Defining Db2 for i Views

The following properties are applicable to an Db2 for i View object.

Tab	Property	Description	Additional Information
	Name	Specifies the name of the view
	Owner	Specifies the owner of the view
	Generate	Specifies whether a DDL statement is generated for the view during forward engineering
Select	Available Tables and Views	Specifies a list of available tables and views	Under Available Tables and Views, select the columns that you want to define as view column. Then, click .
	Columns	Specifies the columns selected from the available tables and views
	Select Type	Specifies the expression type to indicate whether duplicate rows are returned	Distinct: Indicates that the statement discards duplicate rows and returns only the remaining rows
	Restriction Type	Specifies the With Check Option for the view column.	With Check Option: Indicates that all modifications made through the view to the underlying tables satisfy the definition of the view With Cascaded Check: Indicates that the all underlying views undergo the check testing With Local Check Option: Indicates that the check testing is restricted only to the views being defined
	Alias	Specifies a temporary name given to a table, column, or expression present in a query based on the selected column
	Expression	Specifies the expression for a selected column	Available only when the selected column is a user-defined function expression
From	Available Tables and Views	Specifies a list of available tables and views	Under Available Tables and Views, select the tables or views from which you want to select view columns. Then, click .
	From	Specifies the selected tables and views
	Alias	Specifies an alternate name for the selected table or view
Clauses	Where	Specifies the Boolean expression of the Where clause
	Group By	Specifies the grouping expression that defines how the rows are grouped together
	Having	Specifies the Boolean expression of the Having clause