Teradata Unity Best Practices
Teradata Unity is the latest addition to the Teradata analytical ecosystem. Unity evolves and improves query routing capabilities previously provided by Teradata Query Director, while adding new...
View ArticleTeradata Express for Amazon EC2
Teradata Express is a free developer version of the Teradata Database. It provides an opportunity to work with the Teradata Database for development, testing, evaluation and learning purposes. Please...
View ArticleTeradata Express 14.0 for Amazon EC2 Configuration Guide
Cloud Computing is a computing service provisioning and delivery model in which users get access to dynamically scalable computing capacity over the network in a pay-as-you-use payment scheme. While...
View ArticleIntrepreting DBQL DelayTime in Teradata 13.10
Starting in Teradata 13.10, there is a single delay queue for all throttles. This means that queries delayed by system throttles will reside in the same queue as queries delayed by workload throttles....
View ArticleUtility Session Management - It's Inside the Database in Teradata 13.10!...
How do you pick the number of sessions to assign to your utility jobs? Chances are you guess. In Teradata 13.10 the task of deciding the number of sessions has been moved inside the database, meaning...
View ArticleNew opportunities for statistics collection in Teradata 14.0
Teradata 14.0 offers some very helpful enhancements to the statistics collection process. This posting discusses a few of the key ones, with an explanation of how these enhancements can be used to...
View ArticlePutting Teradata Geospatial On The Map
The Teradata Database provides a powerful and scalable platform for supporting and growing your geospatial requirements. Audience: Data Warehouse Architect/Designer, Data Warehouse Modeler, Data...
View ArticleStatistics: Definitions, Origins and Teradata
There are lies, damned lies and … statistics. Statistics are “the science that deals with the collection, classification, analysis, and interpretation of numerical facts or data, and that, by use of...
View ArticleMigrating Oracle Applications and Databases to the Teradata Data Warehouse
This course covers the various things you need to know when converting applications that processed your Oracle database. Training detailsThis course is offered by the Teradata Education Network. To...
View ArticleAre AMP Worker Tasks used by FastExport in Response Mode?
I gave a presentation on AMP worker tasks at the Teradata User Group conference last week in Washington DC. A question came from someone in the audience concerning FastExport jobs in response mode,...
View ArticleOLAP Analytics in Action
This presentation demystifies usage of OLAP Analytics function for TD 13.10 and previous releases.Audience: Data Warehouse Technical Specialist, Database Administrator, Data Warehouse Analytical...
View ArticleDatabase Tasks that Run on the Parsing Engine
Most of us are aware of AMP worker tasks, and some of us are even obsessive about not running out of this finite resource. But that’s on the AMP. What about the tasks supporting user work on the...
View ArticleThrottlepedia: A Detailed Look at Teradata Concurrency Control
Throttles are the most popular Teradata workload management option today. This webinar will provide a simple yet thorough explanation of how these concurrency control rules actually work, reviewing the...
View ArticleElevating Parsing Priority
For sites using Teradata Active System Management (TASM), workload classification determines which workload will manage the AMP activity when a query executes. Workload classification takes place...
View ArticleHitchhikers' Guide to using Excel with Teradata
It is believed that the computer called Deep Thought in the famous Douglas Adams' novel, “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” used Excel in the last step of figuring out the meaning of life. It is...
View ArticleOperations Management - Best practices in running your BI and Data Warehouse
Running your warehouse in not just about up time and workload management. Operations Management must cover the complete BI & DW ecosystem.Audience: Data Warehouse Administrator, Data Warehouse...
View ArticleUsing the ResUsageSAWT table to Monitor AMP Worker Tasks
As you approach full use of your AMP worker tasks, monitoring in-use counts becomes a more important exercise. The ResUsageSAWT (SAWT) table provides a wealth of information about AWT usage when you...
View ArticleTeradata Columnar – Why, How, and When to Use Vertical Partitions
Teradata Columnar, available with Teradata 14, is a new physical database design choice which can provide extreme performance and dramatic compression.This session will explain what columnar is and how...
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Statistics collection recommendations – Teradata 14.0
Cover Image: Statistical information is vital for the optimizer when it builds query plans. But collecting statistics can involve time and resources. By understanding and combining several different...
View ArticleTeradata 14.0 for Business (Webcast)
Explore the features and functions available in Teradata 14.0 that will have a direct impact on the business community!The five major areas of Quality/Supportability, Performance, Active Enable, and...
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