Teradata Viewpoint - 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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2025-11-21
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Product Category
Teradata Vantageā„¢

Teradata Viewpoint enables database and system administrators and business users to monitor and manage Vantage systems from anywhere using a standard web browser.

User Type Teradata Viewpoint Uses
Database administrator Determining system status, trends, and individual query status.
System administrators Observing trends in system usage to plan project implementations, batch jobs, and maintenance to avoid peak periods of use.
Business user Quickly access status of reports and queries and drill down into details.
All View system information, such as query progress, performance data, and system saturation and health through preconfigured portlets displayed from Teradata Viewpoint portal.

User access to portlets is managed by role.

Portlets can be customized to suit individual user needs.

Teradata Viewpoint includes the following components.

Component Description
Viewpoint Server
  • Hardware on which the other components are installed.
  • Ethernet-connected server housed in the Teradata rack.
  • Managed by server management software.
Viewpoint Portal
  • Java-based portal on Viewpoint Server.
  • Framework for delivering Teradata Viewpoint portlets.
  • Includes security, user management, and role-based permissions that determine user access and limitations.
Data Collection Service
  • Java process.
  • Tracks daily activities on Vantage.
  • Maintains data history for comparison and reporting.
  • Maintains a local cache database that users can access even during critical events such as outages.
Portlets
  • Preconfigured and customizable.
  • Provides current view of workload and throughput on Vantage systems and historical view of system capacity and use.

For more information on Teradata Viewpoint, contact your Teradata representative.