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• Bitemporal modeling with InfoSphere Data Architect, Part 1: Modeling application period temporal requirement

  Create a temporal logical data model, transform it into a physical model for DB2 for z/OS version 10, and then generate DDL with temporal-specific syntax that you can run on a database server.

• Integrating Rational Software Architect with InfoSphere Data Architect

  Make your application model and data model work together. This article provides a quick overview of RSA and IDA and outlines the high-level steps in three integration scenarios.

• Customize the style of applications generated with the User Interface Generator

  Learn how the styles generated by the IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management Workbench User Interface Generator can be modified to personalize any application.

• Running a successful project with the InfoSphere Master Data Management Workbench

  Harness the power of the MDM Workbench by using this set of best practices as a foundation for successfully managing your own projects and as a guide to avoiding common pitfalls.

• Shell sharing with InfoSphere Data Architect, Optim Development Studio, and Optim Database Administrator

  Learn how you can save disk space, eliminate duplication of components, and make these products work better together than they would alone when you share the Eclipse shell.

• Integrate InfoSphere Data Architect and Rational Team Concert

  Facilitate team collaboration and data asset modeling when you integrate these two tools using a shell sharing technique, resulting in improved team productivity and quality of work.

• Use InfoSphere Business Glossary to define a common business language among modeling tools

  Learn techniques to greatly reduce the variation in business definitions among complex modeling structures, which reduces the churn of getting IT to understand what the business requirements really mean.

• Scoping the IBM Industry Model for banking

  Understand the scoping process using IBM Enterprise Model Extender with IBM InfoSphere Data Architect, which can yield business objects that guide you to developing a meaningful logical data model.

• Using Cognos 8 BI with Rational Portfolio Manager

  Use Cognos BI with Open Data Access tool, a feature of Rational Portfolio Manager that provides an easy-to-understand database model to help you create reports.

• Import COBOL copybooks into IBM InfoSphere Data Architect

  Leverage the valuable information contained in your legacy data. Learn how to import COBOL copyfiles into InfoSphere Data Architect and use key capabilities such as modeling, visualization, and transformation.