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IBM DB2 connector overview - Amazon Q Business

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IBM DB2 connector overview

The following table gives an overview of the IBM DB2 connector and its supported features.

Category Feature Support
Security Authentication type Basic
Authentication credentials

  • Username of database user

  • Password of database user
Access Control List (ACL) crawling Yes. For more information, see ACL crawling.
Driver version DB2 – 11.5.7.0
Data source version 11.5.7
Identity crawling No
VPC Yes
Crawl features Custom metadata Yes
Entities Yes. The following entities are supported:

  • Document

    Note

    Each database row is considered an individual searchable Amazon Q document.

See What is a document? for more details on what each connector crawls as a document.
Field mappings Yes. Supports both default and custom field mappings. For more information, see Field mappings.
Sync mode Supports full and incremental sync.
File types Supports all files supported by Amazon Q.