Planning what features to install

You can customize your software product by selecting which features to install.

When you install the product package by using IBM® Installation Manager, the installation wizard displays the features in the available product package. From the features list, you can select which to install. A default set of features is selected for you (including any required features). Installation Manager automatically enforces any dependencies between features and prevents you from clearing any required features.
Tip: After you finish installing the package, you can still add or remove features from your software product by running the Modify Packages wizard in Installation Manager.

The following tables show the features of the product that you can install for each package. Default selections of features to install might vary. If a feature already exists in your shared resources directory, it will not be selected by default and will not be installed again.

Optim™ Designer
Feature Description
Replacement Data, Sample Data, and User Data in Comma Separated Format (with associated DDL) This feature installs replacement data files, sample data files, and management console user data files in comma-separated (CSV) format, with accompanying Data Definition Language (DDL) files. Use these files to create replacement data tables, sample data tables, and management console user tables in the database of your choice. You could then use these tables instead of installing and using the Optim Replacement Data Database.
InfoSphere® Data Architect
Feature Description
Core Architect Features The IBM InfoSphere Data Architect core functionality includes support for physical, logical, glossary, and domain data modeling. If you have WebSphere® Federation Server installed, you can also use the core functionality to enhance and extend the information that you have accessed with the WebSphere Federation Server federated functions.
XML Development Provides tooling for XML application development, including wizards for creating and registering XML schema documents and inserting XML data into XML columns, editors for XML, XSD, and DTD files, and a graphical mapping editor that allows you to annotate XML schemas for shredding.
SQL Routines and PL/SQL Development Provides tooling for developing, testing, and deploying SQL stored procedures and user-defined functions, including wizards, editors, and an integrated stored procedure debugger.
Oracle Support Provides support for database objects and storage management, access control for Oracle databases, and support for SQL scripts and PL/SQL development.
SQL Server Support Support for connecting to, modeling, and reverse engineering Microsoft SQL Server databases.
Sybase Support Support for connecting to, modeling and reverse engineering Sybase databases.
Teradata Support Support for connecting to, modeling, and reverse engineering Teradata databases.
Cloudscape Support Support for connecting to, modeling, and reverse engineering Cloudscape databases.
BIRT Visual Report Designer Provides a solution for producing reports, charts, and documents from a variety of data sources using Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) functionality.
Rational® RequisitePro® Integration Provides capabilities for associating data model elements with requirements. You can use the RequisitePro integration to create, manage, and track project requirements. This feature can only be used if the Rational RequisitePro product is installed on the same computer.
Rational ClearCase® SCM Adapter The Rational ClearCase SCM Adapter provides support for sharing data projects by using Rational ClearCase. After installation, you must enable this functionality on the Capabilities page of the Preferences window. To use this feature, you must have a ClearCase client and a configured ClearCase server.
UML-to-LDM Transformation Use the UML-to-LDM transformation feature to transform UML models into logical data models, or to transform logical data models into UML models.
LDM-to-XSD Transformation Use the LDM-to-XSD transformation feature to transform logical data models into XSD files or to transform XSD files into logical data models.
Model Import/Export Use the model import/export feature to import and export data models from IBM InfoSphere Data Architect to other modeling tools such as ERwin, IBM Rational Rose®, and Sybase PowerDesigner. You can also configure this feature to support additional data model formats.
Information Server Integration Use the Information Server Integration feature to transfer metadata between IBM InfoSphere Data Architect and the metadata repository of IBM InfoSphere Information Server. You can transfer glossary model metadata back and forth from IBM InfoSphere Data Architect to the metadata repository. You can also export physical data model metadata from IBM InfoSphere Data Architect to the metadata repository. To use this feature, you must have Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) 4.0 Service Pack 2 installed on the same computer and one of the following products: IBM WebSphere Information Services Director; IBM WebSphere Information Analyzer; or IBM WebSphere DataStage® and QualityStage™ Designer.
Modeled Privacy Integration Use this feature to export a physical data model that has been annotated with data privacy metadata to an Optim interchange file.
Optim Shared Libraries
Feature Description
External Data Store Support The Optim Shared Libraries component contains native libraries that are required by all Optim components (Optim Designer, Optim Manager, Optim Management Server, and Optim Proxy). This component must be installed on every machine that has any other another Optim component installed and must be present before any Optim component can be executed on this machine.
Optim Designer and Optim Manger Documentation This feature installs documentation for Optim Designer and the Optim Manager environment.
Optim Designer Online Help
Feature Description
Optim Online Help Files The Optim Designer Online Help Files provide online help for Optim Designer. The online help includes documentation for Optim Designer and the Optim Manager environment.
InfoSphere Blueprint Director
Feature Description
Core Features The core features of Blueprint Director allow you to author, manage and view blueprints and templates. Blueprints and templates can consist of an architecture diagram part and a method part that are both related together.
InfoSphere Business Glossary integration If you have a license of IBM InfoSphere Business Glossary, you can view the terms from Business Glossary within Blueprint Director using the standard InfoSphere Business Glossary Eclipse plugin. You can also drag and drop business terms from the InfoSphere Business Glossary Eclipse plugin onto the Blueprint Director canvas to identify key business elements and requirements as part of your blueprint.
Cognos Framework Manager integration If you have a license of IBM Cognos Framework Manager, you can link Blueprint Director elements (e.g. a measure and dimension / "cube" element) to Cognos Framework Manager models and then navigate from Blueprint Director into Cognos Framework Manager from a Blueprint for a selected BI model. You can also generate a Cognos Framework Manager model from a given measure and dimension model in Blueprint Director; this is then also automatically linked.
InfoSphere DataStage integration If you have a license of IBM InfoSphere DataStage, you can link your blueprint elements (e.g. an ETL element) to DataStage jobs and then navigate from the blueprint element to the corresponding job which is then opened in the InfoSphere DataStage Designer client.
InfoSphere Data Architect integration If you have a license of IBM InfoSphere Data Architect, you can link your blueprint elements (e.g. a data warehouse element) to data models and then navigate from the blueprint element to the corresponding data model that is opened in the Data Architect client.
InfoSphere Metadata Workbench integration If you have a license of IBM InfoSphere Metadata Workbench, you can link your blueprint elements (e.g. a database) to metadata that represents that deployed database. You can then navigate from the blueprint element to the display of the corresponding metadata as displayed in InfoSphere Metadata Workbench.