To
stay informed of important information about the IBM products that you use, you can
subscribe to updates.
About this task
By subscribing to receive updates about IBM Data Studio, you can receive important technical information and updates for specific IBM Support tools and resources. You can
subscribe to updates by using one of two approaches:
- RSS feeds and social media subscriptions
- The following RSS feeds and social media subscriptions are available for IBM Data Studio:
For
general information about RSS, including steps for getting started and a list of RSS-enabled IBM web pages, visit the IBM Software Support RSS feeds site.
- My Notifications
- With My Notifications, you can subscribe to Support updates for
any IBM product.
(My Notifications replaces My Support, which is a similar tool that
you might have used in the past.) With My Notifications, you can specify
that you want to receive daily or weekly email announcements. You
can specify what type of information you want to receive (such as
publications, hints and tips, product flashes (also known as alerts),
downloads, and drivers). My Notifications enables you to customize
and categorize the products about which you want to be informed and
the delivery methods that best suit your needs.
Procedure
To subscribe to Support updates:
- Subscribe to the IBM Data Studio RSS
feeds by opening one of the following links and then specifying the feed type and clicking
Subscribe Now.
- Subscribe to My Notifications by going to the IBM® Support Portal and click My Notifications in
the Notifications portlet.
- Sign in using your IBM ID and password, and click Submit.
- Identify what and how you want to receive updates.
- Click the Subscribe tab.
- Select the Information Management software brand.
- Select IBM Data Studio and any other products by name and then click
Continue.
- Select your preferences for how to receive updates,
whether by email, online in a designated folder, or as an RSS or Atom
feed.
- Select the types of documentation updates that you want
to receive, for example, new information about product downloads and
discussion group comments.
- Click Submit.
Results
Until
you modify your RSS feeds and My Notifications preferences, you receive
notifications of updates that you have requested. You can modify your
preferences when needed (for example, if you stop using one product
and begin using another product).