IBM Db2 Big SQL connection

To access your data in IBM Db2 Big SQL, create a connection asset for it.

IBM Db2 Big SQL is a high performance massively parallel processing (MPP) SQL engine for Hadoop that makes querying enterprise data from across the organization an easy and secure experience.

Supported versions

Db2 Big SQL for Version 4.1+

Create a connection to IBM Db2 Big SQL

To create the connection asset, you need these connection details:

• Database name
• Hostname or IP address
• Port number
• Username and password
• SSL certificate (if required by the database server)

Credentials

If you select Shared, enter your username and password for the server.

If you select Personal, you have one of three choices:

• Enter your username and password for the server manually.
• Use secrets from a vault.
• Select platform login credentials. This option is available only if the Db2 Big SQL service is deployed on the instance of Cloud Pak for Data where you are creating the connection.

For Credentials and Certificates, you can use secrets if a vault is configured for the platform and the service supports vaults. For information, see Using secrets from vaults in connections.

Choose the method for creating a connection based on where you are in the platform

In a project Click Add to project > Connection. See Adding a connection to a project.

In a catalog Click Add to catalog > Connection. See Adding a connection asset to a catalog.

In a deployment space Click Add to space > Connection. See Adding connections to a deployment space.

In the Platform assets catalog Click New connection. See Adding platform connections.

Next step: Add data assets from the connection

• See Add data from a connection in a project.
• See Add data from a connection in a catalog.

Where you can use this connection

You can use IBM Db2 Big SQL connections in the following workspaces and tools:

Analytics projects
This list provides examples of how an IBM Db2 Big SQL connection can be used.

• Data Refinery (Watson Studio or Watson Knowledge Catalog)
• DataStage (DataStage service)
• Metadata import (Watson Knowledge Catalog)
• Notebooks (Watson Studio). Use the insert-to-code function to get the connection credentials and load the data into a data structure. See Load data from data source connections.
• SPSS Modeler (SPSS Modeler service)

Catalogs

• Platform assets catalog
• Other catalogs (Watson Knowledge Catalog)

Data Virtualization service You can connect to this data source from Data Virtualization.

IBM Db2 Big SQL setup

Installing IBM Db2 Big SQL

Running SQL statements

To ensure that your SQL statements run correctly, refer to the IBM Db2 Big SQL documentation for the correct syntax.

Learn more

Db2 Big SQL documentation

Parent topic: Supported connections