Teradata PT Reference Documentation - Parallel Transporter

Teradata Parallel Transporter Application Programming Interface Programmer Guide

Product
Parallel Transporter
Release Number
16.10
Published
May 2017
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2018-05-15
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B035-2516
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Product Category
Teradata Tools and Utilities

User documentation for Teradata PT is distributed among the following books.

Publication Contents
Teradata Parallel Transporter Application Programming Interface Programmer Guide (this book)

B035-2516

Provides information about:
  • Setting up the interface.
  • Coding.
  • Error reporting.
  • Checkpointing and restarting.
Teradata Parallel Transporter Operator Programmer Guide

B035-2435

Provides information on developing custom operators, including all interface functions that allow communication between the Teradata PT operators and the Teradata PT infrastructure.
Teradata Parallel Transporter Quick Start Guide

B035-2501

Provides getting-started information for using Teradata PT. Includes Teradata PT job examples for:
  • Reading data from a flat file and loading it into a Teradata Database target table.
  • Exporting data from a Teradata Database source table and writing it to a flat file.
  • Exporting data from a Teradata Database source table and loading it to a Teradata Database target table.
Teradata Parallel Transporter Reference

B035-2436

A reference book that defines:
  • Teradata PT command line utility commands.
  • Object definition statements that make up the declarative section of a Teradata PT job script.
  • The APPLY statement that makes up the executable section of a Teradata PT job script.
  • Syntax for each Teradata PT operator.
Teradata Parallel Transporter User Guide

B035-2445

Detailed strategies for planning, implementing, and debugging Teradata PT.

The book includes chapters on:

  • Writing Teradata PT template job scripts, the kind of job scripts illustrated in the Teradata Parallel Transporter Quick Start Guide (B035-2501)
  • Writing Teradata PT defined schema job scripts that:
    • Move data to and from data targets
    • Move data within the Teradata environment
  • Describing individual Teradata PT operators and access modules
  • Launching, managing, and troubleshooting a Teradata PT job