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  1. Preface
  2. Introduction to TDM Administration
  3. User and Role Administration
  4. Security Administration
  5. System Preferences
  6. TDM Server Administration
  7. Connections
  8. Pass Phrases
  9. Global Parameters
  10. Dictionaries
  11. User-Defined Datatypes

Administrator Guide

Administrator Guide

Teradata Connections

Teradata Connections

You can create a Teradata connection in Test Data Manager to perform data subset and data masking operations.
The following table describes the database connection properties for a Teradata database:
Property
Description
Name
Required. Name of the connection. The name is not case sensitive and must be unique within the domain. It cannot exceed 128 characters, start with a number, contain spaces, or contain the following special characters:
~ ` ! $ % ^ & * ( ) - + = { [ } ] | \ : ; " ' < , > . ? /
Connection Type
Required. The connection type. Select Teradata.
Description
The description of the connection. The description cannot exceed 255 characters.
User Name
Required. The database user name.
Use Parameter in Password
Indicates the password for the database user name is a session parameter. $Param
Name
. Define the password in the workflow or session parameter file, and encrypt it using the
pmpasswd
CRYPT_DATA option.
Used for data subset and data masking operations. Default is disabled.
Password
Required. The password for the database user name.
Owner
The owner of the connection. Default is the user who creates the connection. You can change the owner of the connection.
JDBC Login Password
Required if Use Parameter in Password is selected. The password for the JDBC user.
Used for import from source and data discovery operations.
Code Page
Code page the Integration Service uses to read from a source database or write to a target database or file.
Data Access Connection String
The connection string used to access data from the database. Enter <database name>.
Environment SQL
SQL commands to set the database environment when you connect to the database. The PowerCenter Integration Service runs the connection environment SQL each time it connects to the database.
Transaction SQL
SQL commands to set the database environment when you connect to the database. The PowerCenter Integration Service runs the transaction environment SQL at the beginning of each transaction.
Connection Retry Period
Number of seconds the Integration Service attempts to reconnect to the database if the connection fails. If the Integration Service cannot connect to the database in the retry period, the operation fails.
Default is 0.
Database Name
Name of the database. This overrides the default database name in the ODBC entry. If you do not enter a database name, the Integration Service uses the default database name in the ODBC entry.
Data Source Name
Name of the Teradata ODBC data source.

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