Data masking is the most valuable feature of Informatica Test Data Management (TDM), praised for its consistency across heterogeneous data sources. Users appreciate its data discovery, subsetting, and generation capabilities. The tool's default and customizable masking rules, dynamic masking, built-in policy packs, integration with other platforms, and efficient GUI enhance its usability. The ability to automate workflows streamlines the test cycle, making it essential for safeguarding sensitive production data.
- "We do not need to write complex SQL statements as the solution provides a GUI to perform activities."
- "The tool enabled us to leverage Teradata Parallel Transporter to write the masked data efficiently to our Teradata warehouse."
- "Organizations working on different projects can benefit from this tool."
Informatica Test Data Management (TDM) needs methods for masking data in the cloud, stronger data discovery, and policy packs. Users suggest more transformations, improved help files, and better UI design. Challenges include compatibility issues with big data in SAP environments, lack of integration with Informatica's data governance suite, complex user experience, lag in opening the console, unclear logs, and difficulty handling more than 80 columns at once. Improved DevOps support in CI/CD environments is also desired.
- "There is a lag while opening the console, which is a concern from my end."
- "The UI experience is a little bit old. When applying more than 80 columns, it means doing it in phases, as it won't allow it in one go."
- "Probably the ideal time testing site, utilizing self-service for real-time testing, could be an area for improvement."