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1 Guideline Setting Up a Microsoft SQL Server JDBC Connection within IBM Product(s): IBM Area of Interest: Infrastructure

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3 3 Contents 1 INTRODUCTION PURPOSE APPLICABILITY IBM COGNOS VIRTUAL VIEW MANAGER AND THE MICROSOFT SQL SERVER JDBC CONNECTION OBTAINING THE MICROSOFT SQL SERVER JDBC DRIVER INSTALLING THE MSSQL JDBC DRIVER CREATING A MSSQL DATA SOURCE CONNECTION AND PERFORMING AN IMPORT...5

4 4 1 Introduction 1.1 Purpose This document outlines the steps required to setup a Microsoft SQL Server Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) connection within IBM Cognos Virtual View Manager. 1.2 Applicability The techniques and product behaviours outlined in this document apply to: IBM IBM and the Microsoft SQL Server JDBC Connection IBM uses JDBC connectivity in order to be able to extract metadata and data from a Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL) database. By default, IBM does not provide the JDBC connectors required to do this extraction. As a result, a user who attempts a MSSQL connection within IBM Virtual View Manager studio will be presented with the following error: 2.1 Obtaining the Microsoft SQL Server JDBC Driver IBM Virtual View Manager uses the sqljdbc.jar file in order to connect to MSSQL Alternatively it requires the msutil.jar, mssqlserver.jar and msbase.jar files to connect to MSSQL These drivers, along with others, are available from the Microsoft Site: 8f7b-3d47969e66ae&displaylang=en

5 5 2.2 Installing the MSSQL JDBC Driver To install the MSSQL JDBC driver: 1. Stop the IBM Service. 2. Copy the appropriate jar file(s) to the..\ vvm\apps\dlm\cis_ds_mssql\lib directory. 3. Start the IBM Service. 2.3 Creating a MSSQL Data Source Connection and Performing an Import The following section will provide the steps required to connect and import data from a MSSQL 2005 database. 1. Within IBM Virtual View Manager Studio, create a new data source by right mouse clicking on the Sources folder and selecting New Data Source from the available menu items. 2. Within the New Physical Data Source dialog box, select Microsoft SQL Server 2005 from the available data sources list. 3. Click the Next button. 4. Fill out the appropriate connection details and click the Next button. The image below is an example of a completed connection dialog box.

6 6 5. Select the desired metadata from the gosales schema. For this example the gosales\product table is selected. 6. Click the Finish button to import the Gosales\Product metadata. Once the import completes, the metadata should be visible within the left hand resource tree.

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