To get started in IBM® Data
Studio, you need to understand
how the Data Studio client
works with the Data Studio web
console. If you are familiar with the DB2® Control
Center, you can also learn which Data Studio functions are available
for tasks that you did in the Control Center.
See the following overview topics to learn about the Data Studio
components:
Configuring
Use the following
links to help you get started with the high-level configuration tasks:
Task launchers and tutorials
Use
a Task Launcher and view the tutorials to help you get started in IBM Data
Studio.
- Task Launchers
- Use the Task Launchers to help you get started with some configuration
tasks and other high-level tasks.
- Data Studio client
- The high-level tasks in the Task Launcher of the Data Studio client include designing,
developing, administering, tuning, and monitoring databases. The Task
Launcher opens when you start the Data Studio client, or you can
open it by clicking .
Figure 1. The Data Studio client Task Launcher.
- Data Studio web console
- The high-level tasks in the Task Launcher in the Data Studio web console include
managing database jobs, and viewing health summaries, alerts, and
application connections. The Task Launcher opens when you first start
the Data Studio web console,
or you can open it by clicking .
Figure 2. The Data Studio web console Task Launcher.
- Tutorials
- The following tutorials can help you get started with the Data Studio client:
- If you are new to the Eclipse development environment, view the
Eclipse Basic tutorial. Click the link, then click the Show in Table of Contents icon in the
information center to see the entire tutorial.
- Several tutorials are available to help you get started with Data Studio. To
access tutorials, expand the Tutorials category in the Contents pane
of information center.
Videos and lessons
View
the training videos in the getting started lessons at BigDataUniversity to
learn about the basics in IBM Data
Studio: Data Studio Essential Training.
Data Studio functions to replace
the Control Center tools
You can use Data Studio to perform the tasks
that you previously performed with the Control Center tools. For a
list of Control Center tools and the corresponding Data Studio functions, see the Control Center tools have been deprecated topic
in the IBM DB2 9.7 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Information Center.