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.
    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 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 Assets > New asset > Connect to a data source. See Adding a connection to a project.
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

Where you can use this connection

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

Projects

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

  • Data Refinery (Watson Studio)
  • Decision Optimization (Watson Studio and Watson Machine Learning)
  • Notebooks (Watson Studio). Click Read data on the Code snippets pane 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)
  • Synthetic Data Generator (Synthetic Data Generator service)

Catalogs

  • Platform assets catalog

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) compliance

  • 4.8.0 and 4.8.1: This connection is compliant with FIPS if you installed Cloud Pak for Data on or prior to January, 22, 2024.
  • 4.8.2 and later: This connection is not compliant with FIPS, but it is FIPS-tolerant.

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