Databases and Users - Teradata Vantage - Analytics Database

Database Introduction

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
VMware
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Product
Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
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en-US
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2025-11-21
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Product Category
Teradata Vantageā„¢

While Vantage is a collection of related tables, views, stored procedures, macros, and so on, it also contains databases and users.

The difference between a database and a user is that a user can log on to the system but a database cannot.