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You can create connections to one or more DB2 databases from

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Info

NOTE: Only connections to DB2 for Windows and Unix/Linux are supported.



Pre-requisites

  • If you haven't done so already, you must create and deploy an encryption key file for the 

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     to be shared by all relational connections. For more information, see Create Encryption Key File

Configure

To create this connection:

  • In the Import Data page, click the Plus sign. Then, select the Relational tab. Click the DB2 card. 
  • You can also create connections through the Connections page. See Connections Page.

For additional details on creating an Oracle connection, see Enable Relational Connections.

This connection can also be created using the API. 

Modify the following properties as needed:

PropertyDescription
Host
Enter your hostname. Example:

 

Code Block
myDB2.example.com
PortSet this value to 50000.
Connect String Options

Please insert any connection options as a string here.

Database NameEnter the name of the DB2 database to which to connect.
User Name(basic credential type only) Username to use to connect to the database.
Password(basic credential type only) Password associated with the above username.
Test ConnectionAfter you have defined the connection credentials type, credentials, and connection string, you can validate those credentials.
Default Column Data Type Inference

Set to disabled to prevent the product from applying its own type inference to each column on import. The default value is enabled.

Connection NameDisplay name of the connection
Connection DescriptionDescription of the connection, which appears in the application.

Reference

Connection URL

The properties that you provide are inserted into the following URL, which connects 

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 to the connection:

Code Block
jdbc:trifacta:db2://<host>:<port>

Connect string options

The connect string options are optional. If you are passing additional properties and values to complete the connection, the connect string options must be structured in the following manner:

Code Block
;<prop1>=<val1>;<prop2>=<val2>;...

where:

  • <prop> : the name of the property
  • <val> : the value for the property

delimiters:

  • ; : any set of connect string options must begin and end with a semi-colon.
  • = : property names and values must be separated with an equal sign (=).

Driver Information

This connection uses the following driver:

Use

For more information, see Database Browser.

Data Conversion

For more information on how values are converted during input and output with this database, see DB2 Data Type Conversions.