1. In a computing environment, a method of changing an integration process source, the method comprising: connecting an integration process to a first set of inputs, the first set of inputs comprising one or more inputs, wherein the integration process comprises one or more data transformation operations using the inputs; receiving metadata about one or more of the inputs in the first set of inputs; caching the metadata about one or more of the inputs in the first set of inputs; and connecting the integration process to a second set of inputs based on the cached metadata about one or more of the inputs in the first set of inputs.