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Overview of QMF(TM)

DB2(R) Query Management Facility (QMF) is a tightly integrated, powerful, and reliable tool that performs query and reporting for IBM(R)'s DB2 relational database management system family. It offers an easy-to-learn, interactive interface. Users with little or no data processing experience can easily retrieve, create, update, insert, or delete data that is stored in DB2.

New packaging of DB2 QMF offers simplified selection and pricing to more easily match the on demand information needs of any enterprise, whatever end user and DB2 Universal Database(TM) platforms may be in use.

QMF offers a total solution that includes accessing large amounts of data and sharing central repositories of queries and enterprise reports. It also allows you to implement tightly controlled, distributed, or client/server solutions. In addition, you can use QMF to publish reports to the Internet that users can view with their favorite Web browser.

Application developers can use DB2 QMF for TSO/CICS, DB2 QMF for Windows, or DB2 QMF for WebSphere to prototype and build applications rapidly. You can even build applications without programming or compiling with DB2 QMF Visionary. Benefits can include higher productivity, increased efficiency, and lower costs.

As companies have taken advantage of the productivity benefits offered through QMF, they have identified the need for performance management tools within the QMF environment. DB2 QMF High Performance Option is provided to enhance performance management and to facilitate the administration of QMF. This set of integrated performance tools consists of QMF HPO/Manager and QMF HPO/Compiler.

QMF Version 8.1 runs on the z/OS(R) platform. QMF for Windows runs on Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 98, ME, NT 4.0, XP, 2000, and Server 2003. QMF for WebSphere runs under any WebSphere Application Server enabled platform.

Users can access a wide variety of data sources with QMF, including operational or warehouse data from many platforms: DB2 UDB for z/OS, Windows, and the Internet. With DB2 Information Integrator(TM), you can access non-relational data, such as IMS(TM) and VSAM, as well as data from other vendor platforms.


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