What-if Analysis Process - Teradata Index Wizard

Teradata Index Wizard User Guide

Product
Teradata Index Wizard
Release Number
15.10
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2018-10-07
dita:id
B035-2506
Product Category
Teradata Tools and Utilities

The What-if analysis process starts when you click the Analyze button. The DDL statements in the grid are simulated on the system. Each DDL statement submitted is indicated in the status bar. If COLLECT STATISTICS statements are present in the DDL, a warning message appears.

When you click OK, the statistics collected for the tables in the workload are displayed (the View/Modify Statistics Samples option must be set to “yes”). You can view the statistics and modify them. These statistics will be used during plan generation.

The following table describes the statistics after they are generated.

 

Table 25: Analysis Statistics Dialog Box Descriptions 

Option

Description

Database objects

Displays the hierarchy of the objects where the statistics exist.

Database Name

Displays the database where the table is present.

Table Name

Displays the table where the statistics are collected.

Interval Type

Selects the interval types to be displayed. The values are All, High-biased, and Equal.

Column Name

Displays the column name where the statistics are collected.

Number of Rows

Displays the number of rows in the table.

Number of Nulls

Displays the number of null values.

Number of Intervals

Displays the number of intervals of statistics collected.

Number of Unique

Displays the number of unique values for the column where the statistics are collected.

Version

Displays the version.

Time Stamp

Adds a time stamp.

Minimum Value

Displays the minimum value for interval 0.

Mode Value

Displays the mode value of interval 0.

Mode Frequency

Displays the mode frequency of interval 0.

The workload statements are submitted to the server and the new plans are captured. During this phase, if the statistics were modified using the above option, the Optimizer uses the modified statistics. Otherwise, it uses the collected statistics while generating the plans. Additionally, the status bar displays the statement that is currently being processed.

If you do not perform an abort, the new execution costs for the statements in the workload are obtained. The dialog box shows the cost difference in percentage with and without the simulated indexes and statistics, and the overall improvement of the performance. You can compare these statements using Teradata Visual Explain. Select the plans to be compared and click Compare.