Use the Legend window to see the object icons used in the Control Center
and what they represent.
Objects
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System
- A computer system defined to the DB2 system administration tools.
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Instance
- A database manager environment that is an image of the actual database
manager environment. You can have several instances of a database
manager on the same system.
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Database
- A DB2 relational database. A relational database presents data as a
collection of tables.
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Table
- A named data object consisting of a specific number of columns and some
unordered rows.
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View
- A logical table that consists of data that is generated by a query.
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Alias
- An alternative name used to identify a table, view, or database.
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Trigger
- An object in a database that is invoked indirectly by the database manager
when a particular SQL statement is run.
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Schema
- A collection of database objects such as tables, views, indexes, and
triggers. It provides a logical classification of database
objects.
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Index
- A set of pointers that are logically ordered by the values of a
key. Indexes provide quick access to data and can enforce uniqueness on
the rows in the table.
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Table Space
- An abstraction of a collection of containers into which database objects
are stored.
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Connection
- An association between an application process and an application
server.
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Replication Source
- A database table that is defined as a source for replication. This
type of table can accept copy requests and is the source table in a
replication subscription set.
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Replication Subscription
- A specification for copying changed data from replication sources to
target tables at a specified time and frequency, with the option of enhancing
data.
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Buffer Pool
- An area of storage in which all buffers of a program are kept.
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User-Defined Type
- A data type that is not native to the DB2 database manager and that was
created by a user.
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User-Defined Function
- A function that is defined to the database management system and can be
referenced in SQL queries.
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Package
- A control structure produced during program preparation that is used to
execute SQL statements.
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Stored Procedures
- A block of procedural constructs and embedded SQL statements that is
stored in a database and can be called by name.
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DB User
- A user that has specific database privileges.
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DB Group
- A group of users that has specific database privileges.
A set of a particular object type is represented by a folder that has the
icon for that type displayed on top of it. For example, a set of
systems is represented by the following icon:
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