Hub Configuration and Management Flashcards

In Informatica MDM Hub, what does SIF stand for and what is its primary role?

Answer: Services Integration Framework — provides an API for external applications to read and write MDM Hub data

SIF (Services Integration Framework) exposes MDM Hub operations as web services, allowing external applications to query golden records, trigger merges, and update data programmatically.

Which MDM Hub feature allows administrators to track how a golden record's field values have changed over time?

Answer: Timeline Manager

Timeline Manager provides a temporal view of golden record changes, showing which source contributed which value at each point in time.

What is the purpose of the 'Hierarchy Manager' in Informatica MDM Hub?

Answer: To define and manage relationships between base object records, such as parent-child or many-to-many associations

Hierarchy Manager lets MDM administrators model and visualize complex entity relationships—like organization charts or product hierarchies—on top of the consolidated golden records.

In MDM Hub, what happens during an 'unmerge' operation?

Answer: Previously merged cross-reference records are separated and each becomes its own independent golden record

An unmerge splits a consolidated golden record back into its constituent source records, each of which re-enters the match queue for potential re-consolidation.

Which Informatica MDM Hub deployment artifact contains the entire Hub configuration—including base objects, match rules, and mappings—and is used for environment promotion?

Answer: Hub Configuration Export (HCI) package

An HCI (Hub Configuration Import/Export) package captures the full MDM Hub metadata configuration, enabling migration of settings from development to production without manual reconfiguration.

When a source system is configured in MDM Hub as a 'trust-only' source, what does this mean?

Answer: The source can contribute field values to the BVT calculation but cannot add new records to the base object

A trust-only source participates in survivorship to influence which field values appear in the golden record, but it cannot independently create new golden records.

What is the role of the 'delta detection' feature in MDM Hub's staging process?

Answer: It identifies and processes only records that have changed since the last load, reducing processing overhead

Delta detection compares incoming landing records against previously staged data and skips unchanged records, significantly improving incremental load performance.