# IBM Db2 connection #

To access your data in an IBM Db2 database, you must create a connection asset for it\.

IBM Db2 is a database that contains relational data\.

## Supported versions ##

IBM Db2 10\.1 and later

## Create a connection to Db2 ##

To create the connection asset, you need the following connection details:

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 *  **Database**
 *  **Hostname or IP address**
 *  **Username and password** See [Credentials](https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/docs/content/wsj/manage-data/conn-db2.html?context=cdpaas&locale=en#creds)\.
 *  **Port**
 *  **Application name** (optional): The name of the application that is currently using the connection\. For information, see [Client info properties support by the IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC and SQLJ](https://www.ibm.com/docs/SSEPGG_11.5.0/Javadocs/src/tpc/imjcc_r0052001.html)\.
 *  **Client accounting information** (optional): The value of the accounting string from the client information that is specified for the connection\. For information, see [Client info properties support by the IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC and SQLJ](https://www.ibm.com/docs/SSEPGG_11.5.0/Javadocs/src/tpc/imjcc_r0052001.html)\.
 *  **Client hostname** (optional): The hostname of the machine on which the application that is using the connection is running\. For information, see [Client info properties support by the IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC and SQLJ](https://www.ibm.com/docs/SSEPGG_11.5.0/Javadocs/src/tpc/imjcc_r0052001.html)\.
 *  **Client user** (optional): The name of the user on whose behalf the application that is using the connection is running\. For information, see [Client info properties support by the IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC and SQLJ](https://www.ibm.com/docs/SSEPGG_11.5.0/Javadocs/src/tpc/imjcc_r0052001.html)\.

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 *  **SSL certificate** (if required by your database server)

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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](https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/docs/content/wsj/manage-data/securingconn.html)\.

### 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](https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/docs/content/wsj/manage-data/create-conn.html)\.

**In a deployment space** : Click **Add to space > Connection**\. See [Adding connections to a deployment space](https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/docs/content/wsj/analyze-data/ml-space-add-assets.html)\.

**In the Platform assets catalog** : Click **New connection**\. See [Adding platform connections](https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/docs/content/wsj/manage-data/platform-conn.html)\.

### Next step: Add data assets from the connection ###

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 *  See [Add data from a connection in a project](https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/docs/content/wsj/manage-data/connected-data.html)\.

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## Where you can use this connection ##

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

**Projects**

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 *  Data Refinery
 *  Decision Optimization
 *  Notebooks\. 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](https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/docs/content/wsj/analyze-data/load-and-access-data.html#conns)\.
 *  SPSS Modeler
 *  Synthetic Data Generator

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**Catalogs**

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 *  Platform assets catalog

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### Running SQL statements ###

To ensure that your SQL statements run correctly, refer to the [Structured Query Language (SQL)](https://www.ibm.com/docs/SSEPGG_11.5.0/com.ibm.db2.luw.sql.ref.doc/doc/c0004100.html) topic in the IBM Db2 product documentation for the correct syntax\.

## Learn more ##

[IBM Db2 product documentation](https://www.ibm.com/docs/db2)

**Parent topic:**[Supported connections](https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/docs/content/wsj/manage-data/conn_types.html)

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