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Introduction ..................................................................................................... 1
How to Use This Guide............................................................................................ 1
What is Teradata Mapping Manager? ...................................................................... 1
Who Should Use Teradata Mapping Manager? ....................................................... 2
Features .................................................................................................................... 2
Whats New in the Latest Point Release .................................................................. 3
Supported Languages and Character Sets ................................................................ 3
Localization of Graphical User Interface............................................................. 3
Import and Export File Supported Languages and Character Sets ...................... 3
Help File Supported Languages and Character Sets ............................................ 3
Minimum System Requirements ..................................................................... 5
Performance Considerations .................................................................................... 5
Installing on PCs with Limited Disk Space ............................................................. 6
Install with Smallest Database Size ..................................................................... 6
Install on External Hard Drive ............................................................................. 6
Installing on PCs with Non-administrative Privileges ............................................. 6
Installing the Software................................................................................... 10
Install and Set-Up Teradata Express ...................................................................... 10
Uninstall Previous Versions of Teradata Express .............................................. 10
Install Teradata Express ..................................................................................... 11
Restore Teradata Mapping Manager Repository ............................................... 11
Delete Sample Databases ................................................................................... 11
Install Teradata Mapping Manager ........................................................................ 13
User Rights ........................................................................................................ 13
Install Teradata Mapping Manager .................................................................... 14
Starting Teradata Mapping Manager for the First Time................................ 16
Start Teradata Database ......................................................................................... 16
Start Teradata Mapping Manager .......................................................................... 16
Create and Connect to a Repository....................................................................... 16
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Revision Record
Release
Date
Description
Release 1.0
First release.
Release 1.0.4
September 30,
2009
December 1, 2009
Release 1.0.6
January 5, 2010
Release 1.1.1
Release 1.2.0
November 9, 2010
Release 1.2.3
Release 1.3.0
Release 2.0.0
September 30,
2011
Release 2.0.1
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Release 2.0.3
Release 2.1.0
October 2, 2012
Release 2.1.4
Release 2.1.6
June 3, 2013
Release 2.2.0
April 2, 2014
Release 2.2.2
May, 2014
Release 3.0.0
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Introduction
This document provides a starting point for using Teradata Mapping Manager (TMM).
It provides an overview of TMM, install and uninstall instructions, setup instructions,
descriptions of key TMM concepts, and a glossary of terms.
Meaning
Bold
term
http://developer.teradata.com/
Hyperlinks
filename.ext
Filenames
Data mapping specifications are documented in various formats and are usually
hard to use beyond the context of a single project.
Most mapping tools are focused on use by developers rather than a broader
audience of data and requirements mappers, which may include less technical
users.
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Features
Following is the list of features included in this release of Teradata Mapping Manager.
Import data models, requirement lists, source system flat file structures, etc.
(called data representations) and, optionally, mappings between these data
representations. Import sources include ERwin and Excel and exports can be
viewed in Excel.
Support for mapping to and from data elements, data structures, subject areas,
literals (user-defined fixed value), and data representations.
Custom ERwin reports for creating import files for ERwin data models and PK to
FK mappings
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Collaborative mapping using a shared networked Teradata server and applicationlevel features to protect against multi-user metadata corruption problems
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Pentium-class PC
Teradata Express 13.0 for Windows, Teradata Express 13.10, 14.0, 14.10 or 15.00
for VMware, or remote connection to a Teradata 13, 14 or 15 Server
Notes:
If your PC is running Win XP (SP 3), install Teradata Express 13.0 for
Windows for best local repository performance.
If you already have Teradata Express 12 installed on your PC, you can use
this version.
Windows requirements:
-
See the specific version of Teradata Express that you will be using for disk
requirements if installing it on your PC. The newer versions have larger minimum
virtual disk capacity which results in a much larger install footprint, so you may
want to use an older version. TDE 14.0 for VMware 4GB is a good choice (around
13.6 GB install footprint).
Performance Considerations
There are several things that can impact the performance of Teradata Mapping
Manager. These include using a remote instance of a Teradata Mapping Manager
repository, large amounts of data in the repository, many users of a repository, and
preference settings. See the following section in this document: Set Teradata Mapping
Manager Preferences, and the topic Improving Performance in the online help
(under Introduction to Teradata Mapping Manager) for important information on
how to get the best performance, especially for manual mapping operations.
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For more details on having an administrator install Teradata Mapping Manager for a
non-admin user, see the Teradata Mapping Manager in-application help topic:
Introduction to Teradata Mapping Manager > Special instructions for using
TMM as Windows non-admin user
...or Teradata employees can download this topic in white paper form from the
Teradata Mapping Manager sharepoint:
Using TMM as Windows non-admin user
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If you already have Teradata Express 12 for Windows installed on your PC, it is
not necessary or recommended to upgrade to a newer version of Teradata Express
to use the current version of Teradata Mapping Manager.
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Tip: It is also a good idea to export all of your mappings to csv file as an
emergency backup, in case the Teradata Express data migration has problems.
Also export your data representations if you do not already have import files for
them that represent the current state of the data representations.
2. Uninstall Teradata Express and the Teradata Tools and Utilities.
See your Teradata Express documentation for this. The location of this
documentation varies by release.
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Click OK.
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Your login user must belong to the Windows Users group. You can verify this
by performing the following steps:
1. Right-click on My Computer or Computer on your desktop and select
Manage.
The Computer Management dialog box displays.
2. Expand folder in left pane tree named Local Users and Groups.
3. Double-click on the Groups folder to show groups in right pane.
4. Double-click on each of the following groups to show a list of users in that
group:
Administrators
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You must have access to the Teradata database instance where Teradata Mapping
Manager will be storing its metadata. You can test this by using Teradata
Administrator to connect to that database. There are additional database privileges
that are required by Teradata Mapping Manager (see the in-application help topic
Working with Repositories > Create a Repository for details).
6. Click Install.
The installation completes and gives you the option to open and read the Getting
Started with Teradata Mapping Manager guide (this document).
7. Click Yes to read or print the document; otherwise, click No.
8. If you want Teradata Mapping Manager to run automatically when you complete
the install, leave the option Run Teradata Mapping Manager checked.
Otherwise, uncheck this option so that Teradata Mapping Manager is not started
when the install completes. If the Teradata repository database is not running at
this point, then uncheck the option, finish the import wizard and start Teradata
before starting Teradata Mapping Manager.
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Start > All Programs > Teradata Mapping Manager > Teradata Mapping
Manager
Warning! If you migrated to a new version of Teradata Mapping Manager, the next
time you connect to an existing repository, it will be migrated to the new version (with
a few exceptions where the macros and/or repository structure did not change). All
users of the database need to use a compatible version of the tool for a given
repository version. See the section, Migrating from a Previous Version of Teradata
Mapping Manager.
Note: If you receive an error message indicating certain files could not be created
when you try to start the tool, you may not have the appropriate Windows user
permissions. See Installing on PCs with Non-administrative Privileges.
Continue with the next section to create a repository.
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If you installed Teradata Express with a database size of 512MB or smaller, you
must delete the sample databases that come with Teradata Express to have enough
space to create the repository for Teradata Mapping Manager. If you have not
done this already, complete the instructions in Delete Sample Databases.
To create a new repository and connect to it, complete the following steps:
1. If the Welcome to Teradata Mapping Manager dialog box is displayed, click
Create. If not, from the Tools menu, click Create Repository Database.
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Make sure the Existing Parent Database User has the appropriate CREATE
and GRANT rights. By default, the Teradata Database Express root database
user, dbc, has these rights.
4. In the Select Repository Size (Perm Space) section, select the size you want the
new repository to be using the following guidelines:
150 MB - Choose this option if you installed Teradata Express with a 256MB or
512MB database.
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If you receive the following error message, there is not enough space to create
the repository:
Not enough perm space. The request to assign permanent space to create
TMM repository is invalid.
Choose a smaller database size or delete the sample databases that came with
Teradata Express if you have not already done this. See the section Delete
Sample Databases. If you are trying to create a repository on a networked
server, contact the database administrator and request more perm space in the
parent database.
If you receive a message that the connection is not available, Teradata may
not be started. See Start Teradata Database if you have Teradata installed on
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If you receive a warning that you do not have the appropriate user rights, ask
your database administrator to give you the required rights. Click the Help
button in the warning dialog for more details. This help topic also discusses
some options where the database administrator creates an empty database and
Teradata Mapping Manager database users, so that you do not need the
database rights to create databases or users.
6. When complete, click OK. You are connected to the new repository.
Create a Project
After creating and connecting to a
repository, the Open Project dialog
box displays.
Note: This dialog box is also available
from the File menu, Open Project
option.
1. To create a new project, click New.
Note: You do not need to create a new project now; however, you can set a
preference to automatically open a project when Teradata Mapping Manager
starts. If you want to set that preference in the next section, create a project now.
Otherwise, click Cancel.
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3. Click Add. A message box displays indicating the new project has been added to
the repository.
4. Click OK to close the message box.
5. If you want to connect to that project now, click on the Modify/Delete Project
tab, select the project you just created in the Project Name drop-down list and
click Open.
The Auto-Refresh Option dialog box displays.
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6. Keep the default option to optimize performance, particularly if you have a remote
connection to the Teradata Mapping Manager repository.
Select the option Auto-Refresh DSW mapping counts and entire MSW after
each manual mapping operation if you want to see the results in the data set
windows (DSW) and map set windows (MSW) each time you create a mapping. It
can take several seconds or more to see the results of each mapping, depending on
the type of connection you have to the repository.
Check Do not show this message again if desired (you can change this option
selection under Tools > Preferences > Other). Click OK when you are finished.
7. Click Close to close the Project Editor.
Note: You can use the Project Editor to change the name of the project if desired.
To access the Project Editor, from the Edit menu, select Project Editor.
Teradata Mapping Manager has been successfully started for the first time. You
should see a window similar to the one below on your desktop if you did not open
a project.
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Object Navigator
task pane
The left side of the window is referred to as the Object Navigator and the right side of
the window is referred to as the task pane.
Enter the same connection information you entered when you created the
repository in a previous step.
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From the Project Name list, select the project to open on startup.
Note: The Project Name list is not populated unless you are already
connected with the repository.
5. If you are using Teradata Express for VMware or accessing Teradata over a high
latency network, you may want to change preference settings that can affect the
performance of manual mapping operations. If so, click the Other tab, and change
the following default settings:
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Auto-refresh DSW mapping counts and entire MSW after each manual
mapping operation Uncheck this option to improve performance of manual
mapping operations.
Note: If you uncheck this option, you must click the Refresh Window
tool on the map set and data set windows after creating a mapping manually to
see the results in these windows.
Log SQL It is recommended you keep this option checked. However, if you
notice that manually creating mappings takes too long, you can uncheck this
option to see if it noticeably improves performance.
See the topic Improving Performance in the help file (expand Introduction to
Teradata Mapping Manager) for more information on how to improve the
performance of Teradata Mapping Manager.
6. Click OK to save your changes.
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Online help Accessible from the Help menu, Help Topics option, the online
help provides detailed instructions on how to use the features and functions
available in the tool as well as best practices and mapping scenarios.
Methodology and best practices - See the topics in the help under Introduction to
Teradata Mapping Manager for guidelines on when to use the tool as part of a
data warehouse implementation, for a description of the mapping process using
Teradata Mapping Manager, for example mapping scenarios, guidelines on
optimizing tool performance, and other best practices.
Glossary Refer to the glossary at the end of this document or in the online
help for definitions of terminology used by Teradata Mapping Manager.
Sample Files
The following sample files are available:
Tutorial sample import files Sample data representation import template files are
installed to \My Document\Teradata Mapping Manager\Import Files\Sample Files
for your use with the tutorial.
Multiple Users
Teradata Mapping Manager supports multi-user collaboration. The Help file describes
the multi-user features and different scenarios for how collaboration can be used. The
help file also contains guidelines for setting up multiple users on remote instances of a
Teradata server. From the Help menu, choose Help Topics, then from the table of
contents, review the topics under Introduction to Teradata Mapping Manager >
Collaborative Mapping and Sharing of Mapping Content.
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To create mappings, you need specifications of the data models, requirement lists, or
other data files, such as source data flat files, that will be mapped to each other. These
are called data representations. For example, to map a data source (in flat file format)
to a logical data model (LDM), you need two data representations: the specification of
the source data flat file as well as the specification of the logical data model itself.
You import these data representations into the Teradata Mapping Manager repository,
then create working data sets from them to be used to create your mappings. You
assign one data representation as the origin and the other as the destination, then create
mappings between them.
There are several methods to create mappings, including manually creating mappings
or automatically finding and creating mappings through mapping discovery. Mapping
discovery uses various algorithms to identify potential mappings including simple
name match, longest common subsequence algorithm, short-list mapping (select a
mapping destination data element from a short list of elements derived based on
mappings from related origin elements or from parent data structure) and crossmapping (using existing A to B and B to C mappings to identify new A to C
mappings).
A map set contains a view of the mappings between two working data sets. You can
export one or more map sets to create a mapping specification; for example, for the
ETL developers. You can also create mapping reports that show mappings between
more than two working data sets to export for use by business analysts and others.
The following sections describe the italicized terms in more detail.
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A data representation may also contain subject areas, which are logical groupings of
data structures.
Data representations are imported into Teradata Mapping Manager to create working
data sets for mapping.
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Source System A
Data Model
Mode
Working
Data Set
Set A
A
Data
Source System B
Data Model
Working
Data
Data Set
Set B
B
Map Set A to C
Mapping Set
A1 A
Mapping
Mapping A2for Source A
Mapping Specification
Mapping A3
Logical
Subset
LogicalModel
Data Model
Working Data Set A1
Working
Data Set C
LogicalModel
Data Model
Logical
Subset
Working
Data Set B1
Working
Data Set C
Origin
Destination
The contents of a map set (properties of the origin and destination plus any custom
properties) are displayed in a map set window as shown below.
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You can create custom properties for data representations, data structures, data
elements, and mappings to store relevant information to assist in creating and reusing
mappings. Following are some examples of how you could use custom properties.
For a logical data model you are importing, you could create a custom property
in the corresponding data representation import file called Structure Action
Status to indicate the status of each entity (Required, Not Required).
For the same logical data model you are importing, you could create a custom
property for categories used to group related logical data model attributes. You
could then use these categories along with criteria filters in the tool to facilitate
mapping.
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What is Cross-mapping?
Cross-mapping is the process of generating mappings between two working data sets
not linked directly to each other using intermediate mappings. For example, if A is
mapped to B and B is mapped to C, then Teradata Mapping Manager can use crossmapping to map A to C.
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Windows Start menu > All Programs > Teradata Mapping Manager >
Uninstall Teradata Mapping Manager
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Support
Teradata Mapping Manager Help System
If you have questions about how to perform certain tasks in Teradata Mapping
Manager or are looking for best practices or mapping scenarios, refer to the Teradata
Mapping Manager help system or tutorial:
Problem: The default Java libraries ignore carriage return (0x0D, ASCII code
13) when rendering grids and/or text edit boxes. Also, a multi-line text string
using new-line (aka line feed, 0x0A, ASCII code 10) as line separator is not
fully rendered (only first line is rendered) in a grid cell unless auto-wrap is
turned on, although it is properly rendered in the multi-line grid edit dialog
box. It is believed that all other non-whitespace, non-printable characters will
be rendered as a square symbol in the user interface.
Workaround: For carriage return, there is no method to detect this character
using the Teradata Mapping Manager user interface, although the character is
properly stored in the metadata repository on import and is properly exported.
For new-line, you can do one of the following:
Hover your cursor over the grid cell containing a new-line, the tool-tip should
appear showing all lines of the grid cell.
Enable the auto-wrap option: open Tools > Preferences > Other and check
the option:
Enable word-wrap and auto-fit for all grid cells.
Double-click on the grid cell to open a grid edit dialog, which will properly
render the new-lines.
Problem: When copying NULL values from Excel, paste does not work
properly in all cases.
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Workaround: If you are copying a range of cells from Excel, and if the
bottom row has all blank/NULL values, then you paste this range of cells into a
Teradata Mapping Manager grid, the NULL row(s) at the bottom of the range
may be ignored. This appears to be a bug in the Java Runtime Environment so
there is no estimated fix date. The problem can occur if the range is a single
column wide or multiple columns wide. The workaround is to only copy ranges
from Excel that do not have all blanks cells in the bottom row.
Problem: When using ERwin Report Builder (ERwin 7.x) to export a data
element import file when the model has entities/tables with no
attributes/columns, the report output file will have row(s) with blank data
element name (required import field).
Workaround:
1) Use the Query Tool reports that are also provided with the Teradata
Mapping Manager installation OR
2) Either delete these rows from the import file or ignore the associated errors
generated by the import wizard. For more details, see the Help topic the help
topic Using ERwin Report Builder to Create Data Representation Import
Files under Importing and Exporting > Using ERwin Reports to Create
Import Files.
Problem: When using ERwin Report Builder (ERwin 7.x) to export a data
structure to subject area import file when the model has subject areas with no
entities/tables, the report output file will have row(s) with blank data structure
name (required import field).
Workaround:
1) Use the Query Tool reports that are also provided with the Teradata
Mapping Manager installation OR
2) Either delete these rows from the import file or ignore the associated errors
generated by the import wizard. See the help topic Using ERwin Report
Builder to Create Data Representation Import Files under Importing and
Exporting > Using ERwin Reports to Create Import Files for more details.
Problems Fixed
For a complete list of new features and problems fixed, see the Whats New in TMM
document online at:
http://developer.teradata.com/tools/reference/whats-new-in-tmm
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http://forums.teradata.com/forum/tools
If you do not already have a Teradata-Pass (T-Pass) user authorization, you are asked
to register.
You may be asked for the version and build numbers of the software. See the
following sections for instructions on how to find the version numbers.
Note: Teradata Mapping Manager has been developed as a productivity tool for
Teradata Professional Services consultants, so we provide direct developer-level
support to them to ensure that they can get the appropriate level of urgent software
support when working on paid consulting engagements. We provide this tool to others
without a license fee but also without our normal support and maintenance offerings.
The Teradata Developer Exchange forum is the typical support channel for tools like
this that Teradata makes available without standard support and maintenance
offerings. If urgent software problem support is needed, you could ask your local
Teradata account team if you can hire Teradata professional services to provide this
support. The PS consultant will have direct developer-level support for problems that
cannot be solved without escalation.
From the main window of the tool, click the About Teradata Mapping
Manager tool
on the toolbar.
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See the following link for an introduction to Teradata Express for VMware Player:
http://developer.teradata.com/database/articles/introduction-to-teradata-express-forvmware-player
Here is the Teradata Express for VMware installation guide, on the Teradata
Developer Exchange:
http://developer.teradata.com/database/articles/teradata-express-14-0-for-vmwareuser-guide
Use this guide to download and install VMware Player and Teradata Express. In case
the user guide does not mention this, the vmware executable file has a .vmx file
extension.
For TMM usage, it is not required to read the following 3 sections of the user guide:
Using Viewpoint
Loading Data
Running Queries
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Start Teradata
Teradata should start automatically when the virtual machine starts, but it may take a
minute or so. If it does not start, complete step 1 below. If you want to check the status
of Teradata to see if it has fully started, complete step 2.
1. Start Teradata manually as follows:
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The address is acquired from (or maybe derived from an acquired address) the DHCP
server for your network. It then becomes a static IP address. It is possible, although
probably a rare occurrence, that this IP address could change over time. For example,
if the network segment to which you are connected is physically reconfigured, then it
is possible that your PCs IP address and this Teradata IP Address will change.
It is recommended that you first verify that you can access Teradata Express for
VMware using Teradata Administrator (or Teradata Studio) using this Teradata IP
Address. If you cannot connect to Teradata using Teradata Administrator then there is
no need to try to connect using Teradata Mapping Manager.
After the initial successful connection between Teradata Mapping Manager and
Teradata Express for VMware, if you ever have problems connecting again, your first
debug step should be to use Teradata Administrator to connect to this same instance of
Teradata and display the list of tables in the Teradata Mapping Manager repository
database.
If you cannot access Teradata, then see section Other Support Resources to get support
for Teradata Express. It is best to post your problem as a Teradata Studio + Teradata
Express connection problem rather than a Teradata Mapping Manager problem, as the
same engineering group owns Teradata Express and Teradata Studio (but not Teradata
Mapping Manager).
Note: If you are using VMware Workstation (not a free application) in place of
VMware Player (free), there is a feature to forward VMware ports but some users
were not able to get this feature to forward the local host port (127.0.0.1) to the
VMware virtual machine. The Teradata Mapping Manager support team cannot
provide support for using VMware port forwarding software, but this is a good feature
to use if you can get it to work as you do not have to disconnect from VPN in order to
access Teradata Express.
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You do not have write permission to the My Documents folder and subfolders
or the disk is full
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Glossary
See the online help (Help menu, Help Topics option) for additional glossary terms
used in Teradata Mapping Manager.
business analyst Understands the needs of business users and the data required to
implement a solution.
cross-mapping Cross-mapping is the process of generating mappings between two
working data sets using intermediate mappings. For example, if A is mapped to B
and B is mapped to C, then Teradata Mapping Manager can use cross-mapping to
map A to C. Cross-mapping is one of the methods used by the mapping discovery
feature.
custom property Many of the mapping objects in the repository, such as data
structures and data elements, have system properties, but can also be assigned
custom properties. These custom properties can be assigned using the Custom
Property Editor or as part of the import of a new data representation or mappings;
for example, where the input file has columns with the new custom property name
in the header and property values in the column. Custom properties provide
additional information that facilitates mapping or can be exported with mappings
for inclusion with a mapping specification.
data analyst Responsible for analyzing data requirements for an organization.
data element Generic term, used by Teradata Mapping Manager, to represent the
lowest level of data within a data representation. Data elements are grouped within
data structures, which are then grouped within a data representation. A data
element may be atomic data, derived data or a compound element. In a logical
data model, an attribute is a data element. In a physical data model, a column is a
data element. In a source data flat file, a field is a data element.
See Also: data representation
data model A model of the data used by a business that formally describes the data
and how it is represented and accessed. A data model defines the data structures,
data elements and relationships between the data structures and elements for a
particular area of interest. Types of data models include logical, physical,
semantic, staging, and others.
data modeler Analyzes and creates data objects and understands their relationships
to one another.
data representation Generic term, used by Teradata Mapping Manager, for the
representation of a data model (such as a logical data model or application data
model) or other type of data framework (such as a source data flat file). A data
representation contains data structures such as entities, tables, and files and their
corresponding data elements such as attributes, columns, and fields,
respectively. The diagram below shows the two parts of a data representation, data
structure and data element, and different types of data representations.
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A data representation may also contain subject areas, which are logical groupings
of data structures.
Data representations are imported into Teradata Mapping Manager to create
working data sets for mapping.
data set window A window within the task pane of Teradata Mapping Manager that
displays a single working data set and provides the interface for editing, viewing,
organizing, and exporting working data sets.
data structure Generic term, used by Teradata Mapping Manager, for a data
construct that groups together a set of the lowest level data elements. In a logical
data model, an entity is a data structure. In a physical data model a table is a data
structure. In a source file a record, or possibly the file itself, is a data structure.
See Also: data representation
data transformation Converts data from a source data format into a target data
format. Data transformation includes the mapping of source data elements to
target data elements with descriptions of the transformation that must occur as
well as the code generation that creates the actual transformation program.
Teradata Mapping Manager can be used to capture the mappings and
transformation notes and to create a mapping specification for code generation. It
also includes a SQL Generation feature that can generate INSERT SELECT
statements for each table that is the destination of one or more mappings, although
this function does not support any specific data transformation functions other
than selecting columns from more than one source table.
destination working data set The working data set that is the ending point for a
specific mapping. Either working data set can be designated as the destination,
although, in some cases it makes sense to designate a specific working data set as
the destination; for example, in a source to target mapping, it is logical to assign
the target data model as the destination working data set.
See Also: working data set
ETL Abbreviation for extract, transform, and load; part of the process of moving
data from one or more source systems to a database.
grid Representation of information in a matrix (row and column) format. Data set
windows display information in either a tree or grid structure. Map set windows
display information only in a grid.
LDM Abbreviation for logical data model.
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map set A construct in Teradata Mapping Manager that contains a view of the
individual repository mappings between data representations, subject areas,
literals, data structures and data elements from two working data sets, one the
origin and the other, the destination. A map set can also show the unmapped data
elements in the origin or destination working data sets. One or more map sets or
map reports can be exported to help create a mapping specification.
map set window A window within the task pane of Teradata Mapping Manager that
displays a map set and provides the interface for editing, viewing, organizing, and
exporting map sets.
mapping A mapping is a linking of a data representation, subject area, literal, data
structure or element in an origin working data set to a corresponding mapping
object in a destination working data set.
mapping discovery This is a feature of Teradata Mapping Manager that finds
potential mappings between two data representations based on simple name
matching between the properties of the data representations. For example, when
mapping one version of a logical data model (LDM) to another to trace lineage,
many of the entity and attribute names may be exactly the same in both versions.
Teradata Mapping Manager can find these matches and then give you the option
to create those mappings or discard them. There are also mapping discovery
algorithms for best name matching, cross-mapping and short-list mapping.
mapping object Any object that can be the origin or destination of a mapping. A
mapping object can be a specific data element, data structure, subject area, literal,
or data representation.
mapping specification Industry term defining a set of one or more mappings
between two or more data representations. A mapping specification is used to
define the required data transformations or to map requirements to data, for
example. In Teradata Mapping Manager, you can export one or more map sets or
mapping reports to create a mapping specification deliverable.
See Also: data transformation
metadata Information that describes the data stored in the Teradata Mapping
Manager repository.
metadata object name The concatenation of data representation name (optional),
data structure name and data element name using the period (.) character as a
separator .
object In Teradata Mapping Manager, a generic term for working data set, map set,
and other items stored in the repository. Certain repository objects are displayed in
the Object Navigator and can be dragged to the task pane to view their details in a
task pane window.
Object Navigator Tree structure displayed in the left pane of the Teradata Mapping
Manager window used to show the working data sets, map sets and other objects
available for a specific project.
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