Teradata Visual Explain Main Window - 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 Main Window

Figure 1 is a representative view of the Teradata Visual Explain main window, which opens by default when starting Teradata Visual Explain. Information that appears in the window is dependent on the task being performed.

Figure 1: Teradata VE Main Window

The basic features of the interface are:

  • The Menu Bar and Toolbars used to access commands
  • Display Icons that depict database objects (for example, tables, spools), operations, and statement types
  • Tool Tips and Pop‑Up Menus, shown as overlaying boxes in the window, that provide summary or detailed information about each icon
  • Connectors that show the relationship between the displayed icons
  • A Summary Information Window that provides information related to the displayed execution plan
  • Teradata Visual Explain also features shortcut menus, resizable columns in dialog boxes, and online help to make it easier to work with the application and on‑screen information.

    For more information about:

  • Shortcut menus, see “Shortcut Menus” on page 54
  • Resizing columns, see “Dialog Boxes” on page 54
  • Online help, see “Online Help” on page 55