Defining Teradata Macros

he following properties are applicable to a Teradata Macro object.

Tab	Property	Description	Additional Information
	Name	Specifies the name of the macro
	Database	Specifies the schema of the database to which the macro belongs
	Type	Specifies the type of the macro	Model Level: Indicates that the object is applied for database models. Table Level: Indicates that the object is applied for database tables.
	Enabled	Specifies whether the object is enabled	True: Indicates that the macro is enabled. False: Indicates that the macro is disabled.
	Attach to New	Specifies if the macro must be attached to a new table upon creation
	Use Replace Syntax	Specifies whether the REPLACE syntax is used	Selecting this option replaces the syntax with the new DDL that is generated during Forward Engineering
	Generate	Specifies whether a DDL statement is generated for the object during forward engineering
	Generate As Pre-Script	Specifies the location of the macro with respect to the table definition in the DDL statement	Pre-Creation: Indicates that in the DDL, the macro code is inserted before the object creation statements. Post-Creation: Indicates that in the DDL, the macro code is inserted after the object creation statements.
Parameters	Parameters	Specifies the names of the parameters that are associated with the selected method
	Character Case	Specifies the type of character set used
	Default	Specifies the default value used when a null value is inserted
	Format	Specifies the format in which the data is displayed in Teradata applications
	Title	Specifies a name to identify the column values in Teradata applications
	Upper Case	Specifies whether the values are stored exactly as entered or automatically converted to uppercase characters
	Null Option	Specifies the usage of the NULL clause for the selected column	Null: Indicates that null values are allowed Not Null: Indicates that null values are not allowed
Code		Specifies the template code of the trigger that can include SQL statements and macros
Expanded Code	Expanded Code (Read Only)	Specifies the expanded code of the macro
Expanded Code	Context	Specifies the table or view for which the expanded code must be generated
Comment		Specifies comments about the trigger object