Welcome to Teradata Package for R - Teradata Package for R

Teradata® Package for R User Guide

Product
Teradata Package for R
Release Number
17.00
Published
July 2021
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2023-08-08
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B700-4005
Product Category
Teradata Vantage

Using Teradata Package for R

The Teradata Package for R (tdplyr) is an open-source R library package that combines the benefits of open-source R language environment with the massive parallel processing capabilities of Teradata Vantage.

The purpose of this document is to help data scientists:
  • Describe available features and functionalities of tdplyr.
  • Install, uninstall, and upgrade the tdplyr package.
  • Connect to Vantage.
  • Use tdplyr for data management, exploration, and execution of analytic functions.
  • Troubleshoot tdplyr.
  • Understand limitations and considerations of tdplyr.

Why Would I Use this Content?

The tdplyr package is an R library package like other open-source R packages. The package interface makes available to R users a collection of functions for analytics that reside on Vantage, so that R users can perform in-database analytics with no SQL coding required. Also, the tdplyr package provides functions for data manipulation and transformation, data filtering and sub-setting, and can be used in conjunction with open-source R capabilities.

How Do I Use this Content?

Use this guide as a reference to find descriptions, usage notes, and examples of features and functions available in the tdplyr package.

How Do I Get Started?

Then you can load data, manipulate and transform data for analysis, and execute analytic functions.

References to Other Relevant Content

On the Teradata documentation web site https://docs.teradata.com/:
  • Teradata Package for R Function Reference, B700-4007
  • Teradata Vantage™ Machine Learning Engine Analytic Function Reference, B700-4003
  • Teradata Vantage™ - Analytics Database Analytic Functions, B035-1206
  • Teradata Package for Python User Guide, B700-4006
  • Teradata Package for Python Function Reference, B700-4008
On the Teradata GitHub site: https://github.com/Teradata/r-driver
  • Teradata SQL Driver for R