To access your data in IBM Db2 Warehouse, create a connection asset for it.
IBM Db2 Warehouse is an analytics data warehouse that gives you a high level of control over your data and applications. You can use the IBM Db2 Warehouse connection to connect to a database in these products:
- IBM Db2 Warehouse in IBM Cloud
- IBM Db2 Warehouse on-prem
Create a connection to Db2 Warehouse
To create the connection asset, you need these connection details:
- Database name
- Hostname or IP address of the database server
- Port number
- API key or Username and password
- Application name (optional): The name of the application that is currently using the connection. For information, see Client info properties support by the IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC and SQLJ.
- Client accounting information (optional): The value of the accounting string from the client information that is specified for the connection. For information, see Client info properties support by the IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC and SQLJ.
- Client hostname (optional): The hostname of the machine on which the application that is using the connection is running. For information, see Client info properties support by the IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC and SQLJ.
- Client user (optional): The name of the user on whose behalf the application that is using the connection is running. For information, see Client info properties support by the IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC and SQLJ.
- SSL certificate (if required by the database server)
Authenticating with an API Key
Db2 Warehouse in IBM Cloud
First add the user ID as an IAM user or as a service ID. For instructions, see the Console user experience section of the Identity and access management (IAM) on IBM Cloud topic.
If users want to authenticate with Db2 Warehouse with an IAM API key, the administrator of the Db2 Warehouse instance can add the IAM users by using the User management console, and then the users can each create an API key for themselves by using the IAM access management console.
Db2 Warehouse setup
- IBM Db2 Warehouse on Cloud: Getting started with Db2 Warehouse on Cloud
- IBM Db2 Warehouse on-prem: Setting up Db2 Warehouse
Running SQL statements
To ensure that your SQL statements run correctly, refer to the product documentation in Learn more for the correct syntax.
Known issue
On Data Refinery, system-level schemas aren’t filtered out.
Learn more
- IBM Db2 Warehouse on Cloud product documentation (IBM Cloud)
- IBM Db2 Warehouse on-prem product documentation
Parent topic: Supported connections