## Crawl Informatica CDI assets

URL: https://docs.atlan.com/apps/connectors/etl-tools/informatica-cdi/how-tos/crawl-informatica-cdi

> Crawl metadata from Informatica Cloud Data Integration to catalog projects, workflows, tasks, and mappings. Extract data transformation lineage after configuring cloud access.

Create a crawler workflow to automatically discover and catalog your [Informatica Cloud Data Integration](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/informatica-cdi/set-up-informatica-cdi/llms.txt) assets, including projects, workflows, tasks, and mappings to extract transformation lineage. After completing the prerequisite setup, you can crawl your Informatica Cloud environment to discover data pipelines and transformations. Review the [order of operations](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/catalog/connector-capabilities/order-workflows/llms.txt) for metadata enrichment workflows before starting.

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## Prerequisites

Before you begin, verify you have:
* Completed the [Set up Informatica CDI](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/informatica-cdi/set-up-informatica-cdi/llms.txt) guide
* Access to your Informatica Cloud environment
* Parameter files downloaded from your Secure Agent machines

## Create crawler workflow

Create a new workflow and select Informatica CDI as your connector source.

1. In your Atlan workspace, click **Connectors** in the left sidebar.
 * If you are using the **Old UI (Classic)**, click **New Workflow** in the top navigation.

2. Click **Marketplace**.

3. Search for **Informatica CDI Assets** and select it.

4. Click **Install**.

5. Once installation completes, click **Setup Workflow** on the same tile.

### Configure authentication

Set up secure access to your Informatica Cloud environment by providing connection credentials.

1. In the **Host** field, enter your Informatica CDI domain without the protocol or sub-region.

 > *Example — see full content on the documentation site.*

2. Enter the **Username** and **Password** for the user you created in the [Set up Informatica CDI](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/informatica-cdi/set-up-informatica-cdi/llms.txt) guide.

3. Select **Test Authentication** to verify connectivity to Informatica CDI.

4. After successful authentication, select **Next**.

### Configure connection

Set up connection management and define who can access and manage this connection.

1. Enter a **Connection Name** that represents your source environment. For example, use values like production, development, gold, or analytics.

2. To modify who can manage this connection, update the users or groups listed under **Connection Admins**. If you don't specify any user or group, no one can manage the connection, including admins.

3. Select **Next** to continue.

### Configure crawler

Set up what to crawl and configure advanced options for accurate lineage generation.

1. Configure metadata filters using the **Include Metadata** and **Exclude Metadata** fields. If an asset appears in both fields, the exclude metadata field takes precedence.
 * **Include Metadata**: Select the projects or folders you want to include in crawling. This defaults to all assets if none are specified.
 * **Exclude Metadata**: Select the projects or folders you want to exclude from crawling. This defaults to no assets if none are specified.
2. Configure advanced options for uploading parameter files:
 * Upload parameter files used by the Informatica CDI projects or folders in a compressed format.
 * **MIME types**: Windows ZIP or Linux Zip

### Run crawler

Execute the crawler to discover and catalog your Informatica CDI assets.

1. To run the crawler immediately, select **Run**.

2. To schedule the crawler to run hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly, select **Schedule & Run**.

After the crawler completes, you can view the assets on Atlan's asset page.

## See also

* [What does Atlan crawl from Informatica CDI](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/informatica-cdi/what-does-atlan-crawl-from-informatica-cdi/llms.txt): Understand the metadata and assets discovered during crawling

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