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DB2 for IOS

You can perform data masking, data movement, data subset, and data generation operations on the DB2 for IOS data types. You cannot apply constraints on DB2 for IOS databases. To perform data discovery on DB2 for IOS data types, you must import profiles that you create in Informatica Developer.
The following table describes the operations that you can perform on data types in DB2 for IOS database:
Data Types
Data Movement
Entity Criteria
Data Masking
Data Generation
Comments
Bigint
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You must enter a precision value up to 19.
Binary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Char
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Char for bit data
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Date
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Decimal
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Graphic
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Integer
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You must enter a precision value up to 10.
Long Varchar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Long Varchar for bit data
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Long Vargraphic
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Numeric
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Real
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Smallint
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You must enter a precision value up to 19.
Time
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
To generate test data in the supported data types, you must restrict the Time data type.
Timestamp
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Varbinary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Varchar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Varchar for Bit Data
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Vargraphic
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
When you want to generate test data, you must restrict all the above mentioned data types that are not supported. You cannot perform TDM operations on the following DB2 for IOS data types: