Surface mainframe data without moving it off the platform

Mainframes host huge part of world’s banking, insurance and retail data. How do you make this data available to your data scientists? In this video you will learn how to find and consume data from IBM Z without moving it off mainframe.

We show how to catalog traditional non-relational data sources using IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog®. We create connection to IBM Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS® (DVM) and catalog virtual views as data assets.

Mainframe file cataloged as data asset

Data is classified and checked for quality

We catalog COBOL Copybook maps to describe layout in data files on mainframe.

COBOL Copybook maps are imported via DVM connection

Finally, we show how to use Data refinery to join data from VSAM file with IBM Cloud Object Storage data.

VSAM data joined with other sources on IBM Cloud

IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog is a central point for data governance across all sources, including IBM Z data. It allows you to surface business ready mainframe data to consumers on distributed platforms, to deliver business insights and analytics. To discover more, visit https://www.ibm.com/cloud/watson-knowledge-catalog and https://www.ibm.com/ca-en/products/data-virtualization-manager-for-zos.