You can use HELP COLUMN to display information for the TD_TIMEBUCKET, TD_TIMECODE, and TD_SEQNO system generated time series columns.
HELP COLUMN output includes the attribute, Time Series Column Type. For other column types, the Time Series Column Type value is NULL. The table below lists the time series column type values.
| Time Series Column | Time Series Column Type |
|---|---|
| TD_TIMEBUCKET | TB |
| TD_TIMECODE | TC |
| TD_SEQNO | TN |
Example: HELP COLUMN with a PTI Table Column
This HELP COLUMN statement displays the information for the TD_TIMEBUCKET column of the PTI table, TimeSeriesTab.
HELP COLUMN TimeSeriesTab.TD_TIMEBUCKET;
The HELP COLUMN output includes the attribute, Time Series Column Type, with a value of TB:
Column Name TD_TIMEBUCKET
Type I8
Nullable N
Format -(19)9
Max Length 8
Decimal Total Digits ?
Decimal Fractional Digits ?
Range Low ?
Range High ?
UpperCase N
Table/View? T
Indexed? Y
Unique? N
Primary? P
Title ?
Column Constraint ?
Char Type ?
IdCol Type ?
UDT Name ?
Temporal Column N
Current ValidTime Unique ?
Sequenced ValidTime Unique ?
NonSequenced ValidTime Unique ?
Current TransactionTime Unique ?
Partitioning Column N
Column Partition Number 0
Column Partition Format NA
Column Partition AC NA
Security Constraint N
Derived_UDT ?
Derived_UDTFieldID ?
Column Dictionary Name TD_TIMEBUCKET
Column SQL Name TD_TIMEBUCKET
Column Name UEscape ?
Dictionary Title ?
SQL Title ?
Title UEscape ?
UDT Database Dictionary Name ?
UDT Database SQL Name ?
UDT Database Name UEscape ?
UDT Dictionary Name ?
UDT SQL Name ?
UDT Name UEscape ?
Without Overlaps Unique ?
Storage Format ?
SchemaName ?
Inline Length ?
Transform Length ?
Time Series Column Type TB