Teradata Basics E-Learning

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Teradata is an RDBMS that houses database using a parallel system architecture to enable faster retrieval of data. It uses SQL queries and provides various client and mainframe commuication techniques which enable varying OSs to connect and use the DBMS. This learning path will discuss the data warehousing and how Teradata uses it in its Active Data Warehousing, it will also cover data modeling, client communication, data access methods, and data space management. It will also cover the various Teradata tools, security, and Workload Management.

Course content

Teradata Overview

Course: 35 Minutes

• Course Introduction
• Overview of Teradata
• Overview of a Data Warehouse
• The Active Data Warehouse
• Teradata Active Solutions
• The Relational Database System
• The Data Warehouse Architectures
• Data Marts

Data Modeling

Course: 40 Minutes

• The Enterprise Data Model
• Data Warehouse Design Overview
• The Three-Schema Architecture
• The Logical Data Model Frameworks
• Semantic Data Modeling Overview
• Entities, Attributes, and Relationships
• The Normalization Process

Teradata RDBMS

Course: 33 Minutes

• The Teradata Database Capabilities
• Components of a Teradata Architecture
• The Parsing Engine
• The BYNET
• The Access Module Processor
• Teradata Virtual Storage
• Intelligent Memory
• Request Processing

Practice: The Teradata Architecture

Course: 4 Minutes

• Exercise: The Teradata Database and Architecture

Client Communication

Course: 26 Minutes

• Course Introduction
• Workstation Attachment Methods
• Mainframe Attachment Methods
• The ODBC Driver for Teradata
• The JDBC Driver for Teradata
• The OLE DB Provider for Teradata

Databases and Users

Course: 1 Hour, 15 Minutes

• Overview of Database Objects
• Defining Databases and Users
• Overview of Teradata Database Security
• Overview of Database Privileges and Roles
• User Authentication
• Data Protection
• Creating a Teradata Database
• Creating Users in Teradata
• Creating Profiles
• Creating Roles
• Granting Privileges Directly to Users
• Managing Database Passwords

Login to Teradata

Course: 24 Minutes

• About Logging into Teradata
• Logging on Using Database Authentication
• Logging on Using LDAP Authentication
• Logging on Using Single Sign-on and Sign-on As

Security

Course: 16 Minutes

• Using Views
• Using Macros
• Using UDFs

Practice: Client Communication and Security

Course: 5 Minutes

• Exercise: Communication and Database Security

Primary and Partitioned Indexes

Course: 57 Minutes

• Course Introduction
• Overview of Indexes in Teradata
• Overview of the Types of Indexes
• Primary Indexes
• NoPI Objects
• Partitioned Primary Index
• Creating Primary Indexes
• Partitioning Tables
• Column Partitioned Tables with Columnar

Secondary and Join Indexes

Course: 51 Minutes

• Types of Secondary Indexes
• Data Access with Secondary Indexes
• Creating Secondary Indexes
• Types of Join Indexes
• Uses and Storage of Join Indexes
• Creating Join Indexes
• Using EXPLAIN to Determine Index Usefulness
• Full-table Scans
• Using Indexes or Full-table Scans

Locking

Course: 29 Minutes

• Overview of Locking
• Locking Considerations
• Two-phase Locking and Serializability
• Using the LOCKING Request Modifier
• Understanding Deadlocks

Data Protection

Course: 28 Minutes

• Managing Space
• Estimating Space Requirements
• Overview of Fallback and Journals
• Overview of Cliques and Hot Standby Nodes
• Overview of RAID

Practice: Indexes and Locking

Course: 5 Minutes

• Exercise: Create Indexes and Use Locking