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Teradata® Package for Python Function Reference - 20.00
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- fastload.fastload = fastload(df, table_name, schema_name=None, if_exists='replace', index=False, index_label=None, primary_index=None, types=None, batch_size=None, save_errors=False, open_sessions=None, err_tbl_1_suffix=None, err_tbl_2_suffix=None, err_tbl_name=None, warn_tbl_name=None, err_staging_db=None)
- The fastload() API writes records from a Pandas DataFrame to Teradata Vantage
using Fastload. FastLoad API can be used to quickly load large amounts of data
in an empty table on Vantage.
1. Teradata recommends to use this API when number rows in the Pandas DataFrame
is greater than 100,000 to have better performance. To insert lesser rows,
please use copy_to_sql for optimized performance. The data is loaded in batches.
2. FastLoad API cannot load duplicate rows in the DataFrame if the table is a
MULTISET table having primary index.
3. FastLoad API does not support all Teradata Advanced SQL Engine data types.
For example, target table having BLOB and CLOB data type columns cannot be
loaded.
4. If there are any incorrect rows i.e. due to constraint violations, data type
conversion errors, etc., FastLoad protocol ignores those rows and inserts
all valid rows.
5. Rows in the DataFrame that failed to get inserted are categorized into errors
and warnings by FastLoad protocol and these errors and warnings are stored
into respective error and warning tables by FastLoad API.
6. fastload() creates 2 error tables when data is erroneous. These error tables are
refered as ERR_1 and ERR_2 tables.
* ERR_1 table is used to capture rows that violate the constraints or have format
errors. It typically contains information about rows that could not be inserted
into the target table due to data conversion errors, constraint violations, etc.
* ERR_2 table is used to log any duplicate rows found during the load process and
which are not loaded in target table, since fastLoad does not allow duplicate
rows to be loaded into the target table.
7. When "save_errors" argument is set to True, ERR_1 and ERR_2 tables are presisted.
The fully qualified names of ERR_1, ERR_2 and warning tables are shown once the
fastload operation is complete.
8. If user wants both error and warnings information from pandas dataframe to be
persisted rather than that from ERR_1 and ERR_2 tables, then "save_errors" should
be set to True and "err_tbl_name" must be provided.
For additional information about FastLoad protocol through teradatasql driver,
please refer the FASTLOAD section of https://pypi.org/project/teradatasql/#FastLoad
driver documentation for more information.
PARAMETERS:
df:
Required Argument.
Specifies the Pandas DataFrame object to be saved in Vantage.
Types: pandas.DataFrame
table_name:
Required Argument.
Specifies the name of the table to be created in Vantage.
Types: String
schema_name:
Optional Argument.
Specifies the name of the database schema in Vantage to write to.
Types: String
Default: None (Uses default database schema).
if_exists:
Optional Argument.
Specifies the action to take when table already exists in Vantage.
Types: String
Possible values: {'fail', 'replace', 'append'}
- fail: If table exists, raise TeradataMlException.
- replace: If table exists, drop it, recreate it, and insert data.
- append: If table exists, insert data. Create if does not exist.
Default: replace
index:
Optional Argument.
Specifies whether to save Pandas DataFrame index as a column or not.
Types: Boolean (True or False)
Default: False
index_label:
Optional Argument.
Specifies the column label(s) for Pandas DataFrame index column(s).
Types: String or list of strings
Default: None
primary_index:
Optional Argument.
Specifies which column(s) to use as primary index while creating table
in Vantage. When set to None, No Primary Index (NoPI) tables are created.
Types: String or list of strings
Default: None
Example:
primary_index = 'my_primary_index'
primary_index = ['my_primary_index1', 'my_primary_index2', 'my_primary_index3']
types:
Optional Argument.
Specifies the data types for requested columns to be saved in Vantage.
Types: Python dictionary ({column_name1: type_value1, ... column_nameN: type_valueN})
Default: None
Note:
1. This argument accepts a dictionary of columns names and their required
teradatasqlalchemy types as key-value pairs, allowing to specify a subset
of the columns of a specific type.
i) When only a subset of all columns are provided, the column types
for the rest are assigned appropriately.
ii) When types argument is not provided, the column types are assigned
as listed in the following table:
+---------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| Pandas/Numpy Type | teradatasqlalchemy Type |
+---------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| int32 | INTEGER |
+---------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| int64 | BIGINT |
+---------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| bool | BYTEINT |
+---------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| float32/float64 | FLOAT |
+---------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| datetime64/datetime64[ns] | TIMESTAMP |
+---------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| datetime64[ns,<time_zone>]| TIMESTAMP(timezone=True) |
+---------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| Any other data type | VARCHAR(configure.default_varchar_size) |
+---------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
2. This argument does not have any effect when the table specified using
table_name and schema_name exists and if_exists = 'append'.
batch_size:
Optional Argument.
Specifies the number of rows to be loaded in a batch. For better performance,
recommended batch size is at least 100,000. batch_size must be a positive integer.
If this argument is None, there are two cases based on the number of
rows, say N in the dataframe 'df' as explained below:
If N is greater than 100,000, the rows are divided into batches of
equal size with each batch having at least 100,000 rows (except the
last batch which might have more rows). If N is less than 100,000, the
rows are inserted in one batch after notifying the user that insertion
happens with degradation of performance.
If this argument is not None, the rows are inserted in batches of size
given in the argument, irrespective of the recommended batch size.
The last batch will have rows less than the batch size specified, if the
number of rows is not an integral multiples of the argument batch_size.
Default Value: None
Types: int
save_errors:
Optional Argument.
Specifies whether to persist the error/warning information in Vantage
or not.
Notes:
* When "save_errors" is set to True, ERR_1 and ERR_2 tables are presisted.
The fully qualified names of ERR_1, ERR_2 and warning table are returned
in a dictionary containing keys named as "ERR_1_table", "ERR_2_table",
"warnings_table" respectively.
* When "save_errors" is set to True and "err_tbl_name" is also provided,
"err_tbl_name" takes precedence and error information is persisted into
a single table using pandas dataframe rather than in ERR_1 and ERR_2 tables.
* When "save_errors" is set to False, errors and warnings information is
not persisted as tables, but it is returned as pandas dataframes in a
dictionary containing keys named as "errors_dataframe" and "warnings_dataframe"
respectively.
Default Value: False
Types: bool
open_sessions:
Optional Argument.
Specifies the number of Teradata data transfer sessions to be opened for fastload operation.
Note : If "open_sessions" argument is not provided, the default value is the smaller of 8 or the
number of AMPs available.
For additional information about number of Teradata data-transfer
sessions opened during fastload, please refer to:
https://pypi.org/project/teradatasql/#FastLoad
Default Value: None
Types: int
err_tbl_1_suffix:
Optional Argument.
Specifies the suffix for error table 1 created by fastload job.
Default Value: "_ERR_1"
Types: String
err_tbl_2_suffix:
Optional Argument.
Specifies the suffix for error table 2 created by fastload job.
Default Value: "_ERR_2"
Types: String
err_tbl_name:
Optional Argument.
Specifies the name for error table. This argument takes precedence
over "save_errors" and saves error information in single table,
rather than ERR_1 and ERR_2 error tables.
Default value: "td_fl_<table_name>_err_<unique_id>" where table_name
is name of target/staging table and unique_id is logon
sequence number of fastload job.
Types: String
warn_tbl_name:
Optional Argument.
Specifies the name for warning table.
Default value: "td_fl_<table_name>_warn_<unique_id>" where table_name
is name of target/staging table and unique_id is logon
sequence number of fastload job.
Types: String
err_staging_db:
Optional Argument.
Specifies the name of the database to be used for creating staging
table and error/warning tables.
Note:
Current session user must have CREATE, DROP and INSERT table
permissions on err_staging_db database.
Types: String
RETURNS:
A dict containing the following attributes:
1. errors_dataframe: It is a Pandas DataFrame containing error messages
thrown by fastload. DataFrame is empty if there are no errors or
"save_errors" is set to True.
2. warnings_dataframe: It is a Pandas DataFrame containing warning messages
thrown by fastload. DataFrame is empty if there are no warnings.
3. errors_table: Fully qualified name of the table containing errors. It is
an empty string (''), if argument "save_errors" is set to False.
4. warnings_table: Fully qualified name of the table containing warnings. It is
an empty string (''), if argument "save_errors" is set to False.
5. ERR_1_table: Fully qualified name of the ERR 1 table created by fastload
job. It is an empty string (''), if argument "save_errors" is set to False.
6. ERR_2_table: Fully qualified name of the ERR 2 table created by fastload
job. It is an empty string (''), if argument "save_errors" is set to False.
RAISES:
TeradataMlException
EXAMPLES:
Saving a Pandas DataFrame using Fastload:
>>> from teradataml.dataframe.fastload import fastload
>>> from teradatasqlalchemy.types import *
>>> df = {'emp_name': ['A1', 'A2', 'A3', 'A4'],
'emp_sage': [100, 200, 300, 400],
'emp_id': [133, 144, 155, 177],
'marks': [99.99, 97.32, 94.67, 91.00]
}
>>> pandas_df = pd.DataFrame(df)
# Example 1: Default execution.
>>> fastload(df = pandas_df, table_name = 'my_table')
# Example 2: Save a Pandas DataFrame with primary_index.
>>> pandas_df = pandas_df.set_index(['emp_id'])
>>> fastload(df = pandas_df, table_name = 'my_table_1', primary_index='emp_id')
# Example 3: Save a Pandas DataFrame using fastload() with index and primary_index.
>>> fastload(df = pandas_df, table_name = 'my_table_2', index=True,
primary_index='index_label')
# Example 4: Save a Pandas DataFrame using types, appending to the table if it already exists.
>>> fastload(df = pandas_df, table_name = 'my_table_3', schema_name = 'alice',
index = True, index_label = 'my_index_label',
primary_index = ['emp_id'], if_exists = 'append',
types = {'emp_name': VARCHAR, 'emp_sage':INTEGER,
'emp_id': BIGINT, 'marks': DECIMAL})
# Example 5: Save a Pandas DataFrame using levels in index of type MultiIndex.
>>> pandas_df = pandas_df.set_index(['emp_id', 'emp_name'])
>>> fastload(df = pandas_df, table_name = 'my_table_4', schema_name = 'alice',
index = True, index_label = ['index1', 'index2'],
primary_index = ['index1'], if_exists = 'replace')
# Example 6: Save a Pandas DataFrame by opening specified number of teradata data transfer sessions.
>>> fastload(df = pandas_df, table_name = 'my_table_5', open_sessions = 2)
# Example 7: Save a Pandas Dataframe to a table in specified target database "schema_name".
# Save errors and warnings to database specified with "err_staging_db".
# Save errors to table named as "err_tbl_name" and warnings to "warn_tbl_name".
# Given that, user is connected to a database different from "schema_name"
# and "err_staging_db".
# Create a pandas dataframe having one duplicate and one fualty row.
>>>> data_dict = {"C_ID": [301, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308],
"C_timestamp": ['2014-01-06 09:01:25', '2014-01-06 09:01:25',
'2015-01-06 09:01:25.25.122200', '2017-01-06 09:01:25.11111',
'2013-01-06 09:01:25', '2019-03-06 10:15:28',
'2014-01-06 09:01:25.1098', '2014-03-06 10:01:02',
'2014-03-06 10:01:20.0000']}
>>> my_df = pd.DataFrame(data_dict)
# Fastlaod data in non-default schema "target_db" and save erors and warnings in given tables.
>>> fastload(df=my_df, table_name='fastload_with_err_warn_tbl_stag_db',
if_exists='replace', primary_index='C_ID', schema_name='target_db',
types={'C_ID': INTEGER, 'C_timestamp': TIMESTAMP(6)},
err_tbl_name='fld_errors', warn_tbl_name='fld_warnings',
err_staging_db='stage_db')
Processed 9 rows in batch 1.
{'errors_dataframe': batch_no error_message
0 1 [Session 14527] [Teradata Database] [Error 26...,
'warnings_dataframe': batch_no error_message
0 batch_summary [Session 14526] [Teradata SQL Driver] [Warnin...,
'errors_table': 'stage_db.fld_errors',
'warnings_table': 'stage_db.fld_warnings',
'ERR_1_table': '',
'ERR_2_table': ''}
# Validate loaded data table.
>>> DataFrame(in_schema("target_db", "fastload_with_err_warn_tbl_stag_db"))
C_ID C_timestamp
303 2017-01-06 09:01:25.111110
306 2014-01-06 09:01:25.109800
304 2013-01-06 09:01:25.000000
307 2014-03-06 10:01:02.000000
305 2019-03-06 10:15:28.000000
301 2014-01-06 09:01:25.000000
308 2014-03-06 10:01:20.000000
# Validate error and warning tables.
>>> DataFrame(in_schema("stage_db", "fld_errors"))
batch_no error_message
1 [Session 14527] [Teradata Database] [Error 2673] FastLoad failed to insert 1 of 9 batched rows. Batched row 3 failed to insert because of Teradata Database error 2673 in "target_db"."fastload_with_err_warn_tbl_stag_db"."C_timestamp"
>>> DataFrame(in_schema("stage_db", "fld_warnings"))
batch_no error_message
batch_summary [Session 14526] [Teradata SQL Driver] [Warning 518] Found 1 duplicate or faulty row(s) while ending FastLoad of database table "target_db"."fastload_with_err_warn_tbl_stag_db": expected a row count of 8, got a row count of 7
# Example 8: Save a Pandas Dataframe to a table in specified target database "schema_name".
# Save errors in ERR_1 and ERR_2 tables having user defined suffixes provided
# in "err_tbl_1_suffix" and "err_tbl_2_suffix".
# Source Pandas dataframe is same as Example 7.
>>> fastload(df=my_df, table_name = 'fastload_with_err_warn_tbl_stag_db',
schema_name = 'target_db', if_exists = 'append',
types={'C_ID': INTEGER, 'C_timestamp': TIMESTAMP(6)},
err_staging_db='stage_db', save_errors=True,
err_tbl_1_suffix="_user_err_1", err_tbl_2_suffix="_user_err_2")
{'errors_dataframe': Empty DataFrame
Columns: []
Index: [],
'warnings_dataframe': batch_no error_message
0 batch_summary [Session 14699] [Teradata SQL Driver] [Warnin...,
'errors_table': '',
'warnings_table': 'stage_db.td_fl_fastload_with_err_warn_tbl_stag_db_warn_1730',
'ERR_1_table': 'stage_db.ml__fl_stag_1716272404181579_user_err_1',
'ERR_2_table': 'stage_db.ml__fl_stag_1716272404181579_user_err_2'}
# Validate ERR_1 and ERR_2 tables.
>>> DataFrame(in_schema("stage_db", "ml__fl_stag_1716270574550744_user_err_1"))
ErrorCode ErrorFieldName DataParcel
2673 F_C_timestamp b'12E...'
>>> DataFrame(in_schema("stage_db", "ml__fl_stag_1716270574550744_user_err_2"))
C_ID C_timestamp