Integrate Adobe Experience Manager 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 Experience Manager, you get live access to Adobe Experience Manager data, directly within Informatica Cloud. In this article, we will walk through downloading and registering the Cloud Secure Agent, connecting to Adobe Experience Manager 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 Experience Manager 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 Experience Manager JDBC Driver

With the Cloud Secure Agent installed and running, you are ready to connect to Adobe Experience Manager 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.adobeexperiencemanager.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 Experience Manager in Informatica Cloud

After installing the driver JAR file, you are ready to configure your connection to Adobe Experience Manager in Informatica Cloud. Start by clicking the Connections tab and clicking New Connection. Fill in the following properties for the connection:

• Connection Name: Name your connection (i.e.: CData Adobe Experience Manager 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.adobeexperiencemanager.AdobeExperienceManagerDriver
• JDBC Connection URL: Set this to the JDBC URL for Adobe Experience Manager. Your URL will look similar to the following:
  
  

  jdbc:adobeexperiencemanager:URL=https://author-p12345-e67890.adobeaemcloud.com/crx/server;User=admin;Password=admin;

  The driver connects to Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) instances that expose the JCR repository over WebDAV. It supports both on-premises AEM and AEM as a Cloud Service deployments.

  To establish a connection, set the following properties:

  • URL: The WebDAV-enabled JCR server URL.
    • AEM as a Cloud Service: https://author-pXXXXX-eXXXXX.adobeaemcloud.com/crx/server
    • Local development: http://localhost:4502/crx/server
  • User: Your AEM username.
  • Password: Your AEM password.

  Note: Tables are dynamically generated based on the JCR repository structure. Ensure that the configured user has sufficient permissions to access the required content paths in the AEM repository.

  Built-In Connection String Designer

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

      java -jar cdata.jdbc.adobeexperiencemanager.jar
      

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

  
• Username: Set this to the username for Adobe Experience Manager
• Password: Set this to the password for Adobe Experience Manager

Create a Mapping for Adobe Experience Manager Data

With the connection to Adobe Experience Manager configured, we can now access Adobe Experience Manager data in any Informatica process. The steps below walk through creating a mapping for Adobe Experience Manager 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 Experience Manager 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 Experience Manager data with any of the supported connections in Informatica Cloud. Download a free, 30-day trial of the CData JDBC Driver for Adobe Experience Manager and start working with your live Adobe Experience Manager data in Informatica Cloud today.