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IBM InfoSphere Information Server Version 8.5 product documentation

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Abstract

This document includes links to the latest PDF documentation for IBM® InfoSphere Information Server and its components:

-- [<a href="#bp">IBM InfoSphere Blueprint Director</a>]
-- [<a href="#bg">IBM InfoSphere Business Glossary</a>]
-- [<a href="#ds">IBM InfoSphere DataStage</a>]
-- [<a href="#ft">IBM InfoSphere FastTrack</a>]
-- [<a href="#ia">IBM InfoSphere Information Analyzer</a>]
-- [<a href="#isd">IBM InfoSphere Information Services Director</a>]
-- [<a href="#ms">IBM InfoSphere Metadata Server</a>]
-- [<a href="#mwb">IBM InfoSphere Metadata Workbench</a>]
-- [<a href="#qs">IBM InfoSphere QualityStage</a>]

For links to the latest PDF documentation for InfoSphere Information Server Packs, see [<a href="http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27015345" target="_blank">http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27015345</a>].

Content

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Release Notes

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Introduction
provides a scenario-based overview of InfoSphere Information Server and its product modules, and describes how the product modules work together as an integrated platform.

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Integration Scenario Guide
provides guidance about working on cross-tool efforts.

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Quick Start Guide
describes a basic installation of InfoSphere Information Server and provides links to key installation resources.

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Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide
provides planning information and complete installation instructions for InfoSphere Information Server. Also includes information about troubleshooting, validating the installation, and configuring the system.

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Guide to Migrating to IBM InfoSphere Information Server, Version 8.5
provides information to help you migrate or upgrade existing installations to new InfoSphere Information Server, Version 8.5 installations.

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Administration Guide
describes how to manage user access to components and features of InfoSphere Information Server. In addition, describes creating and managing views of logged events and scheduled tasks for all components.

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Reporting Guide
describes the reporting capabilities of InfoSphere Information Server, including those in both the InfoSphere Information Server console and the Web console.

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User's Guide
describes how to strengthen the alignment of business and information technology by using InfoSphere Blueprint Director to collaborate on actionable information blueprints that connect the business vision with the corresponding technical metadata.

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IBM InfoSphere Business Glossary English Brazilian Portuguese German Japanese Korean Simplified Chinese Spanish Traditional Chinese

Administrator's and Author's Guide
provides information on how to add, edit, and delete metadata assets using the Business Glossary administration tool.

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Guide to Browsing Business Glossary
helps business users without any technical background use the Business Glossary Web-based user interface and features.

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InfoSphere DataStage and QualityStage: Administration English Brazilian Portuguese German Japanese Korean Simplified Chinese Spanish Traditional Chinese

Administrator Client Guide
describes the InfoSphere DataStage and QualityStage Administrator client and describes how to perform setup, routine housekeeping, and administration of the InfoSphere DataStage engine.

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Director Client Guide
describes the InfoSphere DataStage and QualityStage Director client and explains how to validate, schedule, run, and monitor InfoSphere DataStage parallel jobs and server jobs.

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IBM InfoSphere Information Server Manager User's Guide
describes how to package and deploy InfoSphere DataStage jobs and associated objects to assist in moving projects from development to production.

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Globalization Guide
contains information about using the globalization features that are available in InfoSphere DataStage.

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InfoSphere DataStage and QualityStage: Connectivity English Brazilian Portuguese German Japanese Korean Simplified Chinese Spanish Traditional Chinese

Connectivity Guide for IBM InfoSphere Change Data Capture
describes how to build an InfoSphere DataStage job that reads data that is captured by InfoSphere Change Data Capture and applies the change data to a target database.

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Connectivity Guide for Distributed Transactions
provides general concept and usage information about the Distributed Transaction stage.

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Connectivity Guide for the Dynamic Relational Stage
describes how to read data from and write data to relational databases such as IBM Informix®, IBM Informix, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle databases, and Sybase databases.

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Connectivity Guide for IBM DB2 Databases
describes the options to read data from and write data to IBM DB2 databases.

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Connectivity Guide for IBM Informix Databases
describes the options to read data from and write data to Informix databases.

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Connectivity Guide for InfoSphere Classic Federation for z/OS
describes how to read and write data from a Classic federation server, and how to perform update, insert, and lookup operations.

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Connectivity Guide for iWay Servers
describes the options to read data from an iWay server.

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Connectivity Guide for Microsoft SQL Server and OLE DB Data
describes how to access Microsoft® SQL Server data and OLE DB data from an InfoSphere DataStage job.

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Connectivity Guide for Netezza Performance Server
describes the options for loading data to the Netezza Performance Server.

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Connectivity Guide for ODBC
describes the options for reading and writing data by using ODBC data sources.

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Connectivity Guide for Oracle Databases
describes the options to read data from and write data to Oracle databases from an InfoSphere DataStage job.

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Connectivity Guide for Red Brick Warehouse
describes the options for loading Red Brick® tables in bulk from an InfoSphere DataStage job.

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Connectivity Guide for SAS
describes the stages that incorporate SAS programs in parallel jobs.

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Connectivity Guide for Stored Procedures
describes how to use stored procedures to read data from and write data to an InfoSphere DataStage job.

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Connectivity Guide for Sybase Databases
describes the options to read data from and write data to Sybase databases from an InfoSphere DataStage job.

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Connectivity Guide for Teradata Databases
describes the options to read data from and write data to Teradata databases from an InfoSphere DataStage job.

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Connectivity Guide for UniVerse and UniData
describes the options to read data from and write data to IBM UniVerse® and UniData® databases from an InfoSphere DataStage job.

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Connectivity Guide for IBM WebSphere MQ Applications
describes how to read data from and write data to IBM WebSphere MQ messaging applications from an InfoSphere DataStage job.

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InfoSphere DataStage and QualityStage: Development English Brazilian Portuguese German Japanese Korean Simplified Chinese Spanish Traditional Chinese

Parallel Job Tutorial
demonstrates how to design and run InfoSphere DataStage parallel jobs.

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BASIC Reference Guide
provides reference information for the BASIC language as used by the InfoSphere Information Server engine.

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Custom Operator Reference
describes how to extend the library of parallel operators by defining custom operators.

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Designer Client Guide
describes the InfoSphere DataStage and QualityStage Designer client and gives a general description of how to create, design, and develop an InfoSphere DataStage job.

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Java Pack Guide
describes how to use the Java API to create Java programs to interface with the Designer client. Also contains method descriptions and sample programs.

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Mainframe Job Developer's Guide
describes the tools that build a mainframe job, and supplies programming reference information.

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Parallel Engine Message Reference
describes error messages. Includes explanations and solutions for error messages.

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Parallel Job Advanced Developer's Guide
contains information about designing parallel jobs in InfoSphere DataStage specifically for advanced job designers.

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Parallel Job Developer's Guide
describes the tools that build a parallel job and supplies programming reference information.

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Programmer's Guide
describes how to use the command line interface and APIs for IBM InfoSphere DataStage.

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Server Job Developer's Guide
describes the tools that build a server job, and supplies programming reference information.

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Troubleshooting Guide
supplies information about how to proceed when certain common faults occur while installing, configuring, and using InfoSphere Information Server.

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Web Services Pack Guide
describes tools for accessing Web services through InfoSphere DataStage jobs, and tools for publishing InfoSphere DataStage jobs as Web services.

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XML Pack Guide
describes how to transform XML documents and tabular data.

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XML Transformation Guide
describes how to use the XML stage to create hierarchical transformations, parse XML data, and compose XML data with high performance and scalability.

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IBM InfoSphere FastTrack English Brazilian Portuguese German Japanese Korean Simplified Chinese Spanish Traditional Chinese

InfoSphere FastTrack Tutorial
describes how InfoSphere FastTrack fits in to the InfoSphere Information Server solution.

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IBM InfoSphere Information Analyzer English Brazilian Portuguese German Japanese Korean Simplified Chinese Spanish Traditional Chinese

Analysis Methodology and Best Practices
describes the concepts and best practices for analyzing information by using InfoSphere Information Analyzer.

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InfoSphere Information Analyzer User's Guide
provides both conceptual and procedural information about the main functions in InfoSphere Information Analyser. Scenario sections provide procedural information that relates to specific projects.

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IBM InfoSphere Information Services Director English Brazilian Portuguese German Japanese Korean Simplified Chinese Spanish Traditional Chinese

Administration and Deployment Tool Guide
describes hot to use the command line interface to administer and deploy InfoSphere Information Services Director project resources such as applications and services.

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Guide to Publishing Secure Services
provides information about how to secure information services by using advanced methods of authorization, authentication, and confidentiality.

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InfoSphere Information Services Director User's Guide
describes design-time and runtime aspects of exposing InfoSphere DataStage jobs, federated queries, and other units of work as service-oriented architecture (SOA) services.

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IBM InfoSphere Metadata Server English Brazilian Portuguese German Japanese Korean Simplified Chinese Spanish Traditional Chinese

Guide to Managing Operational Metadata
describes how to generate, capture, and import operational metadata that is created when by running InfoSphere DataStage and QualityStage jobs.

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Guide to InfoSphere MetaBrokers and Bridges
provides conceptual, reference, and procedural information about using InfoSphere MetaBrokers and bridges to import metadata from other sources.

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IBM InfoSphere Metadata Workbench English Brazilian Portuguese German Japanese Korean Simplified Chinese Spanish Traditional Chinese

InfoSphere Metadata Workbench Tutorial
describes how to deliver enterprise-level lineage for governance and compliance through importing various types of data, setting up InfoSphere DataStage and QualityStage jobs, running automated services, and running lineage reports

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InfoSphere Metadata Workbench Administrator's Guide
describes administrative functions for InfoSphere Metadata Workbench.

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InfoSphere Metadata Workbench User's Guide
describes the tasks that metadata workbench users perform to display and analyze information assets stored in the metadata repository of InfoSphere Information Server.

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InfoSphere QualityStage Tutorial
introduces the basic functionality of InfoSphere QualityStage and demonstrates the InfoSphere QualityStage process flow by going through the steps to design and run jobs.

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InfoSphere QualityStage Pattern-Action Reference
provides reference information about pattern-action language.

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InfoSphere QualityStage User's Guide
provides conceptual, reference, and procedural information about InfoSphere QualityStage stages, the Match Designer, the Rules Designer, and matching concepts.

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Original Publication Date

18 January 2012

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

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