Course Overview

Teradata Factory
Student Manual #1
Teradata Concepts
NCR System Architectures

Course Description
Description
The primary focus of this ten day course is to teach you about the design,
implementation, and administration of the Teradata Database.
The major topics in this course include:

Teradata RDBMS features and functions

The parallelism of the Teradata RDBMS
How Teradata is implemented on NCR systems (e.g., 4980/5380)
How to perform physical database design for Teradata RDBMS
Teradata SQL ANSI Differences for Version 2
How to create and populate the Teradata RDBMS using the Teradata
application utilities

How to perform common administrative functions for the Teradata RDBMS

Who Should Attend and Prerequisites

Who Should Attend
This course is designed for ...

NCR Teradata Professional Services Consultants

NCR Channel Partners
Prerequisites
Required:

An understanding of the logical data model, relational, SQL, and data

processing concepts.
Useful, but not required:

Experience with relational databases and SQL

Experience with UNIX SVR4 MP-RAS
Experience with NCR large systems

Class Format and Rules

Class Format
This ten day class consists of ...

Instructor presentations
Class discussions
Workshop exercises
Classroom Rules
The classroom rules are

Turn off your cellular phones and pagers.

Leave your laptop closed in the classroom during lecture.
Come to class on time in the morning and after breaks.
Enjoy the two weeks.

Outline of the Four Books

1. Teradata Concepts
Teradata features and functions
Parallelism and Teradata

NCR System Architectures

Characteristics of NCR 49xx and 53xx systems typical configurations
Disk Array subsystems and how Teradata utilizes disk arrays

2. Teradata Physical Database Design

Primary and secondary index selection; partitioned primary indexes
How the Teradata database works

Features of Teradata SQL

SQL ANSI syntax & features; Teradata and ANSI transaction modes
Temporary tables, System Calendar, and V2R5 System Limits

3. Teradata Application Utilities

Load utilities (e.g., BTEQ, FastLoad, MultiLoad, and TPump)
Export utilities (e.g., BTEQ and FastExport)

4. Teradata Database Administration

Dictionary tables and views; system hierarchy and space management
Users, Databases, Access Rights, Roles, and Profiles

Teradata Certification
Certified Teradata
Professional
1 (Basics)

Certified Teradata
Implementation Specialist
2

Certified Teradata
Administrator
4

Certified Teradata
Designer
5

Certified Teradata
SQL Specialist
3

Certified Teradata
Application Developer
6

This course helps prepare you for these Teradata Certification tests.

Teradata Certification Materials to Focus On

Certified Teradata Professional
Test 1 (Basics)
Teradata Factory (TF) Book 1 modules 1-10
Teradata Factory (TF) Book 2 modules 1 (pg. 1-25), 5 (pg. 1-19)
Teradata Factory (TF) Book 3 module 1

This course helps

prepare you for
these Teradata
Certification tests.

Certified Teradata Implementation Specialist

Test 2
TF Book 1 modules 10 and 13,
Book 2 ALL,
Book 3 modules 1 and 9,
Book 4 modules 1 through 3

Certified Teradata SQL Specialist

Test 3
Attend WBT or Customer Education
SQL classes

Certified Teradata
Administrator
Test 4

Certified Teradata
Designer
Test 5

75% - TF Book 4 ALL

25% - Scattered in TF
Books 2 and 3

70% - TF Book 2 ALL

30% - Scattered in TF
Books 1, 2 and 3

Certified Teradata
Application Developer
Test 6
80% - TF All Books
20% - Advanced SQL, OLAP,
Preprocessor, CLI, ODBC, DATE, etc.

Additional Resources
Teradata Certification Program
http://www.global.ncreducation.com/teradata

NCR Documentation
http://www.info.ncr.com
(Teradata Warehouse Solutions, search for Product ID B035)

NCR Discussion Lists (e.g., ATR)

http://mlist.ncr.com/#subs

NCR University
http://www.ncru.ncr.com

Teradata SQL WBT courses

http://www.learnzone.ncr.com/learning/sql/index.htm

Teradata Configuration WBT Course

http://www.learnzone.ncr.com/learning/config5/index.htm

Teradata Warehouse Builder WBT Course

http://www.ncru.learnzone.ncr.com/learning/td/twb/

Teradata System Performance Information

http://infobahn.sandiegoca.ncr.com/gsstech/techinfo/td_perf/