Define Teradata Views

You can use the Teradata View Editor to create new views and to modify properties for existing views for Teradata physical models.

To define Teradata database views

1. Click Views on the Model menu.

   The Teradata View Editor opens.

2. Select a view and work with the following options:

   Note: Click New on the toolbar to create a new view. Use the Enter filter text text box to filter a very large list of views to quickly locate the one you want to work with.

   Name

   Specifies the name of the view.

   Database

   Specifies the database or user to which the view belongs. Select from the drop-down list.

   Use Replace Syntax

   Specifies if Forward Engineering will use the REPLACE command instead of the CREATE command.

   Generate

   Generates DDL for this object during Forward Engineering.

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

   Select Top Percent

   Specifies the percentage of the rows to return from the select operation.

   Select With Ties

   Specifies that all qualified rows having the same value (must have ORDER BY defined) are to be included in the result set.

   Recursive

   Specifies that the view is recursive.

4. Work with the other tabs in the editor to access additional design features, for example:
   • Define the locking options for a selected view on the Locking tab.
   • Specify the tables and columns to use with the selected view on the Select tab.
   • Choose from a list of available tables to populate the Select tab on the From tab.
   • Specify properties for the where clause on the Where tab.
   • View and change a user-defined DDL statement on the User Defined SQL tab.
   • View SQL code for a selected view on the SQL tab.
   • Associate styles with the selected view on the Style tab.
   • Associate icons with the selected view on the Icon tab.
   • Associate permissions with the selected view 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 Where Used tab to view where the object is used within the model.
7. (Optional) Click the UDP tab to work with user-defined properties for the object.
8. (Optional) Click the History tab to view the history information for the object.
9. (Optional) Click the Notes tab to view and edit user notes.
10. Click Close.

    The Teradata View Editor closes.

More information:

Define the Locking Options for a Teradata View

Select the Tables and Columns for the View or Join Index

Define User-Defined SQL Code

View SQL Code for a Physical Object

Add Permissions in a Property Editor

Add a Comment in a Property Editor

Add a UDP in a Physical Property Editor