ETL DB2 in Oracle Data Integrator

Leverage existing skills by using the JDBC standard to read and write to DB2: Through drop-in integration into ETL tools like Oracle Data Integrator (ODI), the CData JDBC Driver for DB2 connects real-time DB2 data to your data warehouse, business intelligence, and Big Data technologies.

JDBC connectivity enables you to work with DB2 just as you would any other database in ODI. As with an RDBMS, you can use the driver to connect directly to the DB2 APIs in real time instead of working with flat files.

This article walks through a JDBC-based ETL -- DB2 to Oracle. After reverse engineering a data model of DB2 entities, you will create a mapping and select a data loading strategy -- since the driver supports SQL-92, this last step can easily be accomplished by selecting the built-in SQL to SQL Loading Knowledge Module.

Install the Driver

To install the driver, copy the driver JAR (cdata.jdbc.db2.jar) and .lic file (cdata.jdbc.db2.lic), located in the installation folder, into the ODI appropriate directory:

• UNIX/Linux without Agent: ~/.odi/oracledi/userlib
• UNIX/Linux with Agent: ~/.odi/oracledi/userlib and $ODI_HOME/odi/agent/lib
• Windows without Agent: %APPDATA%\Roaming\odi\oracledi\userlib
• Windows with Agent: %APPDATA%\odi\oracledi\userlib and %APPDATA%\odi\agent\lib

Restart ODI to complete the installation.

Reverse Engineer a Model

Reverse engineering the model retrieves metadata about the driver's relational view of DB2 data. After reverse engineering, you can query real-time DB2 data and create mappings based on DB2 tables.

1. In ODI, connect to your repository and click New -> Model and Topology Objects.
2. On the Model screen of the resulting dialog, enter the following information:
   • Name: Enter DB2.
   • Technology: Select Generic SQL (for ODI Version 12.2+, select Microsoft SQL Server).
   • Logical Schema: Enter DB2.
   • Context: Select Global.
3. On the Data Server screen of the resulting dialog, enter the following information:
   • Name: Enter DB2.
   • Driver List: Select Oracle JDBC Driver.
   • Driver: Enter cdata.jdbc.db2.DB2Driver
   • URL: Enter the JDBC URL containing the connection string.

     Set the following properties to connect to DB2:

     • Server: Set this to the name of the server running DB2.
     • Port: Set this to the port the DB2 server is listening on.
     • Database: Set this to the name of the DB2 database.
     • User: Set this to the username of a user allowed to access the database.
     • Password: Set this to the password of a user allowed to access the database.

     You will also need to install the corresponding DB2 driver:

     • Windows: Install the IBM Data Server Provider for .NET.

       On Windows, installing the IBM Data Server Provider is sufficient, as the installation registers it in the machine.config.

     • Java: Install the IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC.

       In the Java version, place the IBM Data Server Driver JAR in the www\WEB-INF\lib\ folder for this application.

     Built-in Connection String Designer

     For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the DB2 JDBC Driver. Either double-click the JAR file or execute the jar file from the command-line.

     java -jar cdata.jdbc.db2.jar

     Fill in the connection properties and copy the connection string to the clipboard.

     Below is a typical connection string:

     jdbc:db2:Server=10.0.1.2;Port=50000;User=admin;Password=admin;Database=test;
4. On the Physical Schema screen, enter the following information:
   • Name: Select from the Drop Down menu.
   • Database (Catalog): Enter CData.
   • Owner (Schema): If you select a Schema for DB2, enter the Schema selected, otherwise enter DB2.
   • Database (Work Catalog): Enter CData.
   • Owner (Work Schema): If you select a Schema for DB2, enter the Schema selected, otherwise enter DB2.
5. In the opened model click Reverse Engineer to retrieve the metadata for DB2 tables.

Edit and Save DB2 Data

After reverse engineering you can now work with DB2 data in ODI. To edit and save DB2 data, expand the Models accordion in the Designer navigator, right-click a table, and click Data. Click Refresh to pick up any changes to the data. Click Save Changes when you are finished making changes.

Create an ETL Project

Follow the steps below to create an ETL from DB2. You will load Orders entities into the sample data warehouse included in the ODI Getting Started VM.

1. Open SQL Developer and connect to your Oracle database. Right-click the node for your database in the Connections pane and click new SQL Worksheet.

   Alternatively you can use SQLPlus. From a command prompt enter the following:

   sqlplus / as sysdba
2. Enter the following query to create a new target table in the sample data warehouse, which is in the ODI_DEMO schema. The following query defines a few columns that match the Orders table in DB2: CREATE TABLE ODI_DEMO.TRG_ORDERS (FREIGHT NUMBER(20,0),OrderName VARCHAR2(255));
3. In ODI expand the Models accordion in the Designer navigator and double-click the Sales Administration node in the ODI_DEMO folder. The model is opened in the Model Editor.
4. Click Reverse Engineer. The TRG_ORDERS table is added to the model.
5. Right-click the Mappings node in your project and click New Mapping. Enter a name for the mapping and clear the Create Empty Dataset option. The Mapping Editor is displayed.
6. Drag the TRG_ORDERS table from the Sales Administration model onto the mapping.
7. Drag the Orders table from the DB2 model onto the mapping.
8. Click the source connector point and drag to the target connector point. The Attribute Matching dialog is displayed. For this example, use the default options. The target expressions are then displayed in the properties for the target columns.
9. Open the Physical tab of the Mapping Editor and click ORDERS_AP in TARGET_GROUP.
10. In the ORDERS_AP properties, select LKM SQL to SQL (Built-In) on the Loading Knowledge Module tab.

You can then run the mapping to load DB2 data into Oracle.