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TechZone Environment Guidance: watsonx.data SaaS

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A guided explanation on how to access watsonx.data SaaS TechZone Reservation. Recommended article for IBM Champions and new users to TechZone.

watsonx.data SaaS

Troubleshooting guide: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7182220

Product documentation: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/watsonxdata?topic=watsonxdata-getting-started

Access your resources:

Once you receive an email stating your reservation is ready, click on the reservation ID in your email to open the reservation. Additionally, you will receive an IBM Cloud Account invite as a separate email inviting you to the Cloud Account where your reservation is hosted.

Example Ready Email

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Example Cloud Account Invitation

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Once you have completed the above, navigate to your reservation and scroll to the bottom, looking for SaaS URL or URLs section. Once you have clicked on that, you will be redirected to the IBM Cloud Login page, please use the same credentials you use to access TechZone to login into IBM Cloud.

 Example Login

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Once you login and you will see the resources that this reservation provides. Navigate to the hamburger menu and click on resources to see the instances.

Example Resources

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Note: If you don’t see any resources and you are in the right account, please contact TechZone Support and ask for your invitation to be resent. Ensure you provide your reservation ID for faster resolution. Please follow the same process

Once you have logged in to the cloud, navigate to the resource list and find the watsonx.data instance. Select the instance and click 'Launch’.

Example Resource List

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Note: Depending on the purpose you select when reserving watsonx.data you might get a shared instance rather than a dedicated one. Permissions on a shared service are limited. For more details refer to the watsonx troubleshooting guide: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7182220#_Why_can%E2%80%99t_I_2

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Document Information

Modified date:
10 April 2025

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ibm17230599