Figure 3. Control Center views
Three different Control Center views are available.
Basic From this folder you can work with all the databases to which you have been granted access, including their related objects such as tables and stored procedures. This view does not include the database objects that are at a higher level than the database in the DB2 hierarchy (systems and instances). It provides you with the essentials for working with data.
Advanced
This view provides you with all the folders, folder objects, and actions available in the Control Center. You should select this view if you are working in an enterprise environment and want to connect to DB2 for z/OS or IMS.
Custom
This view allows you to tailor the Control Center to your needs. You select the folders, folder objects, and object actions that you want to appear in your Control Center view. Click Custom
In the Control Center, you can administer all of your systems, instances, databases, and database objects. You can also open other centers and tools to help you optimize queries, jobs, and scripts; create stored procedures; and work with DB2 commands.
The following are some of the key tasks that you can perform with the Control Center:
vAdd DB2 systems, existing instances, and existing databases.
vCreate database objects that will be added to the object trees.
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