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      DB2

      Connectivity Summary

      An out-of-the-box connector is available for DB2 databases to support crawling database objects and profiling sample data.

      The drivers used by the connector are given below:

      Driver/API: JDBC driver
      Version: 10.1
      Details: https://ovaledge-jars.s3.amazonaws.com/third_party_jars/db2jcc4-10.1.jar
      Note: Latest version is 11.1.1.1

      Connector Capabilities

      The following are the connector capabilities mentioned below:

      Crawling

      Supported objects and data types for Crawling are:

      Feature Supported Objects Remarks
      Crawling Tables  
      Table Columns

      Supported Data Types: Varchar, longvarchar, char, bigint, integer, decimal, smallint, float, date, time, timestamp.
      Views  
      Stored Procedures  
      Functions  
      Triggers  
      Relationships  

      Please see this article Crawling Data for more details on crawling.  

      Profiling

      For more details on profiling, please refer to Profiling Data

      Feature Support Remarks
      Table Profiling Row count, Columns count, View sample data  
      View Profiling Row count, Columns count, View sample data View is treated as a table for profiling purposes
      Column Profiling Min, Max, Null count, distinct, top 50 values  
      Full Profiling Supported  
      Sample Profiling Supported  

      Querying

      Operation Details
      Select Supported
      Insert Supported
      Update Supported
      Delete Supported
      Joins within database Supported
      Joins outside database Supported
      Aggregations Supported
      Group By Supported
      Order By Supported

      By default, the service account provided for the connector will be used for any query operations.

      Pre-requisites

      To use the connector, the following need to be available:

      1. Connection details as specified in the following section should be available.
      2. A User account with reading privileges.
      3. Add DB2 drivers into the OvalEdge Jar path to communicate with the DB2 database.
      Check the Configuration section for further details on how to add the drivers to the jar path.

      Connection Details

      The following are the connection settings that should be added for connecting to a DB2 database:

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      • Database Type: DB2
      • Connection Name: Select a Connection name for the DB2 database. The name that you specify is a reference name to easily identify your DB2 database connection in OvalEdge.
        Example: DB2 Connection 1
      • Hostname/IP Address: Database instance URL (on-premises/cloud-based)
        Example: 3.138.187.1
      • Port Number: 50005
      • Sid/Database: Name of the database to connect.
      • Username: User account login credential
      • Password: Password
      • Driver Name: DBC driver name for DB2. It will be auto-populated.
        Example: com.ibm.db2.jcc.DB2Driver
      • Connection String: DB2 connection string. Set the Connection string toggle button to automatic, to get the details automatically from the credentials provided. Alternatively, you can manually enter the string.
        Format: jdbc:db2://{server}:50005/{sid}
        Example: jdbc:db2://3.138.187.2:50005/test
      • License Type: Standard , Auto Lineage.
      • Plugin Server/Port: NA

      Once connectivity is established, additional configurations for Crawling and Profiling can be specified.

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      Profile Settings

      • Order: Priority of the rule
      • Start time and End time: Used when crawling/profiling is to be scheduled
      • No. of threads: No. of threads used to perform profiling
      • Profile Type: Disabled/Auto/Sample/Query
      • Row count Constraint: No. of rows to be fetched
      • Sample profile size: A sample profile row limit
      • Sample data count: A sample amount of data to profile
      • Query Timeout: Time to wait for a response
      • Crawler options: Procedures, Functions, Triggers & Views Source Code/Tables, Views & Columns/Relationship.
      • Profile options: Tables and Columns/Views and Columns
      • Crawler Rules: Include and Exclude Regex for table/column/procedures
      • Profile Rules: Include and Exclude Regex for table/column

      Points to note

      Port number can vary, default port number is 50005.

      FAQs

      1. How much does the driver cost?
        The Microsoft JDBC Driver for DB2  is available at no additional charge.