DB2 Universal Database provides a rich set of data access interfaces for different kinds of users and applications:

• The Control Center is an easy-to-use graphical interface for interactive users and database administrators. It provides tools for day-to-day tasks such as configuring the system, creating tables and other objects, scheduling jobs, and performing backup and recovery. You can run the Control Center on the workstation where your database is located or on a remote workstation. A single Control Center can manage several databases on several workstations.

• The Data Warehouse Center is a graphical interface that simplifies the process of designing, building, and maintaining your data warehouses.

• The Command Line Processor is a text-oriented interface that you can use to access and manipulate databases from the system command prompt. You can issue SQL statements and DB2 commands, access local and remote databases, and maintain a history of all requests.