CREATE MAP Syntax Elements - Teradata Vantage - Analytics Database
SQL Data Definition Language Syntax and Examples
- 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
- ft:lastEdition
- 2025-11-22
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- jco1628111346878.ditamap
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- qkf1628213546010.ditaval
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- mdr1472255012272
- lifecycle
- latest
- Product Category
- Teradata Vantage™
- sparse_map_name
- Name of the sparse map.
- You cannot specify a name of an existing map or a name that begins with TD_.
- For best practice, include "map" in the name, for example OneAMPMap or SmallTable_Map.
- FROM contiguous_map_name
- Name of the parent contiguous map for the sparse map. You must specify the name of an existing contiguous map.
- You cannot specify TD_DataDictonaryMap or TD_GlobalMap.
- SPARSE
- Required keyword to indicate that the map is a sparse map.
- AMPCOUNT = n
- Specifies the number of AMPs for the map, where n is a value from 1 to the number of AMPs in the parent contiguous map, up to 1024.