Filters Page - Fields and Controls

 

·      Update – Click Update to apply and save the changes that you have made to the filters.

·      AuthID field – Type an authorization ID (SQL ID) in the AuthID field to add that ID to the AuthID list. Adding an ID will be successful if the 'set current sqlid' SQL call in DB2 is successful.

Note:

In order to view objects in the DB2 Web Query navigation tree, the Auth ID (SQL ID) on which you filter must be able to select from the following tables: sysibm.systables, sysibm.systabauth, sysibm.sysuserauth, otherwise the navigation tree will be empty.

·      Add – Click Add to add the Authorization ID that appears in the AuthID field to the AuthID list.

·      Remove - Click Remove to remove the selected Authorization ID from the AuthID list.

·      AuthID list – contains all the authorization IDs (SQL IDs) that are available to you. It is populated with your primary ID when you log into the system. You can add and remove ids from the list using the Add and Remove buttons and the AuthID field.

·      Schemas list – Lists all known schemas based on the contents of sysibm.systabauth table and contains all schemas to which any of the authorization Ids listed in the AuthID list or PUBLIC have been granted authority.

·      Schema field – Type a schema on which you want to filter in the Schema field. If you want to filter on a specific database object and you are unsure of which schema it is in, you can use % as a wildcard character in the schema filed an type the name of the database object in the Name field.

·      Name – Type the name of the database object on which you want to filter in the Name field. You can use the wildcard character '%' in the Name field to return all matching objects.

·      Add – Click Add to add the selected filter to the Filter list.

·      Remove – Click Remove to remove the selected filter from the Filter list.

·      Filters list –The Filter list contains a list of the filters that are currently applied or will be applied to the database. To apply newly selected filters that are listed in the Filter list, click Update. Wildcard filters can be added based on the current schema list. Schemas that are not listed in the Schemas list are added to the filters.