the name of the task that executes on Informatica Cloud.

This attribute is not required when you execute a taskflow or use a Federated Task ID.

Folder Path

Defines the folder path of the task that executes on Informatica Cloud.

This attribute is required if you are using a Federated Task ID.

TaskFlow URL

Defines the service URL of the taskflow that executes on Informatica Cloud.

You can find this URL by clicking in the top, right corner of the TaskFlow main page of Informatica Data Integrator and clicking Properties Detail....

Rerun Suspended Taskflow

Determines whether to re-execute a suspended taskflow.

Input Fields

Defines input fields for a taskflow, in the following format:

input1=value1&input2=value2&input3=value3

Call Back URL

(Optional) Defines a publicly available URL where the job status is posted.

Rerun Run ID

Defines the Run ID to re-execute a suspended taskflow.

The Run ID is unique to each job execution and is available in the job output, next to the variable name RUN-UCM-RUNID.

Status Polling Frequency

Determines the number of seconds to wait before checking the status of the Informatica Cloud Services job.

Talend Data Management Job

The Talend Data Management job enables you to integrate your data management and integration tasks and plans from Talend with your existing Control-M workflows.

The following table describes Talend Data Management job attributes.

Attribute

Description

Connection Profile

Determines the authorization credentials that are used to connect Control-M to Talend Data Management.

Rules:

  • Characters: 1−30

  • Case Sensitive: Yes

  • Invalid Characters: Blank spaces.

Task/Plan Execution

Determines one of the following options for execution in Talend:

  • Execute Task

  • Execute Plan

Task Name /
Plan Name

Defines the name of the Talend task or plan to execute, as defined in the Tasks and Plans page in the Talend Management Console.

Parameters

(For a Task) Defines specific parameters, in JSON format, to pass when the Talend job executes.

All parameter names must contain the parameter_ prefix.

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{"parameter_param1":"value1", "parameter_param2":"value2"}

For no parameters, type {}.

Log Level

(For a task) Determines one of the following levels of detail in log messages for the triggered task in the Talend Management Console:

  • Information: All logs available.

  • Warning: Only warning logs.

  • Error: Only Error logs.

  • Off: No logs.

Bring logs to output

(For a task) Determines whether to show Talend log messages in the job output.

Default: unchecked

Task Polling Intervals /

Plan Polling Intervals

Determines the number of seconds to wait before checking the status of the triggered task or plan.

Default: 10 second