Explore IBM DB2 Data Directly from Grafana
Explore IBM DB2 Data Directly from Grafana
At Grafana, we believe all data deserves visibility. That is the heart of our Big Tent philosophy. Whether your data comes from cloud-native systems, modern SaaS tools, or long-standing enterprise databases like IBM DB2, it should be easy to explore and visualize in one place. For many organizations, DB2 powers some of their most critical systems. Now you can bring that data directly into Grafana and see it alongside the rest of your telemetry.
Connect & Query with Full SQL Flexibility
The new IBM DB2 data source lets you connect Grafana to your DB2 databases and run SQL queries right within Grafana. You can:
- Write full SQL queries with syntax highlighting in the query editor.
- Format results as tables for detailed records or as time-series for trend charts.
- Use template variables to make dashboards dynamic and reusable.
- Surface annotations to mark events or milestones on your graphs.
- Drive Grafana alerting directly from DB2 query results.
Whether you’re analyzing business records or tracking operational performance, you have full control over how your DB2 data is explored and visualized.
Making DB2 Data Actionable
Connecting DB2 to Grafana is not just about running queries. It is about making the data that powers your business visible in the same place as the rest of your telemetry. When DB2 data is part of your dashboards, it becomes easier to connect business outcomes with system behavior.
Business KPIs and Infrastructure
Review real-time transaction volumes from your DB2 application database alongside service latency or error rates from your observability stack. By visualizing these data sources together in Grafana, you can see how system performance directly impacts business activity in a single view.
Operational Health
When performance and operational metrics are recorded in DB2, Grafana can visualize those trends over time. Track query performance, database activity, or resource usage, and set alerts based on the results of your DB2 queries.
Cross-Team Access
Create dashboards that serve multiple audiences. Analysts, SREs, and executives can explore the same DB2 data with filters and variables tailored to their needs, all within Grafana.
When business data and operational telemetry live side by side, teams can move faster and make decisions with confidence. DB2 data becomes part of the same unified view as the rest of your Grafana data sources.
