With PowerExchange ODBC, you can create source or target definitions to access VSAM and sequential data sets (flat files), Adabas, DataCom, DB2, IDMS, or IMS databases. You create the source and target definitions identically regardless of the database type. After you create a source or target definition, you can edit it.

For nonrelational sources, the metadata imported is from the PowerExchange data map created through the PowerExchange Navigator. In the case of DB2 for z/OS and DB2 for i5/OS, the metadata is obtained either directly from the DB2 catalog or from a PowerExchange data map.