IBM InfoSphere Information Server Version 11.7.

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Accessing the product documentation 4
Reading command-line syntax 5
Product accessibility 6
Contacting IBM 7
Notices and trademarks 8
IBM InfoSphere Information Server Version 11.7.1
documentation
Welcome to the IBM InfoSphere® Information Server documentation, where you can
find information about how to install and use InfoSphere Information Server.

What's new
Benefits of new features for InfoSphere Information Server, Version 11.7.1

Release notes for InfoSphere Information Server, Version 11.7.1

IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog

IBM InfoSphere Information Server content hub

Getting started
Installing InfoSphere Information Server software

Getting started with InfoSphere DataStage® and InfoSphere QualityStage®

Featured topics
Introduction to InfoSphere Information Server

IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog

Supported connectors for InfoSphere Information Server, Version 11.7

IBM Information Server unified governance

IBM DataStage Flow Designer

IBM Information Server Enterprise Search

IBM Information Governance Catalog New

IBM Information Server Governance Monitor

InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog

InfoSphere Information Server on Hadoop

Support and assistance 2

 IBM InfoSphere Information Server content hub

Troubleshooting InfoSphere Information Server

Support content

IBM Support Portal downloads for InfoSphere Information Server

IBM Software Support home page

More information
IBM Cloud Private

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Accessing the product documentation
Documentation is provided in the online IBM® Knowledge Center.
IBM Knowledge Center contains the most up-to-date information for InfoSphere®
Information Server. IBM Knowledge Center contains help for most of the product
interfaces, as well as complete documentation for all the product modules in the
suite. You can open IBM Knowledge Center from the installed product or from a web
browser.

Accessing IBM Knowledge Center

There are various ways to access the online documentation:
- Click the Help link in the upper right of the client interface.
- Type the address in a web browser, for example, when you are not logged in to the
product.Enter the following address to access all versions of InfoSphere
Information Server documentation:
http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZJPZ/

If you want to access a particular topic, specify the version number with the
product identifier, the documentation plug-in name, and the topic path in the URL.
For example, the URL for the 11.5 version of this topic is as follows. (The ⇒ symbol
indicates a line continuation):
http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZJPZ_11.5.0/⇒

com.ibm.swg.im.iis.common.doc/common/accessingiidoc.html

Tip:The knowledge center has a short URL as well:

http://ibm.biz/knowctr

To specify a short URL to a specific product page, version, or topic, use a hash
character (#) between the short URL and the product identifier. For example, the
short URL to all the InfoSphere Information Server documentation is the following
URL:http://ibm.biz/knowctr#SSZJPZ/

And, the short URL to the topic above to create a slightly shorter URL is the
following URL (The ⇒ symbol indicates a line continuation):
http://ibm.biz/knowctr#SSZJPZ_11.5.0/com.ibm.swg.im.iis.common.doc/⇒

common/accessingiidoc.html

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Reading command-line syntax
This documentation uses special characters to define the command-line syntax.
The following special characters define the command-line syntax:
-[]
- Identifies an optional argument. Arguments that are not enclosed in brackets
are required.
- ...
- Indicates that you can specify multiple values for the previous argument.
-|
- Indicates mutually exclusive information. You can use the argument to the left
of the separator or the argument to the right of the separator. You cannot use
both arguments in a single use of the command.
-{}
- Delimits a set of mutually exclusive arguments when one of the arguments is
required. If the arguments are optional, they are enclosed in brackets ([ ]).

Note:
- The maximum number of characters in an argument is 256.
- Enclose argument values that have embedded spaces with either single or double
quotation marks.

For example:
wsetsrc[-S server] [-l label] [-n name] source
The source argument is the only required argument for the wsetsrc command. The
brackets around the other arguments indicate that these arguments are optional.
wlsac[-l | -f format] [key... ] profile
In this example, the -l and -f format arguments are mutually exclusive and optional.
The profile argument is required. The key argument is optional. The ellipsis (...) that
follows the key argument indicates that you can specify multiple key names.
wrb -import{rule_pack | rule_set}...
In this example, the rule_pack and rule_set arguments are mutually exclusive, but
one of the arguments must be specified. Also, the ellipsis marks (...) indicate that
you can specify multiple rule packs or rule sets.

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Product accessibility
You can get information about the accessibility status of IBM® products.
The IBM InfoSphere® Information Server product modules and user interfaces are
not fully accessible.
For information about the accessibility status of IBM products, see the IBM product
accessibility information at http://www.ibm.com/able/product_accessibility/index.html
.
Accessible documentation
Accessible documentation for products is provided in IBM Knowledge Center. IBM
Knowledge Center presents the documentation in XHTML 1.0 format, which is
viewable in most web browsers. Because IBM Knowledge Center uses XHTML, you
can set display preferences in your browser. This also allows you to use screen
readers and other assistive technologies to access the documentation.
IBM and accessibility
See the IBM Human Ability and Accessibility Center for more information about the
commitment that IBM has to accessibility.

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Contacting IBM
You can contact IBM® for customer support, software services, product information,
and general information. You also can provide feedback to IBM about products and
documentation.
The following table lists resources for customer support, software services, training,
and product and solutions information. Table 1. IBM resources

Resource Description and location

IBM Support Portal You can customize support
information by choosing the
products and the topics that
interest you at
www.ibm.com/support/entry/port
al/Software/Information_Manage
ment/InfoSphere_Information_S
erver
Software services You can find information about
software, IT, and business
consulting services, on the
solutions site at
www.ibm.com/businesssolutions
/
My IBM You can manage links to IBM
Web sites and information that
meet your specific technical
support needs by creating an
account on the My IBM site at
www.ibm.com/account/
Training and certification You can learn about technical
training and education services
designed for individuals,
companies, and public
organizations to acquire,
maintain, and optimize their IT
skills at
http://www.ibm.com/training
IBM representatives You can contact an IBM
representative to learn about
solutions at
www.ibm.com/connect/ibm/us/en
/

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Information Server products and components

Product Compone Type of Collect Purpose Disabling

module nt or cookie this data of data the
feature that is cookies
used
Any (part InfoSpher SessionP User Session Cannot be
of e ersistent name managem disabled
InfoSpher Informatio entAuthen
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installatio
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Any (part InfoSpher SessionP No Session Cannot be
of e ersistent personally managem disabled
InfoSpher Metadata identifiabl entAuthen
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Informatio Manager informatio hanced
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installatio usabilitySi
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configurati
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InfoSpher Big Data SessionP User Session Cannot be
e File stage ersistent nameDigit managem disabled
DataStag al entAuthen
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Session gle sign-
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InfoSpher XML Session Internal Session Cannot be
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DataStag entAuthen
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InfoSpher IBM Session No Session Cannot be
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DataStag e identifiabl entAuthen
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QualitySta n
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Operation
s Console
InfoSpher InfoSpher SessionP User Session Cannot be
e Data e ersistent name managem disabled
Click Informatio entAuthen
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web
console
InfoSpher InfoSpher SessionP User Session Cannot be
e e ersistent name managem disabled
QualitySta Informatio entAuthen
ge n Server tication
Standardi web
zation console
Rules
Designer
InfoSpher SessionP User Session Cannot be
e ersistent nameInter managem disabled
Informatio nal entAuthen
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Governan State of gle sign-
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Catalog configurati
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 InfoSpher Data Session Session Session Cannot be
e Rules ID managem disabled
Informatio stage in ent
n the
Analyzer InfoSpher
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DataStag
e and
QualitySta
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Designer
client

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