Midwest IMS RUG 09_2013 - IBM DB2 QMF 10 Family Overview and IMS JDBC.ppt

Advanced Technical Skills (ATS) North America

QMF Workstation for IMS Access

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Ken Blackman, IBM


QMF 10 introduced a new era for the QMF product family

New Eclipse-based user interface

Powerful new business analytics features and functions

Sophisticated dashboards for the business users and executives

Enterprise data access to many new data sources via JDBC IMS


Access to OLAP information (Essbase, MS Analysis Services, SAP/BW)

Metadata capabilities to facilitate ease of use

Mobile device support

… and more!

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Evolution of Target User Base

� QMF for TSO and High Performance Option

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Technical Users

� QMF for Windows

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� QMF for Windows/WebSphere V8

– Extends QMF to the web browser

– Introduces graphical reporting

All Business Users

� QMF for Workstation/WebSphere V10

– Intuitive visual solutions

– Personalized, non-technical GUI

– Enhanced security

– Support for OLAP & variety of DBs

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Evolution of QMF Objects


QMF for Workstation/WebSpheresupports:

� Queries, Forms, Procedures � Enhanced Visual Reports

� Visual Dashboards� Analytical queries

� Visual queries

QMF for TSO supports:

� Queries, Forms, Procedures


Dashboards of any shape, size, andcontent are supported. These is no

‘typical’ dashboard … a myriad of

possibilities are available - such as thisone created for an automotive customer.

QMF dashboards


Dashboards may contain a mixtureof output and styles. Objects may

be ‘wired’ together. For example,

a query result from IMS may beused to drive another query from

a DB2 data source.


QMF Graphical Reports

� Generate HTML or PDF graphical reports

� Draw data from one or more data sources

� Support optional cover sheets, summary

pages and report annexes


� Schedule at designated intervals and deploy

via the workstation, web, mobile device, or

email

� Directly embed reports within portals, custom

web sites, or web applications


Enhanced Analytics new query object called Analytics Query

� Standard statistical analysis methods

(regression, etc.)

� Predictive capabilities

� Forecasting capabilities

� Interoperate with IBM SPSS or other


� Interoperate with IBM SPSS or other

tools


QMF for Workstation and WebSphere

� Ad-hoc & prepared queries

– Create/edit/re-use QMF queries

– Apply groupings, aggregations and conditional formats and more

– One-click export to Excel, data files or DB

table

– One-click generation of reports from the data


� Tabular and graphical reports

– Generate QMF tabular reports or graphical

visual reports

– Highly customizable page-based layouts

– Draw data from any number of data sources

� QMF Dashboards

– Customized, interactive data visualizations

– Rapid authoring model


QMF on the Web and enhanced mobile support

� QMF for WebSphere

– Disseminate queries, reports and dashboards to

users across the enterprise for all browsers and platforms

– Create, run and share queries on the Web

– Run and share reports on the Web

– Deploy dashboards to business users as stand-


alone solutions or embedded within web pages and web applications

– Deploy to mobile devices (iPad, Android)

� Ability to render content in

– Pure HTML & JavaScript*

– Adobe Flash Player

– PDF

– Excel


Query creation for the ‘casual’ End User

� Rapidly build and execute ad-hoc queries without SQL skills

� Develop queries with a ‘query diagram’ designer:

– ER diagrams provide pre-built data schemas

– Easily define columns, conditions, aggregations, sorting options, and order of columns

� Step-by-step development with a ‘prompted query builder’:


� Step-by-step development with a ‘prompted query builder’:

– Leads the user through the query development process

– Each aspect of the query (tables, columns etc.) is

assigned a panel for easy navigation

� Diagram designer and prompted interfaces are available in

both the workstation and web user interfaces


Query creation for SQL users� Enter and edit SQL via the web or workstation

� Full-featured, colorized SQL editor includes code assist, code completion and dynamic parameter hints, increasing development productivity

� Users can move between the prompted diagram and SQL views, refining a given query with all three editor modes

� For example, a user could:


� For example, a user could:

– Define query tables by selecting elements

from a pre-existing data diagram

– Add query conditions using the expression

designer within the prompted query view

– Add final refinements via the SQL editor

(such as nested SQL or unions)


QMF Repositories

� Repositories provide a logical grouping of QMF objects (queries, procedures, visual reports, and visual dashboards and applications) and contain the database connection information and resource limits

– Define the JDBC driver library

– Configure the repository storage

– Create a shared repository


– Create a shared repository

– Define the connection to the database

– Create the repository connection


QMF Security Permissions

� Repositories

– Internal security, you must specify the user name and password that will identify the QMF administrator account

– LDAP

• Active Directory single sign-on is available with LDAP providers only

� Permissions

– Full: grants the user or group permission to perform all functions (edit, view,

browse and delete) on the repository object.


browse and delete) on the repository object.

– Edit: grants the user or group permission to make changes to, as well as

view and browse, the repository object.

– Browse: grants the user or group permission to see the contents of the

repository object. Browse privileges on a query object allows a user to open and run the query

– View: grants the user or group permission to see the repository object listed

in the repository. They cannot open or run the object.

– None: denies the user or group permission to see that the repository object is

included in the repository.


QMF Resource Limits

� Resource limits help you manage resource consumption on a database data source.

� Resource limits can be applied globally to data sources or they can be applied to individual queries that access any data source

� Data source and query resource limits allow you to control resource consumption on a per user, group, day of the week, or time of day basis.


time of day basis.


Operational Business Intelligence - IMS access with QMF� Increase the value of your IMS investment

– JDBC Open Data Access to IMS in a managed environment

– Users graphically construct ad-hoc IMS queries

– Create reports and dashboards that draw directly from IMS data

– Roll out web-based graphical content that blends IMS data with relational and

multi-dimensional data sources


– Incorporate IMS data within federated queries

– QMF’s JDBC workloads are zAAP eligible

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IMS Integration with QMF

IMS Open Database:

•IMS allows distributed access over TCP/IP using the IMS Universal Database Driver (JDBC)

•IMS Connect and Open Database Manager now work together as a DRDA server for IMS data

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How to get the IMS Universal DriversThe IMS Universal Drivers are shipped with IMS.

� The IMS distribution libraries (DLIBs) contain the master copy of elements in IMS and

can be used to restore SYSMODs in the target library or to rebuild a target environment.

These data sets are maintained by SMP/E.

� The IMS.ADFSJHFS: ADFSJHFS contains the type-2 and type-4 Universal driver Java

class libraries used for IMS DB access through the JDBC and DLI for Java interfaces.

� The TLIB data sets are the IMS SMP/E target libraries (SYSLIBs), and are the libraries that are used to run and use IMS.

� The IMS HFS data sets contain

– SDFSJCIC: Maps to PathPrefix/usr/lpp/ims/imsnn/imsjava/classic/cics/IBM/


– SDFSJCIC: Maps to PathPrefix/usr/lpp/ims/imsnn/imsjava/classic/cics/IBM/

– SDFSJHFS: Maps to PathPrefix/usr/lpp/ims/imsnn/imsjava/IBM/

– SDFSJSAM: Maps to PathPrefix/usr/lpp/ims/imsnn/imsjava/ivp/IBM/

– SDFSJRAR: Maps to PathPrefix/usr/lpp/ims/imsnn/imsjava/IBM/

– SDFSJCPI: Maps to PathPrefix/usr/lpp/ims/imsnn/imsjava/classic/IBM/

– SDFSJTOL: Maps to PathPrefix/usr/lpp/ims/imsnn/imsjava/classic/dlimodel/IBM/

– SDFSJCPS: Maps to PathPrefix/usr/lpp/ims/imsnn/imsjava/classic/classic/ivp/IBM/

– SDFSIC4J: Maps to PathPrefix/usr/lpp/ims/imsnn/ico/IBM/

� The IMS Universal JDBC driver (imsudb.jar) is used to make SQL calls with the JDBC API and can be download as a binary file from HFS path: PathPrefix/usr/lpp/ims/imsnn/imsjava/IBM/ where nn is the IMS version you have installed


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QMF Enterprise Edition 10 Summary

QMF is a viable, enterprise-wide business analytics suite

It has a new UI, data sources, deployment options, dashboard and predictive analytics capability

Administration and installation options have been greatly simplified as


Administration and installation options have been greatly simplified as well as expanded to provide a wide range of possibilities

QMF continues to be a feature of DB2 for z/OS, but may be installed anddeployed on any server in an enterprise at no additional cost

Sophisticated new functions have been added such as data federation,new metadata support, and a new analytics query style

QMF supports an ever expanding number of users and user types such asmobile devices (e.g. iPad and more)

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Midwest IMS RUG 09_2013 - IBM DB2 QMF 10 Family Overview and IMS JDBC.ppt