DBAs and developers working with IBM® DB2 often use IBM® Data Studio®. Toad™ DBA Suite or IBM® DB2 LUW complements Data Studio with advanced features that make DBAs and developers much more productive. This document explains some of these features and compares them to Data Studio’s functionality.

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How Toad DBA Suite
Complements IBM Data
Studio

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We will explore how Toad DBA Suite extends the capabilities of
IBM Data Studio in these key areas:
• Developing SQL and working with DB2 data
• Maintenance — Managing database objects and users, task
automation and scheduling
• Performance management — Real-time performance
diagnostics, database and SQL optimization
• Change management — Configuration changes, schema
changes, database level object changes testing

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Developing
SQL and
working with
DB2 data

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Developing queries
Developers and DBAs create new DB2 queries every day, so they need a tool
that helps them work quickly and efficiently. Both IBM Data Studio and Toad
for DB2 have features for developing SQL.
Data Studio has
a SQL Editor
component
that offers code
completion and
outline features.

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Developing queries
Toad offers a very powerful and feature-rich SQL editor for fast and efficient
SQL development. Features such as script map, advanced code completion,
and code snippets make you more productive in developing queries.

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Running the same scripts against multiple databases
Users often need to run the same scripts against multiple databases. You can
easily do that in Toad with the Group Execute feature of the Editor, as shown
below

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Many times developers and DBAs
need to export and reload data from
their tables, and they need many
different file formats to be supported.
With Data Studio, you can export
data directly from a table into a few
delimited formats
Exporting and saving data with Data Studio

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With Data Studio, you
can also save query
result sets, but your
choices of format are
limited there too
Exporting and saving data with Data Studio

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With Toad,
you can
export data
from tables
into many
different
formats using
the Export
Wizard,
shown here.
Exporting and saving data with Toad

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Exporting data with Toad
Toad also
enables you to
quickly save
query result
sets to many
common
formats,
including
Excel files or
instances.

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Importing data with Toad
Toad’s Import Wizard
allows you to bring data
from various file
formats into your DB2
tables

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Creating reports with Toad for DB2
Toad’s Data Report
Wizard walks you
through the steps
to create a professional
report

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Creating reports with Toad for DB2
Once the wizard
completes, you
can preview and
further
customize your
report

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To see more examples of how Toad complements and extends IBM Data
Studio including developing SQL, database management, performance
management and much more, download the entire tech brief at
https://software.dell.com/techbrief/toad-dba-suite-for-db2-comparison-
to-ibm-data-studio825454/
Oh and by the way, you can also watch the on-demand webcast at
https://software.dell.com/webcast-ondemand/productivity-tips-tricks-for-
the-latest-version-of-toad-for-ibm-db2823128/
and get on your way to easier workdays with Toad!

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To learn more about
Visit www.software.dell.com/toad-for-db2
Toad™ for IBM® DB2®

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