👋 Hi there,

If you’ve been following our PocketQuery updates, you know our goal has always been simple:
Make working with data in Confluence effortless.
And with this release, we’re taking another big step in that direction.The big news

PocketQuery now supports IBM DB2 for i (AS/400).

That means teams running their business data on IBM Power Systems, often the backbone of enterprise operations can now connect directly to their systems from within Confluence. No workarounds, no exports, no stale reports. Just live data, right where collaboration happens.

Why this matters

For years, teams on IBM i platforms (AS/400) had one big challenge:
their most important data lived on a system that felt disconnected from modern collaboration tools like Confluence.

Finance reports, logistics dashboards, ERP data, all perfectly maintained in IBM DB2 for i, but isolated.
Now, PocketQuery bridges that gap.

With this integration, you can:

• Connect your IBM DB2 for i datasource directly via JDBC
• Run live SQL queries and visualize results instantly inside Confluence
• Keep your pages up to date automatically, without exports or manual updates

In other words: the same reliability of IBM i meets the flexibility of Confluence.

Behind the scenes - a real customer story

This feature started with a support ticket from a long-time PocketQuery user who was migrating their self-hosted Confluence to the cloud.
Their challenge?
They needed PocketQuery to keep talking to their IBM DB2 for i system and  the core of their company data.

Together, we dug into JDBC connections, firewall routing, DRDA protocols, and the quirks of AS/400 networking.
After some rounds of testing together with the customer, the result was clear:
PocketQuery could connect and it just needed official support for the datasource.

Why it’s a game changer for Confluence teams

If your organization runs on IBM i, you know those systems don’t just “store data”, they run your business.
Now, with PocketQuery, that data can finally live alongside your documentation, decisions, and project pages in Confluence.

That means:
💰 Finance teams can pull live revenue numbers from IBM i directly into dashboards.
⚙️ Operations can show real-time production metrics without leaving the page.
🧾 Executives can review automatically refreshed KPIs, so there is no more emailing spreadsheets

The result?
A single source of truth not just in your database, but right in Confluence.

Where we’re headed

As more teams move to Atlassian Cloud, we’re making sure your data connections move with you.
IBM DB2 for i was the missing piece for many enterprise users and now it’s here.

And that’s the kind of progress we love: the kind that comes directly from your real-world challenges.

👉 Ready to try it?
Check out PocketQuery and connect your IBM DB2 for i datasource.
Live data. Real context. Right inside Confluence.

Best,
The Lively Apps Team

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