Accessing data

Important: IBM Cloud Pak® for Data Version 4.8 will reach end of support (EOS) on 31 July, 2025. For more information, see the Discontinuance of service announcement for IBM Cloud Pak for Data Version 4.X.

Upgrade to IBM Software Hub Version 5.1 before IBM Cloud Pak for Data Version 4.8 reaches end of support. For more information, see Upgrading from IBM Cloud Pak for Data Version 4.8 to IBM Software Hub Version 5.1.

With IBM Cloud Pak for Data, you can connect to the different data sources in your enterprise so that everyone can find the data that they need quickly and easily.

Services Common core services Many of the following features rely on services or the Cloud Pak for Data common core services. If you can't find these features, the services that you need aren't installed. For more information, see Common core services.

You can create a connection to a supported data source from the Cloud Pak for Data web client. The steps that you follow depend on how the connection is used:
  • If you need to create a connection that can be used by various services, see Connecting to data sources.
  • If you are a data scientist, and you need to add data sets or data sources (connections) to your project, see Adding data to a project.
  • If you need to create a connection to an unsupported data source, contact your administrator to Import JDBC drivers.

You can search for the data that you need either from the toolbar, or from the catalog. See Searching for assets and artifacts across the platform.

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