Chapter 11 Using the Command Line Interface - Visual Explain

Teradata Visual Explain User Guide

Product
Visual Explain
Release Number
15.00
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2018-09-27
dita:id
B035-2504
lifecycle
previous
Product Category
Teradata Tools and Utilities

Teradata Visual Explain provides a command line interface. Read the following topics for help using this interface:

  • Command Line Switches
  • Terms Used in Visual Explain
  • Connecting to a Teradata Database
  • View Execution Plan(S)
  • Opening Offline Execution Plans
  • Opening Online Execution Plans
  • Comparing Execution Plans Visually
  • Comparing Execution Plans Using Text Reports
  • Displaying Differences in Explain Text of Execution Plans
  • Comparing Multiple Execution Plans Using Bulk Compare
  • The command examples in this topic are executed from the command line interface. See Figure 77.

    Figure 77: Command Line Interface

    The same commands can be executed from the Run dialog box using TVEComp instead of VEComp. See Figure 78.

    Figure 78: Run Window

    Note: Command examples in this chapter use a “code-type” of font that displays the letter “l” (as in “letter”) and the number “1” (one) using similar characters. For example, “l” is the letter and “1” is the number.