Data and Database Management Software
Software delivers visual data on demand with DB2 UDB v8.
Press Release Summary:
DB2® Query Management Facility (QMF(TM)) v8 offers data visualization, solution building, Web-enablement, and solution sharing capabilities. Platform provides support for drag-and-drop building of business analysis and reports as well as visual data appliances. Database explorer lets users browse and identify database assets and other objects, while QMF for WebSphere® allows Web browsers to become zero maintenance thin clients for visual on demand access to enterprise DB2 business data.
Original Press Release:
IBM DB2 QMF Version 8 - Delivers Visual Data On Demand with DB2 UDB for z/OS, V8
At a Glance
DB2 QMF Version 8 delivers:
o OLAP with DB2 Cube Views
o Drag and drop queries and analytics
o Executive dashboards
o DB2 V8 long name and other support
o Enabled for WebSphere Application Server
o Simplified packaging for easier ordering
Overview
DB2® Query Management Facility (QMF(TM)) Version 8 exploits key new capabilities of DB2 V8, creating an on demand business information platform to serve the needs of any role or responsibility across the enterprise.
Developed in parallel with DB2, and in use throughout the world across job functions, industries, and every DB2 database platform and economy of scale, DB2 QMF has been dramatically enhanced with new data visualization, solution building, Web-enablement, and solution sharing capabilities.
Now the DB2 QMF on demand platform provides users across the enterprise with:
o Support for DB2 UDB V8 functionality, including DB2 Cube Views, long names, Unicode, and enhancements to SQL
o Drag-and-drop building of OLAP analytics, SQL queries, pivot tables, and other business analysis and reports
o Visual data "appliances," such as executive dashboards, that offer unique, visually rich, interactive functionality and interfaces specific to virtually any type of information task
o A database explorer for easily browsing and identifying database assets and other objects they may reference
o QMF for WebSphere®, allowing ordinary Web browsers to become "zero maintenance" thin clients for visual on demand access to enterprise DB2 business data
With this release, DB2 QMF is offered in several simplified editions, allowing the enterprise to more easily apply its DB2 QMF on demand information strategy to single or multiple database and end user platforms. DB2 QMF Enterprise Edition includes:
o DB2 QMF for TSO/CICS®
o DB2 QMF High Performance Option (HPO)
o DB2 QMF for Windows®
o DB2 QMF for WebSphere
Shipment to customers in the Early Support Program will begin on May 16, 2003.
Key Prerequisites
o z/OS® Version 1 Release 3 Base Services (5694-A01), or later, executing in 64-bit addressing mode
o Any processor that supports z/Architecture(TM)
Planned Availability Date
May 16, 2003
