About the Db2 collector
Use this collector to harvest metadata for Db2 tables and columns across the enterprise systems and make it searchable and discoverable in data.world. It is suitable for both self-hosted Db2 instances and managed Db2 instances, such as those hosted on AWS RDS.
Important
The Db2 collector can be run in the Cloud or on-premise using Docker or Jar files.
Note
The latest version of the Collector is 2.251. To view the release notes for this version and all previous versions, please go here.
What is cataloged
The collector catalogs the following information.
Note
The collector harvests all versions of overloaded functions and stored procedures. Each version has its own title/name in the catalog, but a distinct identifier.
Object | Information cataloged |
|---|---|
Columns | Name, Description, JDBC type, Column Type, Is Nullable, Default Value, Key type (Primary, foreign), column size, column index |
Table | Name, description, primary key, schema |
Views | Name, description, SQL definition |
Materialized View | Name, description |
Schema | Identifier, Name |
Database | Type, name, identifier, server, port, environment, JDBC URL |
Function | Name, Description, Function Type |
Stored Procedure | Name, Description, Stored Procedure Type |
Relationship between objects
By default, the harvested metadata includes catalog pages for the following resource types. Each catalog page has a relationship to the other related resource types. If the metadata presentation for this data source has been customized with the help of the data.world Solutions team, you may see other resource pages and relationships.
Resource page | Relationship |
|---|---|
Table | Columns |
View | Schema that contains Views, Columns that are part of Views |
Materialized View | Schema that contains Materialized Views, Columns that are part of Materialized Views |
Columns | Table |
Schema | Database that contains Schema, Table that is part of Schema, View that is part of Schema, Materialized View that is part of Schema |
Database | Schema contained in Database |
Authentication supported
The collector supports username/password authentication to Db2.