InfoSphere Data Architect Version
7.5.2 introduces the following new features.
Customers who have InfoSphere Data Architect Version
7.5.1 can upgrade to InfoSphere Data Architect Version
7.5.2 using Installation Manager.
For a list of APARs and other key customer requirements and fixes
that are included in this release, see: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=3668&uid=swg27015776
InfoSphere Data Architect Version
7.5.2 provides enhancements in the following categories.
- Data modeling
- Volumetrics
- You can now specify sizing information, also called volumetrics,
for tables and columns in a physical data model, or for entities and
attributes in a logical data model. Volumetrics properties in a data
model estimate the data stored and its expected rate of growth. This
information can help an organization make decisions about necessary
equipment and database storage design.
- Improved diagram layout
- You can now specify different layout options in the Properties
page for a data model diagram, including a top to bottom and a left
to right orientation.
- Improved behavior during infer relationships
- General performance for this option is improved, and you can specify
columns to ignore when using this option.
- Other enhancements
- See the list of fixes and key customer requirements for
additional important enhancements to the data modeling functionality.
- Enhanced support for DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
- This release adds support for DB2 Version 9.7 for Linux, UNIX,
and Windows.
- Database connections
- You can store common database connection information, called connection
configurations, in a database or configuration repository,
so that team members can easily access and reuse the connection information.
When you use connection configurations to connect to a database, the
properties for the connection are pre-filled, so that the process
of creating a connection is greatly simplified.
- Functionality that is deprecated or removed
- The following application tooling features are no longer available
in InfoSphere Data Architect:
- SQLJ development
- Java routine development
These features are still available in the IBM Data Studio 2.2
product, which is available for free download on the Web. To continue
to use these features, you can use Installation Manager to install
IBM Data Studio 2.2 into the same product package as InfoSphere Data Architect 7.5.2.
- All tooling for routines (stored procedures and user-defined functions)
is deprecated in this release. Deprecated functionality is still supported
but might be removed in future releases.