Valid For

Extract and Replicat

Description

Use the SOURCECATALOG parameter to specify one of the following for subsequent TABLE or MAP statements that contain two-part names, where three-part object names are required to fully identify a default source Oracle pluggable database (PDB)

This parameter provides an efficient alternative to specifying the full three-part object name (container.schema.object or catalog.schema.object) when specifying source objects from an Oracle consolidated database. Only the two-part name (schema.object) need be specified in subsequent TABLE or MAP statements when SOURCECATALOG is used. You can use multiple instances of SOURCECATALOG to specify different default containers or catalogs for different sets of TABLE statements (or SEQUENCE statements, if Oracle).

Three-part name specifications encountered after SOURCECATALOG override the SOURCECATALOG specification in a TABLE statement, MAP statement, or other parameter that takes object names as input.

Default

None

Syntax

SOURCECATALOG {container}

container

The name of an Oracle pluggable database that contains the specified objects in the TABLE of MAP statement.

Example

In the following example, SOURCECATALOG is used to specify three different source Oracle PDBs in an Extract parameter file.

SOURCECATALOG FINANCE 
TABLE SAP.*; 
TABLE REPORTS.*; 
SOURCECATALOG HR 
TABLE SIEBEL.*; 
TABLE REPORTS.*; 
SOURCECATALOG MFG 
TABLE CUSTOMER.ORDERS; 
TABLE REPORTS.*; 
TABLE HQ.LOCATIONS.*; 

In this example, Extract captures the following:

• All tables in the SAP and REPORTS schemas in the FINANCE PDB.

• All tables in the SIEBEL and REPORTS schemas in the HR PDB.

• All tables in the CUSTOMER and REPORTS schemas in the MFG PDB.

• For the last TABLE statement, Extract captures all tables in the LOCATIONS schema in the HQ PDB. This statement is a fully qualified three-part name and overrides the previous SOURCECATALOG specification.