Integrate Adobe Target Data in Your Informatica Cloud Instance

Informatica Cloud allows you to perform extract, transform, and load (ETL) tasks in the cloud. With the Cloud Secure Agent and the CData JDBC Driver for Adobe Target, you get live access to Adobe Target data, directly within Informatica Cloud. In this article, we will walk through downloading and registering the Cloud Secure Agent, connecting to Adobe Target through the JDBC Driver and generating a mapping that can be used in any Informatica Cloud process.

Informatica Cloud Secure Agent

To work with the Adobe Target data through the JDBC Driver, install the Cloud Secure Agent.

1. Navigate to the Administrator page in Informatica Cloud
2. Select the Runtime Environments tab
3. Click "Download Secure Agent"
4. Make note of the Install Token
5. Run the installer on the client machine and register the Cloud Secure Agent with your username and install token

NOTE: It may take some time for all of the Cloud Secure Agent services to get up and running.

Connecting to the Adobe Target JDBC Driver

With the Cloud Secure Agent installed and running, you are ready to connect to Adobe Target through the JDBC Driver.

Adding the JDBC Driver to the Secure Agent Machine

1. Navigate to the following directory on the Secure Agent machine:

   %Secure Agent installation directory%/ext/connectors/thirdparty/

2. Create a folder and add the driver JAR file (cdata.jdbc.adobetarget.jar) based on the type of mapping that you want to configure.

   For mappings, create the following folder and add the driver JAR file:

   informatica.jdbc_v2/common

   For mappings in advanced mode, also create the following folder and add the driver JAR file:

   informatica.jdbc_v2/spark

3. Restart the Secure Agent.

Connecting to Adobe Target in Informatica Cloud

• Connection Name: Name your connection (i.e.: CData Adobe Target Connection)
• Type: Select "JDBC_V2"
• Runtime Environment: Select the runtime environment where you installed the Secure Agent
• JDBC Driver Class Name: The name of the JDBC driver class: cdata.jdbc.adobetarget.AdobeTargetDriver
• JDBC Connection URL: Set this to the JDBC URL for Adobe Target. Your URL will look similar to the following:
  
  

  jdbc:adobetarget:Tenant=mycompanyname;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;

  To connect to Adobe Target, you must provide the Tenant property along with OAuth connection properties mentioned below. Note that while other connection properties can influence processing behavior, they do not affect the ability to connect.

  To determine your Tenant name:

  1. Log in to Adobe Experience. The URL will look similar to: "https://experience.adobe.com/#/@mycompanyname/preferences/general-section".
  2. Extract the value after the "/#/@". In this example, it is "mycompanyname".
  3. Set the Tenant connection property to that value.

  User Accounts (OAuth)

  You must set AuthScheme to OAuthClient for all user account flows.

  Note: Adobe authentication via OAuth requires updating your token every two weeks.

  All Applications

  CData provides an embedded OAuth application that simplifies OAuth authentication. Alternatively, you can create a custom OAuth application. Review Creating a Custom OAuth App in the Help documentation for more information.

  Obtaining the OAuth Access Token

  Set the following properties to connect:

  • InitiateOAuth: Set to GETANDREFRESH to automatically perform the OAuth exchange and refresh the OAuthAccessToken as needed.
  • OAuthClientId : Set to the client Id assigned when you registered your app.
  • OAuthClientSecret : Set to the client secret assigned when you registered your app.
  • CallbackURL : Set to the redirect URI defined when you registered your app. For example: https://localhost:3333

  With these settings, the provider obtains an access token from Adobe Target, which it uses to request data. The OAuth values are stored in the location specified by OAuthSettingsLocation, ensuring they persist across connections.

  Built-In Connection String Designer

  For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the Adobe Target JDBC Driver. Either double-click the .jar file or execute the .jar file from the command-line.

      java -jar cdata.jdbc.adobetarget.jar
      

  Fill in the connection properties and copy the connection string to the clipboard.

  
• Username: Set this to a placeholder value (since Adobe Target does not require a username)
• Password: Set this to a placeholder value (since Adobe Target does not require a password)

Create a Mapping for Adobe Target Data

With the connection to Adobe Target configured, we can now access Adobe Target data in any Informatica process. The steps below walk through creating a mapping for Adobe Target to another data target.

1. Navigate to the Data Integration page
2. Click New.. and select Mapping from the Mappings tab
3. Click the Source Object and in the Source tab, select the Connection and set the Source Type
4. Click "Select" to choose the table to map
5. In the Fields tab, select the fields from the Adobe Target table to map
6. Click the Target object and configure the Target source, table and fields. In the Field Mapping tab, map the source fields to the target fields.

With the mapping configured, you are ready to start integrating live Adobe Target data with any of the supported connections in Informatica Cloud. Download a free, 30-day trial of the CData JDBC Driver for Adobe Target and start working with your live Adobe Target data in Informatica Cloud today.