IBM DB2 (AS/400)
Connectivity Summary
An out-of-the-box connector is available for DB2 AS400 databases to support crawling database objects and profiling sample data.
The drivers used by the connector are given below:
Driver/API: JDBC driver Version: 10.5 Details: https://ovaledge-jars.s3.amazonaws.com/third_party_jars/jt400-jdk8-10.5.jar Note: Latest version is 10.6
Connector Capabilities
The following are the connector capabilities mentioned below:
Crawling
Supported objects for Crawling are given below:
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:
Connection details as specified in the following section should be available.
A User account with reading privileges.
Add DB2AS400 drivers into the OvalEdge Jar path to communicate with the DB2AS400 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 DB2AS400 database:
Database Type: DB2AS400
Connection Name: Select a Connection name for the DB2AS400 database. The name that you specify is a reference name to easily identify your DB2AS400 database connection in OvalEdge. Example: DB2AS400 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 DB2AS400. It will be auto-populated. Example: com.ibm.as400.access.AS400JDBCDriver
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.
Plugin Server/Port: NA
Once connectivity is established, additional configurations for Crawling and Profiling can be specified.
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
How much does the driver cost? The Microsoft JDBC Driver for DB2AS400 is available at no additional charge.
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