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Status Under review
Workspace DataStage
Created by Guest
Created on May 28, 2026

RELATED IDEAS

Add SQL pushdown support for DB2 for z/OS connector in DataStage NextGen

Flows using the db2zos connector compile and run purely as px-runtime OSH with no pushdown. ELT mode does not support db2zos, so no predicate or transformation is pushed into DB2 for z/OS. All data is extracted to the parallel engine before any filtering occurs. Notably, the DB2 (LUW) connector already supports pushdown in part against DB2 for z/OS databases.

Enable ELT / SQL pushdown for the db2zos connector, at minimum predicate (WHERE-clause) pushdown so filtering runs on DB2 for z/OS before extraction, ideally extended to join, aggregation, and projection pushdown. 

DB2 for z/OS holds large, high-volume datasets. Without pushdown, full result sets are transferred to the ETL engine, driving up network and mainframe MIPS/CPU cost and pipeline runtime. Especially painful for incremental loads where only a small filtered subset is needed. Predicate pushdown would cut transferred volume by orders of magnitude and bring db2zos in line with capabilities already available through the LUW connector.

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