Scripting and Teradata API Environments
Unlike the Teradata utilities and Teradata Parallel Transporter that are driven by scripts, Teradata PT is a functional library that is part of your applications. This allows the applications to have more control during the load and export processes.
The advantages for using Teradata PT are:
Figure 1 and Figure 2 illustrate the difference between the environments from an application enterprise overview.
Figure 2: Teradata PT Integration Architecture for Customer Applications