1. Applications Upgrade Guide for IBM i with DB2 for IBM i
  2. Setting Up the Data Source for Business Data

Setting Up the Data Source for Business Data

To set up the data source for business data:

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  1. From the Form menu, click Advanced.

    Verify the UNICODE flag is off. If your Business Data was not set to Unicode in a previous release and the data source had not yet been converted to Unicode, the Unicode flag must match the contents of the data source.

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  2. Click OK.

  3. On Data Source Revisions, verify the data source for your Business Data.

    Be sure this data source points either to the existing production data source you want to upgrade or to a copy of it.

    Note: Business Data data sources are specific to the environment and pathcode.

  4. When you ran Copy Plan, some fields were changed to reflect the previous release values. Change the following fields:

    Field

    Description

    Data Source Type

    Enter I for IBM i Access.

    IBM i Database Name

    Type the name of the data source, such as Business Data - TEST) in the Database Name field.

  5. Click OK.