108 Informatica IICS Interview Q&A in Simple Words – 2025 Edition
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by Rishab Informatica Group
1. What is the difference between Informatica PowerCenter and Informatica Cloud?+
2. What do you know about IICS?+
3. What is Runtime Environment in IICS?+
4. Where is metadata stored in IICS?+
5. What are the connections available in IICS?+
6. What is Mapping, Mapping Task, and Task Flow in IICS?+
7. What are some different methods to import data into Salesforce using Informatica Cloud?+
8. What are common challenges in data migration projects with IICS?+
9. What file types can be used as input sources in IICS?+
10. What are the advantages of Informatica over other cloud ETL tools like Talend or AWS?+
11. What is the purpose of Informatica and ETL?+
12. List different use cases in Informatica Cloud.+
13. What's the difference between data integration and data migration?+
14. What is PowerCenter?+
15. How does IaaS differ from SaaS and PaaS?+
16. Explain the runtime environment in Informatica Cloud (IICS)?+
17. Where does metadata get stored in Informatica Cloud (IICS)?+
18. What are the different connections in Informatica Cloud (IICS)?+
19. What are the objects available in IICS?+
20. What is the difference between Mapping and Mapping Task in IICS?+
21. What are Taskflows?+
22. What are different Taskflow types in IICS?+
23. Explain the main steps to create a Secure Agent in IICS.+
24. What is the purpose of a Secure Agent in IICS?+
25. How to monitor jobs in IICS?+
26. What are the different types of transformations in IICS?+
27. What are the best practices for designing a mapping in IICS?+
28. What is Dynamic Lookup in IICS?+
29. Explain Cloud Designer?+
30. Explain Synchronization Task?+
31. Differentiate Synchronization and Replication Task?+
32. Explain Mapping Configuration Task?+
33. Explain Hierarchical Schema in IICS?+
34. Explain Dynamic Linking+
35. Explain Mapping Areas of Cloud Designers?+
36. Explain Taskflow?+
37. Explain Informatica Cloud REST API?+
38. How do we read JSON source files in IICS?+
39. Explain the differentiator of Cloud Architecture?+
40. List some essential resources provided by the Informatica Cloud REST API+
41. What is the difference between a mapping and a task in IICS?+
42. How does Secure Agent work in Informatica Cloud?+
43. What is the use of Parameterization in IICS?+
44. What are the different task types in Informatica IICS?+
45. What is a Taskflow in IICS?+
46. Explain the role of a Decision Task in Taskflow.+
47. What is an Expression transformation used for?+
48. How do you implement error handling in IICS?+
49. What is the difference between IICS and PowerCenter?+
50. How can IICS connect to on-premise systems?+
51. Explain Lookup transformation in IICS.+
52. What are the types of parameters in IICS?+
53. What is the benefit of using task templates in IICS?+
54. What is a Mapping Configuration Task?+
55. What is a Data Synchronization Task?+
56. How to monitor jobs in IICS?+
57. What are REST and SOAP Web Services in CAI?+
58. What is a Service Connector in IICS CAI?+
59. How is scheduling managed in IICS?+
60. What are the key features of Informatica Cloud Application Integration (CAI)?+
61. What is parameterization in Informatica IICS?+
62. How does IICS support REST API integration?+
63. What is pushdown optimization in IICS?+
64. What is a hierarchical schema in IICS?+
65. How does IICS handle real-time data processing?+
66. What are Secure Agents in IICS?+
67. What is a Lookup transformation in IICS?+
68. What are the types of transformations available in IICS?+
69. What is a Taskflow in IICS?+
70. What is the difference between Mapping and Taskflow in IICS?+
71. What is a decision step in a Taskflow?+
72. What is the use of the Assignment step in Taskflow?+
73. How do you call a REST API in IICS CAI?+
74. What are the ways to pass parameters into a Mapping Task?+
75. What is the use of Source and Target transformations?+
76. What is CDC in IICS?+
77. What is the difference between Joiner and Lookup?+
78. Can we call a Taskflow from another Taskflow?+
79. How does IICS support versioning?+
80. How are errors handled in Taskflows?+
81. What is the use of Expression transformation?+
82. What is a Mapping Task?+
83. Can we run multiple tasks in parallel in a Taskflow?+
84. How can we handle file ingestion in IICS?+
85. What is the difference between Linear and Advanced Taskflows?+
86. What is the use of Service Connectors?+
87. How do you debug a Taskflow or Mapping in IICS?+
88. What are process objects in CAI?+
89. What are the deployment options in IICS?+
90. What are common causes for Taskflow failure?+
91. What is the difference between Service Connector and App Connector in IICS?+
92. How do you handle dynamic endpoints in Service Connectors?+
93. What are the types of APIs supported in IICS?+
94. What is a Process Object in IICS CAI?+
95. How can you schedule a Process in IICS?+
96. What is a Subprocess in IICS?+
97. What are Fault Handlers in IICS?+
98. How do you trigger IICS process via REST API?+
99. How do you handle parallel execution in IICS Taskflows?+
100. How can we monitor Taskflows in IICS?+
101. What is the use of Expression step in Taskflow?+
102. How can you stop Taskflow execution based on condition?+
103. What is the difference between a Human Task and Service Task in IICS?+
104. What is the difference between a Mapping Task and Synchronization Task?+
105. How can we call a Data Integration task from a Process in CAI?+
106. What is a Process Call step in IICS?+
107. How can you loop through records in a Process?+
108. How do you pass parameters between Taskflows and Processes?+
