This session will discuss Application Query Tuning on the Teradata platform. 

Have you ever wished for a magic wand that could quickly point out the missing, stale, and unused statistics for you?

SQL performance is vital for driving value from a data warehouse. With today's growing query complexity, optimizing SQL can be a daunting task ...

Performance Diagnostic Method and Tools is targeted to uncover and resolve performance related issues in three primary areas...

How do you determine your system’s performance prior to the dreaded customer call asking why their queries are running longer?  What’s the impact to the business when the warehouse environment is under performing?

Have you ever struggled over whether, or how, to use a new database feature?  In this presentation, we’ll demonstrate how database query log (DBQL) data can help when it comes to determining candidates for MLPPI (Multi-Level Partitioned Primary Index) as well as the new Columnar Partitioning feature of Teradata 14.

One of the more difficult challenges in database management and administration is determining where and how to implement a new RDBMS feature or function. In this presentation we’ll look at the DBQL data available for evaluation of tables and columns used within a workload and how this data can be leveraged for determining candidates for MLPPI (Multi-Level Partitioned Primary Index).

Have you ever been bewildered trying to tune complex Teradata queries that go on for pages and pages of EXPLAIN text?  This presentation goes beyond "Explain the Explain", to teach strategies and techniques for quickly deciphering the most expensive operations in your queries.  Taught by a 20+ year Teradata veteran, examples of real queries gathered from some of the largest production environments in the world are used.  This is advanced material covered at a quick pace.

This presentation will provide recommendations and guidelines for using leading practices to enable system and performance tuning.  You will learn the benefits of using Teradata's most recent set of recommendations to manage workloads on a Teradata system. For example, by using Teradata's data collection guidelines, recommendations for Account Management and Logging, a user will be able to identify, analyze and tune problem queries for better performance. This presentation will also focus on how to use the tools provided in the Teradata Analyst Pak. 

The primary goals in a successful backup strategy are to ensure backup integrity, minimize backup & restore time, & reduce impact on the Teradata system. This presentation covers the connection, configuration, & tuning of the BAR hardware and software components, protecting & validating backups, & how different backup strategies can be applied to reduce system impact.