Informix component

Overview

With the Informix component, you can produce fully customized Informix data flows in Semarchy xDI.

The database structure can be fully reverse-engineered and stored in xDI Metadata. You can then use it when designing mappings and processes to adapt your business rules according to your requirements.

Install the Informix Component

If you did not install it yet, install the Informix component in Designer by following the component installation process.

Third-party libraries

Due to licensing restrictions, we cannot distribute the Java libraries for this database. You must obtain them yourself.

After you have the necessary Informix libraries, create a Informix module for your project, and add the libraries to the module.

Supported features

Common features

Feature Description

Reverse

This technology can be reverse-engineered to xDI Metadata.

DDL/DML Operations

Supports DML/DDL operations, such as Insert, Update, Select, Delete, Create or Drop.

Integration Methods

  • Append

  • Incremental Update

Load Methods

  • Generic Load

Staging Methods

Can be used as a stage for data transformation, mutualization, and more. The following methods are supported:

  • Staging as Sub-Query

  • Staging as View

  • Staging as Table

Rejects

Supports defining Reject rules to detect or filter out specific data during integrations.

Replication

Supports replicating data to or from this technology using Replicators.

Change Data Capture (CDC)

Supports Change Data Capture (CDC), which allows you to capture, follow, and store all changes made when integrating data.

Sub-metadata support

The Informix component lets you create Sub-Metadata on Informix schema and query folder Metadata nodes.

To learn more about Sub-Metadata, see Work with Sub-metadata.