Quick Connect for Base Systems 2.4 - Administration Guide

Modifying an existing IBM DB2 connection

To modify connection settings

1. In the Quick Connect Administration Console, open the Connections tab.
2. Click Connection settings below the existing IBM DB2 connection you want to modify.
3. On the Connection Settings tab, click an appropriate item to expand it and use the options it provides.

   You can expand the following items:

   • Specify connection settings
   • Specify how to select and modify data
   • Advanced
   • Specify attributes to identify objects

   See the next subsections for the descriptions of these items.

4. When you are finished, click Save.

Specify connection settings

This expandable item provides the following options that allow you to modify the connection settings:

• IBM DB2 server. Type or select the fully qualified domain name of the IBM DB2 computer that hosts the database you want to participate in data synchronization operations. You can click Refresh to get a list of available IBM DB2 servers.
• Access IBM DB2 server using. Type the user name and password with which you want to access the IBM DB2 server.
• Connect to database. Type the name of the database to which you want to connect on the IBM DB2 server.
• Advanced. Click this button to specify additional parameters you want to add to the connection string that will be used to access the IBM DB2 server. Then, click the Add Parameter button to specify the name and value of the parameter you want to add to the connection string.
• Test Connection. Click this button to verify the specified connection settings.

Specify how to select and modify data

This expandable item provides the following options that allow you to specify the data you want to participate in the synchronization:

• Use data from this table. Allows you to select the database table that includes the data you want to participate in the synchronization operations. You can click Preview to preview the database table you have selected.
• Use an SQL query to specify data. Allows you to compose an SQL query that provides a more flexible way for specifying data for synchronization. For example, you can use this option to specify multiple database tables.
• Configure Settings. Click this button to specify settings for modifying data in the connected system during synchronization operations. For example, you can specify the database tables in which you want to insert, update, or delete data during synchronization operations.

Advanced

Allows you to configure the execution timeout for all SQL queries you specified in the connection settings (for example, those specified in the Specify How to Select and Modify Data option). Use the SQL query execution timeout box to type the timeout value you want to use.