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IBM DB2 Cube Views - Import

Availability-note AWS

Bridge Requirements

This bridge:
  • is only supported on Microsoft Windows.

Bridge Specifications

Vendor IBM
Tool Name DB2 Cube Views
Tool Version 8.x
Tool Web Site http://www.ibm.com/software/data/infosphere/warehouse/olap.html
Supported Methodology [Business Intelligence] BI Design (RDBMS Source, Dimensional Target, Transformation Lineage, Expression Parsing) via XML File
Data Profiling
Incremental Harvesting
Multi-Model Harvesting
Remote Repository Browsing for Model Selection

SPECIFICATIONS
Tool: IBM / DB2 Cube Views version 8.x via XML File
See http://www.ibm.com/software/data/infosphere/warehouse/olap.html
Metadata: [Business Intelligence] BI Design (RDBMS Source, Dimensional Target, Transformation Lineage, Expression Parsing)
Component: IbmDb2CubeViews version 11.2.0

OVERVIEW
n/a

REQUIREMENTS
n/a

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
n/a

LIMITATIONS
Refer to the current general known limitations at MIMB Known Limitations or bundled in Documentation/ReadMe/MIMBKnownLimitations.html

SUPPORT
Provide a troubleshooting package with debug log. Debug log can be set in the UI or in conf/conf.properties with MIR_LOG_LEVEL=6


Bridge Parameters

Parameter Name Description Type Values Default Scope
File When a CubeModel is currently loaded in IBM DB2 OLAP Center:

1. Choose 'Export...' from the 'OLAP Center' menu.

2. Type the file name for the model you are saving in the 'Export file name' text box

3. Click 'OK'.

This bridge will use the generated XML file as input.
FILE *.xml   Mandatory
Data model table design level This option controls the design level of the imported tables.

It is particularly relevant when exporting metadata to a target tool which supports two views of the model: a logical view and a physical view.

Some Data Modeling tools support this concept, where you can decide if a table appears both as a physical table and as a logical entity.

Some Business Intelligence tools also support this concept, where you can decide if a table appears both in the physical model and in the business view of the model.

Please set the option to:

'Logical and physical'
The tables to appear both in the logical view and in the physical view of the model.

'Physical'
Tables to appear only in the physical view of the model.
ENUMERATED
Physical
Logical and physical
Physical  
Dimensional model object names mapping Controls how the OLAP objects' name and business name are imported.

'default mapping'
The OLAP business name is imported as logical name, and the name is imported as physical name.

'alternate mapping'
The OLAP name is imported as logical name, and the business name is imported as 'User Defined Property' for this object.
ENUMERATED
default mapping
alternate mapping
default mapping  

 

Bridge Mapping

Meta Integration Repository (MIR)
Metamodel
(based on the OMG CWM standard)
"IBM DB2 Cube Views"
Metamodel
IbmDb2CubeViews
Mapping Comments
     
AggregationRule AggregationScript  
Rule Function  
Association Join If the Join is simple enough to be reversed engineered into a foreign key relationship
AssociationRole Join If the Join is simple enough to be reversed engineered into a foreign key relationship
AssociationRoleNameMap Join If the Join is simple enough to be reversed engineered into a foreign key relationship
Attribute Column  
DesignLevel   as defined by the "Table Logical information" bridge option
Name name  
PhysicalName Name  
Position   Computed from the reference position in the file
BaseType Datatype  
DataType   See datatype conversion array
Length Length  
Name   Derived from the datatype
PhysicalName   Derived from the datatype
Scale Scale  
Class Table  
DesignLevel   as defined by the "Table Logical information" bridge option
Name name  
ClassDiagram CubeModel A diagram is created for each CubeModel to represent the tables and relationships used in the CubeModel
Name BusinessName  
ClassifierMap Join, Dimension, Cube, CubeDimension Used to hold the traceability of these objects, via FeatureMap objects
Condition Join used to hold the where clause of the join
Cube Cube  
Description Comments  
Name BusinessName  
PhysicalName Name  
CubeDimensionAssociation Cube, CubeDimension defines which CubeDimensions are involved in the Cube
DatabaseSchema Schema Used to identify the relational and dimensional objects' owner
Name name  
DesignPackage CubeModel, Cube One Package per CubeModel is created to store the Facts and Joins used in the CubeModel. One subPackage per Cube is created to store the CubeFacts and CubeDimension used in the Cube. In addition, one default Package is created to store all the dimensions.
Description Comments  
Name BusinessName  
PhysicalName Name  
UserDefined   Set to TRUE
Dimension Facts, Dimension, CubeDimension  
Description Comments  
Name BusinessName  
PhysicalName Name  
Type Type set to FACT for the Facts
UserDefined   set to FALSE for the CubeDimensions
DimensionAttribute Attribute, AttributeRelationship  
Description Comments  
Name BusinessName  
PhysicalName Name  
FeatureMap Join, Attribute, Measure Used to hold the traceability of Joins condition, Attributes and Measures
Description   Additional description, in case the expression is complex
Operation SQL Expression  
ForeignKey Join If the Join is simple enough to be reversed engineered into a foreign key relationship
Hierarchy Hierarchy, CubeHierarchy  
Description Comments  
Name BusinessName  
PhysicalName Name  
HierarchyLevelAssociation HierarchyAttribute  
Position   Computed from the position of the level in the Hierarchy
Join Join  
Description Comments  
Name BusinessName  
PhysicalName Name  
Type Join Type  
UserDefined   set to TRUE
JoinRole Join  
Multiplicity Join Cardinality  
Level HierarchyAttribute  
Name BusinessName  
PhysicalName Name  
LevelAssociation HierarchyAttribute, RelatedAttribute  
Name BusinessName  
PhysicalName Name  
LevelKey HierarchyAttribute  
Name BusinessName  
Measure Measure  
DefaultAggregation Function for all dimensions  
Name BusinessName  
PhysicalName Name  
StoreModel   The model is built using the relational and dimensional defined in the XML file.
Name   XML file name

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