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Migrating data from Excel(*.xls; *.xlsx) to IBM DB2
This article describes how to quickly migrate data from MS Excel to IBM DB2 by ESF Database Migration Toolkit! Help you complete complex database migration tasks and save a lot of time!
ESF Database Migration Toolkit is a powerful and high performance toolkit that can migrate data across various database formats, such as MS Excel, IBM DB2 and so.
| File Name | Windows | Size |
| esftoolkit_win32.zip | 32-bit x86 | 57.5 MB |
| esftoolkit_x64.zip | 64-bit x64 | 60.2 MB |
Requirements:
- Windows 7 or higher.
- MS Excel 97 or higher.
- IBM DB2 9.x or higher.
Introduction:
1. In "Choose a Data Source" dialog, Choose "Microsoft Excel(*.xls;*.xlsx)";
- Press "..." button to select the Microsoft Excel(.xls or .xlsx) file.
2. In "Choose a Data Source" dialog, choose "IBM DB2";
- Input the server name (default is "localhost") and port (default is "50000").
- Input the username (default is "db2admin") and its password.
- Input the source DB2 database name in "Database" box.
- Choose the DB2 schema name (Press "Refresh" button to list all schemas).
3. In "Select source Tables(s) & View(s)" dialog;
- Select the tables/views which will be migrated.
- Click "..." to set the table options or remap the table structure.
- You can set the data transfer method (Overwrite Table/Empty Data/Append Data/Skip Table) or filter the data before transferring.
- Choose "Field Mapping" option, you can redefine the fields in the destination table, e.g.: field name, data type, default value, comment and also.
4. In "Execution" Dialog;
- Click "Submit" to begin the migration, this toolkit will help you quickly migrate data from MS Excel to IBM DB2 without intervention.
- Click "Browse Log" to visit the full migration log.
- Click "Save as job" to save the migration settings to a job file, so you can "Load Job" to quickly reload the migration job in the future or run the migration job via command-prompt. Run "esf-cmd --help" in command-prompt to get the full command parameters.
5. Finished!
The program will complete the migration as quickly as possible and generate a migration report to you. All you have to do is sit and wait. If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to contact us.