Table of Contents-Book 2-Teradata Basics for Business Users

Chapter 1 The Teradata Fundamentals What is Parallel Processing? The Basics of a Single Computer Teradata Parallel Processes Data Parallel Architecture All Teradata Tables are spread across ALL AMPS Teradata Systems can Add AMPs for Linear Scalability Teradata Parallel Processing Teradata Systems can continue to grow to thousands of AMPs How Teradata Creates Tables Every AMP has the Exact Same Tables All Teradata Tables are spread across All AMPs Each Table has a Primary Index that is Unique or Non-Unique The Hash Map Determines which AMP will own the Row A Unique Primary Index Spreads the Data Evenly A Non-Unique Primary Index Skews the Data Comparing the Same Table with Different Primary Indexes Unique Primary Index Queries are a Single AMP Retrieve Using EXPLAIN A Non-Unique Primary Index is also a Single AMP Retrieve Using EXPLAIN in a NUPI Query Teradata has a No Primary Index Table called a NoPI Table A conceptual example of a Table with NO PRIMARY INDEX A Full Table Scan is likely on a table with NO Primary Index Table CREATE Examples with four different Primary Indexes What happens when you forget the Primary Index? Chapter 2 The Teradata Users' Fastest Queries Which Query is the Fastest? Answer - Which Query is the Fastest? Which Query is the Slowest? Answer - Which Query is the Slowest? Which Table is more likely to have a Unique Primary Index? Answer - Which Table is more likely to have a Unique Primary Index? How Many AMPs involved with an UPI? Answer - How Many AMPs involved with an UPI? How Many AMPs involved with a NUPI? Answer - How Many AMPs involved with an NUPI?

Multi-Column Primary Index Quiz Answer - Multi-Column Primary Index Quiz Full Table Scan times vs. Single AMP retrieve Answer - Full Table Scan times vs. Single AMP retrieve Which Query is a Single AMP Retrieve? Answer - Which Query is a Single AMP Retrieve? Chapter 3 Space Perm and Spool Space Perm Space is for Permanent Tables Spool Space is work space that builds a Users Answer Sets How is Spool Space like a Hotel Lobby? Think of Spool Space like Aisles in a Grocery Store When a User is created they are assigned a Spool Space Limit All Spool Space is calculated on a Per AMP Basis What is a common reason that a User runs out of Spool? Why is a Database Assigned Spool Space? Spool is an individual limit and not a Pool to Share What is the Purpose of Spool Limits? Perm Space is for Permanent Tables Perm and Spool is Calculated on a Per AMP Basis Why did my query Abort and say Out of Spool? How come my Join caused me to run Out of Spool? Finding out how much Space you have Space per AMP on all tables in a Database shows Skew Chapter 4 The User Environment DBC is the only user when the system first arrives DBC will Create Databases and Give them Space DBC will create some initial Users A Typical Teradata Environment What are Similarities between a DATABASE and a USER? Roles Create a Role and then Assign that Role Its Access Rights Create a User and Assign them a Default Role Granting Access Rights There are Three Types of Access Rights Description of the Three Types of Access Rights Profiles Creating a Profile and a User

ProfileInfoVX, RoleMembers, RoleInfo and UserRoleRights Accounts and their Associated Priorities Creating a User with Multiple Account Priorities Account String Expansion (ASE) The DBC.AMPUsage View Teradata TASM provides a User Traffic System Teradata Viewpoint Chapter 5 - Three Options for Teradata Table Design There are Three Options to Teradata Table Design How Teradata Creates Traditional Tables Each Table has a Primary Index A Query Using the Primary Index is a Single AMP Retrieve A Primary Index Query uses a Single AMP and Single Block How Teradata Creates a PPI Table PPI Table Sorting the Rows by Month of Order_Date An All AMPs Retrieve By Way of a Single Partition Creating a PPI Table with CASE_N A Visual of Case_N Partitioning An All AMPs Retrieve By Way of a Single Partition What does a Columnar Table look like? A Comparison of Data for Normal Vs. Columnar A Columnar Table is best for Queries with Few Columns Quiz How Many Containers are in FSG Cache? Answer How Many Containers are in FSG Cache? Intelligent Memory (Teradata V14.10) Teradata V14.10 Intelligent Memory Gives Data a Temperature Data deemed VeryHot stays in each AMP's Intelligent Memory Intelligent Memory Stays in Memory Factors When Choosing Table Design Chapter 6 - Secondary Indexes Teradata Primary and Secondary Index Cheat Sheet Teradata Query Cheat Sheet Creating a Unique Secondary Index (USI) Creating a Non-Unique Secondary Index (NUSI) Creating a Value-Ordered NUSI NUSI BITMAP The Facts on Primary Indexes, Secondary Indexes, and Full Table Scans Multiple Choice DBA

Multiple Choice DBA What are the Big Four Tactical Queries? What are the Big Four Tactical Queries? Chapter 7 - How Joins Work Under the Covers Teradata Join Quiz Teradata Join Quiz Answer The Joining of Two Tables Teradata Moves Joining Rows to the Same AMP Imagine Joining Two NoPI Tables that have No Primary Index Both Tables are redistributed to Join Rows on the Same AMP How do you join if One Table is Big and One Table is small? Duplicate the Small Table on Every AMP (like a mirror) What Could You Do If Two Tables Joined 1000 Times a Day? Joining Two Tables with the same PK/FK Primary Index A Join With No Redistribution or Duplication A Performance Tuning Technique for Large Joins The Joining of Two Tables with an Additional WHERE Clause An Example of the Fastest Join Possible Using a Simple Volatile Table A Volatile Table with a Primary Index Using a Simple Global Temporary Table Two Brilliant Techniques for Global Temporary Tables The Joining of Two Tables Using a Global Temporary Table Quiz How Much Data Moves Across the BYNET? Answer How Much Data Moves Across the BYNET? Chapter 8 - Collect Statistics The Teradata Parsing Engine (Optimizer) is Cost Based The Purpose of Collect Statistics When Teradata Collects Statistics it Creates a Histogram The Interval of the Collect Statistics Histogram Histogram Quiz Answers to Histogram Quiz What to COLLECT STATISTICS On? Why Collect Statistics? How do you know if Statistics were Collected on a Table? A Huge Hint that No Statistics Have Been Collected The Basic Syntax for COLLECT STATISTICS COLLECT STATISTICS Examples for a better Understanding

The New Teradata V14 Way to Collect Statistics The Official Syntax for COLLECT STATISTICS How to Re-COLLECT STATISTICS on a Table How to Copy a Table with Data and the Statistics? How to Copy a Table with NO Data and the Statistics? When to COLLECT STATISTICS Using only a SAMPLE Examples of COLLECT STATISTICS Using only a SAMPLE Examples of COLLECT STATISTICS For V14 How to Collect Statistics on a PPI Table on the Partition Chapter 9 - View Functions Creating a Simple View Basic Rules for Views How to Modify a View Exceptions to the ORDER BY Rule inside a View How to Get HELP with a View Views sometimes CREATED for Formatting or Row Security Another Way to Alias Columns in a View CREATE Resolving Aliasing Problems in a View CREATE Resolving Aliasing Problems in a View CREATE Resolving Aliasing Problems in a View CREATE CREATING Views for Complex SQL such as Joins WHY certain columns need Aliasing in a View Aggregates on View Aggregates Locking Row for Access Altering a Table Altering a Table after a View has been created A View that errors After an ALTER Troubleshooting a View Updating Data in a Table through a View Maintenance Restrictions on a Table through a View Chapter 10 - Macro Functions The 14 rules of Macros CREATING and EXECUTING a Simple Macro Multiple SQL Statements inside a Macro Complex Joins inside a Macro Passing an INPUT Parameter to a Macro Troubleshooting a Macro with INPUT Parameters Troubleshooting a Macro with INPUT Parameters

An UPDATE Macro with Two Input Parameters Executing a Macro with Named (Not Positional) Parameters Troubleshooting a Macro Chapter 11 - Explain EXPLAIN Keywords EXPLAIN Keywords Continued Explain Example Full Table Scan Explain Example Unique Primary Index (UPI) Explain Example Non-Unique Primary Index (NUPI) Explain Example Unique Secondary Index (USI) Explain Example Redistributed to All-AMPs Explain Example Row Hash Match Scan Explain Example Duplicated on All-AMPs Explain Example Low Confidence Explain Example High Confidence Explain Example Product Join Explain Example BMSMS Explain Terminology for Partitioned Primary Index Tables Explain Example From a Single Partition Explain Example From N Partitions Explain Example Partitions and Current_Date Chapter 12 - Temporal Tables Create Functions Three types of Temporal Tables CREATING a Bi-Temporal Table PERIOD Data Types Bi-Temporal Data Type Standards Bi-Temporal Example Tera-Tom buys! A Look at the Temporal Results Bi-Temporal Example Tera-Tom Sells! Bi-Temporal Example How the data looks! Normal SQL for Bi-Temporal Tables NONSEQUENCED SQL for Temporal Tables AS OF SQL for Temporal Tables NONSEQUENCED for Both Creating Views for Temporal Tables Bi-Temporal Example Socrates is DELETED! Bi-Temporal Results Socrates is DELETED

Chapter 13 - Temporary Tables There are three types of Temporary Tables CREATING A Derived Table Naming the Derived Table Aliasing the Column Names in the Derived Table Most Derived Tables Are Used To Join To Other Tables Multiple Ways to Alias the Columns in a Derived Table Our Join Example with a Different Column Aliasing Style Column Aliasing Can Default for Normal Columns CREATING A Derived Table using the WITH Command Our Join Example With the WITH Syntax The Same Derived Query shown Three Different Ways Quiz - Answer the Questions Answer to Quiz - Answer the Questions Clever Tricks on Aliasing Columns in a Derived Table A Derived Table lives only for the lifetime of a single query An Example of Two Derived Tables in a Single Query Creating a Volatile Table You Populate a Volatile Table with an INSERT/SELECT The Three Steps to Use a Volatile Table Why Would You Use the ON COMMIT DELETE ROWS? The HELP Volatile Table Command Shows your Volatiles A Volatile Table with a Primary Index The Joining of Two Tables Using a Volatile Table You Can Collect Statistics on Volatile Tables The New Teradata V14 Way to Collect Statistics Four Examples of Creating a Volatile Table Quickly Four Advanced Examples of Creating a Volatile Table Quickly Creating Partitioned Primary Index (PPI) Volatile Tables Using a Volatile Table to Get Rid of Duplicate Rows Using a Simple Global Temporary Table Two Brilliant Techniques for Global Temporary Tables The Joining of Two Tables Using a Global Temporary Table CREATING A Global Temporary Table Chapter 14 Top SQL Commands Cheat Sheet SELECT All Columns from a Table and Sort Select Specific Columns and Limiting the Rows Changing your Default Database Keywords that describe you

Select TOP Rows in a Rank Order A Sample number of rows Getting a Sample Percentage of rows Find Information about a Database Find information about a Table Using Aggregates Performing a Join Performing a Join using ANSI Syntax Using Date, Time, and Timestamp Using Date Functions Using the System Calendar Using the System Calendar in a Query Formatting Data Using Rank Using a Derived Table Using a Subquery Correlated Subquery Using Substring Basic CASE Statement Advanced CASE Statement Using an Access Lock in your SQL Collect Statistics CREATING a Volatile Table with a Primary Index CREATING a Volatile Table that is Partitioned (PPI) CREATING a Volatile Table that is deleted after the Query Finding the Typical Rows per Value for specific column Finding out how much Space you have How much Space you have Per AMP Finding your Space Finding Space Skew in Tables in a Database Finding the Number of rows per AMP for a Column Finding Account Information Ordered Analytics