Create a non-reusable session out of reusable in Informatica

There is an easy way to create a non-reusable object in Informatica PowerCenter out of a reusable one. This is specially useful when you want to change some settings of the session, so instead of copying the existing one you can drag the non-reusable session directly to workflow and edit the settings there.

A reusable object has the green “cycle” icon in the left corner:

Reusable_session

Notice that a non-reusable session doesn’t have that icon:

Non_reusable_session

How to create the non-reusable session out of a reusable one?

Drag a session (or other object) and just before you drop it in the Designer area hold the CTRL key.

Non_reusable_session

When you’ll hold the CTRL key you can notice that the cursor changed and now has a small  ‘+’ icon. Now you can release the object and you’ll get a non-reusable one.