Table and Spool Icons - Visual Explain

Teradata Visual Explain User Guide

Product
Visual Explain
Release Number
15.10
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2018-10-07
dita:id
B035-2504
lifecycle
previous
Product Category
Teradata Tools and Utilities

Table 15 describes the table and spool icons.

 

Table 15: Table and Spool Icons 

Icon

Object

Definition

Table

A table involved in the operation.

Table eligible for synchronized scanning (not cached)

A table involved in the operation that is eligible for synchronized scanning.

Spool

A spool, which is where intermediate query results are stored.

Low Confidence Spool

A target spool, where the number of rows is estimated with a low confidence.

High Confidence Spool

A target spool, where the number of rows is estimated with a high confidence.

Index Join Confidence Spool

A target spool, where the number of rows is estimated with an index join confidence.

No Confidence Spool

A target spool, where number of rows is estimated with no confidence, which may indicate lack of collected statistics or certain query constraints.

High Confidence IN‑List Spool

A spool whose rows are made up from the values of an IN condition. Used to maximize the performance of a special class of star join queries. The confidence is always high because the cardinality is known.