This course teaches you how to read Teradata tables in Teradata using SAS 9.4 SAS/ACCESS Interface to Teradata. You learn how to connect to Teradata, query a single Teradata table and multipleTeradata tables, and you also learn efficiency techniques and options for optimizing data access performance.
Learn how to
- read Teradata tables using the LIBNAME statement and the SQL Pass-Through Facility
- use options and efficiency techniques for optimizing data access performance
- join data using the SQL procedure and the DATA step
- publish and use SAS formats in Teradata.
Who should attend
SAS programmers that need to access data in Teradata from within SAS
Before attending this course, you should be comfortable programming in SAS and Structured Query Language (SQL). You can gain this experience from the SAS SQL 1: Essentials course. You can gain knowledge of SAS from the SAS Programming 1: Essentials course. A working knowledge of Teradata is helpful.
This course addresses SAS/ACCESS, Base SAS software.
This course addresses SAS/ACCESS Interface to Teradata.
Introduction- course logistics
- overview of SAS/ACCESS software
- overview of Teradata
- connecting to Teradata
Using the SQL Pass-Through Facility- creating SQL Procedure Pass-Through Queries
- using SQL Pass-Through Facility
Using the SAS/ACCESS LIBNAME Engine- using the LIBNAME statement for Teradata
- using Data Set options
- creating views
- combining tables
- benefits of the Libname method
Performance Considerations- improving performance with the LIBNAME statement
- taking advantage of Teradata indexes
Base SAS In-Database Processing- overview of SAS In-Database technology
- using Base SAS procedures in Teradata
- using SAS formats and user-defined formats in Teradata
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