Connecting to DB2

Establishing a Connection shows how to authenticate to DB2 and configure any necessary connection properties. You can create a connection profile by clicking Get Data and selecting From DB2 on the CData ribbon.

Advanced Configurations

You can also configure add-in capabilities through the available Connection properties, from data modeling to firewall traversal. The Advanced Settings section shows how to set up more advanced add-in configurations and troubleshoot connection errors.

Configuring a Connection Profile

You can configure access control in a connection profile by defining the operations allowed against DB2 data and store the profile in the workbook to make the workbook easy to share. See Managing Connections for more configuration options for connection profiles.

Connecting from Excel

The add-in adds controls to the Excel ribbon, standard Excel formulas, and VBA classes for writing macros.

DB2 Version Support

Compatible with DRDA gateway protocol version 5 and newer. May also connect to DB2 server deployed DRDA gateway.

See Also

• See Using the Excel Add-In to work with DB2 data from the CData ribbon.
• By Writing Parameterized Queries in the From DB2 dialog, you can easily create a dynamic spreadsheet based on an underlying SQL SELECT query. Cell values provide the query's input parameters.
• Use the CData Excel Functions to execute multiple queries from the same sheet or to use cells and ranges to manipulate DB2 data.
• See Using the Excel Add-In (VBA) to write macros that can automate any of the capabilities available on the ribbon.