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 two choices:

Enter your username and password for the server.
Select platform login credentials.
You can use this option only if the Db2 Big SQL service is hosted on the instance of Cloud Pak for Data that you are connecting to.

For Private connectivity, to connect to a database that is not externalized to the internet (for example, behind a firewall), you must set up a secure connection.

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

In a project: Click Assets > New asset > Connect to a data source. 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 Import assets > Data access > Connection. See Adding data assets to a deployment space.
In the Platform assets catalog: Click New connection. See Adding platform connections.

Next step: Add data assets from the connection

Where you can use this connection

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

Projects

Data Refinery (watsonx.ai Studio or IBM Knowledge Catalog)
DataStage (DataStage service). See Connecting to a data source in DataStage.
Decision Optimization (watsonx.ai Studio and watsonx.ai Runtime)
Metadata enrichment (IBM Knowledge Catalog)
Metadata import (IBM Knowledge Catalog)
SPSS Modeler (watsonx.ai Studio)

Catalogs

Platform assets catalog
Other catalogs (IBM Knowledge Catalog)

Watson Query service: You can connect to this data source from Watson Query.

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