Define Teradata Users

You can use the Teradata User Id Editor to define database users and their respective properties in a Teradata physical model.

To define Teradata users

1. Click Target-Teradata, Users on the Model menu.

   The Teradata User Id Editor opens.

2. Select a User Id and work with the following options:

   Click New on the toolbar to create a new User Id. Use the Enter filter text text box to filter a very large list of user ids to quickly locate the one you want to work with.

   Name

   Specifies the name of the user id.

   From Database

   Specifies the database or user that this was created from. Select from the drop-down.

   Generate

   Generates DDL for this object during Forward Engineering.

3. Work with the following fields on the General tab:

   Permanent

   Specifies whether the user is permanent.

   Spool

   Specifies the number of bytes for the spool files.

   Temporary

   Specifies the number of storage bytes allocated for temporary tables.

   Collation

   Specifies the collation value for a Teradata database User ID. Select from the drop-down list. Valid options are: ASCII, EBCDIC, Multinational, Host, Character Set Collation, or JIS Collation.

   Character Set Type

   Specifies the character set type. Select from the drop-down list. Valid values are: Latin, Unicode, Kanji-Shift JIS, Graphic or Kanji1.

   Date Form

   Specifies the format of the date. Select from the drop-down list. Valid values are: Integer, Ansi, or Null.

   Default Database

   Specifies the default database for the user. Select from the drop-down list.

   Default Role Type

   Specifies the default role type. Select from the drop-down list. Valid values are: Role, None, or All.

   Default Role

   Specifies the default role. Select from the drop-down list.

   Fallback Protection

   Specifies the type of fallback protection for the database. Select from the drop-down list.

   Profile

   Specifies the Teradata profile for this user. Select from the drop-down list.

   Startup

   Specifies the SQL statements to establish a session environment at logon.

   Time Zone

   Specifies the time zone.

4. Work with the other tabs in the editor to access additional design features, for example:
   • Specify journal options for a selected user ID on the Journal tab.
   • Specify and order the account identifiers for a user ID on the Accounts tab.
   • Work with the roles for a selected user ID on the Roles tab.
   • Associate permissions with the selected user ID on the Permission tab.
5. (Optional) Click the Comment tab and enter any comments that you want to associate with the object.
6. (Optional) Click the UDP tab to work with user-defined properties for the object.
7. (Optional) Click the Notes tab to view and edit user notes.
8. Click Close.

   The Teradata User Id Editor closes.

More information:

Specify Journal Options for a Physical Object

Specify and Order the Account Identifiers for a User Id

Work With Roles in a Property Editor

Add Permissions in a Property Editor

Add a Comment in a Property Editor

Add a UDP in a Physical Property Editor