Informatica Prerequisites

Before you start, make sure you have:

1. An Informatica Cloud Secure Agent that is installed, registered, and running. See
   https://docs.informatica.com/integration-cloud/cloud-data-integration/currentversion/getting-started/installing-secure-agents/secure-agent-installation-onwindows/downloading-and-installing-the-secure-agent-on-windows.html
2. Knowledge of how to use Informatica Cloud, including:
   • For synchronization task: how to use the synchronization task wizard
   • For mapping: how to create a Connection using the Flat File Connector
3. On the same machine where the Informatica Secure Agent is installed:
   • Verify knowledge of your Informatica Connection properties, such as the Runtime Environment and the absolute path to a directory you can use as your output directory for Export.

Set the following in your operating system environment variables:

JAVA_TOOLS_OPTIONS=-Dfile.encoding=UTF8

This ensures greater usability for customers using non-English characters