Configuring Teradata Database Accounts

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Overview

This account is used by the Snaps in the Teradata Snap Pack. You can create an account from Designer or Manager. In Designer, when working on pipelines, every Snap that needs an account prompts you to create a new account or use an existing account. The accounts can be created in or used from:

  • Your private project folder: This folder contains the pipelines that will use the account.
  • Your Project Space’s shared folder: This folder is accessible to all the users that belong to the Project Space.
  • The global shared folder: This folder is accessible to all the users within an organization in the SnapLogic instance.


Account Types

Teradata Database Account

 Account Settings


Label


Required. User provided label for the account instance

Account properties


Required. Enter in the information to create a connection to the database.

Hostname


Required. The server's address to connect to.

Default value: [None] 

Port Number

The database server's port to connect to.

Port can be specified but it often results in the address being parsed as an IPv6 address. Care should be taken.

Default value: [None] 

Database name


Required. The database name to connect to.

Default value: [None] 

Username


Username that is allowed to connect to the database. Username will be used as the default username when retrieving connections. The username must be valid in order to set up the data source.

Default value: [None] 

Password


Password used to connect to the data source. Password wil be used as the default password when retrieving connections. The password must be valid in order to set up the data source.

Default value: [None] 

JDBC jars


List of JDBC JAR files to be loaded. A different driver binary for a driver must have a different name, the same name can not be reused for a different driver. If this property is left blank, a default JDBC driver will be loaded.

Default value: [None] 

JDBC Driver Class


Required. JBDC driver class name to use.

Default value: com.teradata.jdbc.TeraDriver 

Advanced properties

Auto commit


When selected, each of the batches is committed immediately after it is executed. If the Snap fails, only the batch being executed at that moment is rolled back.

When deselected, the Snap execution output is committed only after all the batches are executed. If the Snap fails, the entire transaction is rolled back, unless the Snap finds invalid input data before it sends the insert request to the server, and routes the error documents to the Error view.

Default value: Selected

Batch size


Required. Number of statements to execute at a time.
Note: Select queries are not batched.

Using a large batch size could use up the JDBC placeholder limit of 2100.

Default value: 50 

Fetch size


Required. Number of rows to fetch at a time when executing a query.

Large values could cause the server to run out of memory.

Default value: 100 

Max pool size


Required. Maximum number of connections a pool will maintain at a time.

Default value: 50 

Max life time


Required. Maximum lifetime of a connection in the pool. Ensure that the value you enter is a few seconds shorter than any database or infrastructure-imposed connection time limit. A value of 0 indicates an infinite lifetime, subject to the Idle Timeout value. An in-use connection is never retired. Connections are removed only after they are closed.

Default value: 30

Idle Timeout

Required. The maximum amount of time a connection is allowed to sit idle in the pool. A value of 0 indicates that idle connections are never removed from the pool.

Default value: 5

Checkout timeout


Required. Number of milliseconds to wait for a connection to be available when the pool is exhausted. 

If you provide 0, the Snap waits infinitely until the connection is available. Therefore, we recommend you not to specify 0 for Checkout Timeout.

Default value: 10000 

URL Properties

URL property name


URL property name

Default value: selectMethod

URL property value


URL property value

Default value: cursor

Account Encryption

Standard Encryption

If you are using Standard Encryption, the High sensitivity settings under Enhanced Encryption are followed.


Enhanced Encryption

If you have the Enhanced Account Encryption feature, the following describes which fields are encrypted for each sensitivity level selected per each account.

Account:

  • High: Password
  • Medium + High: Password
  • Low + Medium + High: Password

Teradata Database Dynamic Account

 Account Settings

Selecting the Dynamic Account allows the users to pass the account details dynamically as a pipeline parameter. This would enable the users to use the same Snap within a pipeline to connect to different database instances.

Expression-enabled authentication fields, such as Username, Password, and Client Secret, support Secrets Management, a SnapLogic add-on that allows you to store endpoint credentials in a third-party secrets manager, such as AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, or HashiCorp Vault. During validation and execution, pipelines obtain the credentials directly from the secrets manager. Learn more: Configure Accounts to use secrets.

Label


Required. User provided label for the account instance

Account properties


Required. Enter in the information to create a connection to the database.

Hostname


Required. The server's address to connect to.

Default value: [None] 

Port Number

The database server's port to connect to.

Port can be specified but it often results in the address being parsed as an IPv6 address. Care should be taken.

Default value: 1025

Database name


Required. The database name to connect to.

Default value: [None] 

Username


Required. Username that is allowed to connect to the database. Username will be used as the default username when retrieving connections. The username must be valid in order to set up the data source.

Default value: [None] 

Password


Password used to connect to the data source. Password wil be used as the default password when retrieving connections. The password must be valid in order to set up the data source.

Default value: [None] 

JDBC jars


List of JDBC JAR files to be loaded. A different driver binary for a driver must have a different name, the same name can not be reused for a different driver. If this property is left blank, a default JDBC driver will be loaded.

Default value: [None] 

JDBC Driver Class


Required. JBDC driver class name to use.

Default value: com.teradata.jdbc.TeraDriver 

Advanced properties

Auto commit


When selected, each of the batches is committed immediately after it is executed. If the Snap fails, only the batch being executed at that moment is rolled back.

When deselected, the Snap execution output is committed only after all the batches are executed. If the Snap fails, the entire transaction is rolled back, unless the Snap finds invalid input data before it sends the insert request to the server, and routes the error documents to the Error view.

Default value: Selected

Batch size


Required. Number of statements to execute at a time.
Note: Select queries are not batched.

Using a large batch size could use up the JDBC placeholder limit of 2100.

Default value: 50 

Fetch size

.

Required. Number of rows to fetch at a time when executing a query.

Large values could cause the server to run out of memory.

Default value: 100 

Max pool size


Required. Maximum number of connections a pool will maintain at a time.

Default value: 50

Max life time


Required. Maximum lifetime of a connection in the pool. Ensure that the value you enter is a few seconds shorter than any database or infrastructure-imposed connection time limit. A value of 0 indicates an infinite lifetime, subject to the Idle Timeout value. An in-use connection is never retired. Connections are removed only after they are closed.

Default value: 30

Idle Timeout


Required. The maximum amount of time a connection is allowed to sit idle in the pool. A value of 0 indicates that idle connections are never removed from the pool.

Default value: 5

Checkout timeout


Required. Number of milliseconds to wait for a connection to be available when the pool is exhausted. 

If you provide 0, the Snap waits infinitely until the connection is available. Therefore, we recommend you not to specify 0 for Checkout Timeout.

Default value: 10000 

URL Properties

URL property name


URL property name

Default value: selectMethod

URL property value


URL property value

Default value: cursor

Account Encryption

Standard Encryption

If you are using Standard Encryption, the High sensitivity settings under Enhanced Encryption are followed.


Enhanced Encryption

If you have the Enhanced Account Encryption feature, the following describes which fields are encrypted for each sensitivity level selected per each account.

Account:

  • High: Password
  • Medium + High: Password
  • Low + Medium + High: Password

Example

For the pipeline, define the pipeline parameters:

  • Host
  • Username
  • Password
  • Database

Use the values to supply values them in the Dynamic Account.

Back in the Teradata Export to HDFS pipeline, create a Teradata Database Dynamic Account 

  • Set the expression toggle on for the Hostname, Database name, Username and Password
  • Supply the pipeline parameter values manually into the toggled properties
  • Click Apply and fill the Snap Settings for the desired function.

You cannot Validate an account connection when creating a Teradata Database Dynamic Account because the account properties of a dynamic account are provided dynamically as pipeline parameters.

 

Snap Pack History

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Release Snap Pack VersionDateType  Updates

February 2024

main25112

 

Stable

Updated and certified against the current SnapLogic Platform release.

November 2023main23721 StableUpdated and certified against the current SnapLogic Platform release.

August 2023

main22460

 


Stable

The Teradata Execute Snap now includes a new Query type field. When Auto is selected, the Snap tries to determine the query type automatically.

May 2023

main21015 

Stable

Upgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.

February 2023main19844 StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
November 2022main18944 Stable

The TPT Insert Snap now creates the target table only from the table metadata of the second input view when the following conditions are met:

  • The Create table if not present checkbox is selected.

  • The target table does not exist.

  • The table metadata is provided in the second input view.

August 2022main17386 StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.29 Patch429patches16235 Latest

Fixed an issue with Teradata Execute Snap where the Snap did not display valid error message when the delete condition is invalid.

4.29main15993 Stable

Enhanced the Teradata FastExport Snap with Character Set dropdown list to support encoding of data when you export data from the Teradata Database.

4.28main14627 StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.27main12833 Stable

Enhanced the Teradata Execute Snap to invoke stored procedures.

4.26main11181 StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.25 Patch425patches11008 Latest

Improved the error messages for all the Snaps in the Teradata Snap Pack where the Snaps fail with a null pointer exception error when the account reference provided is invalid. 

4.25main9554
 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.

4.24 Patch

424patches8799 Latest
  • Enhanced the Teradata Execute Snap by adding a new field, Advanced options, which extends support with microsecond precision for TIMESTAMP data type.
  • Fixed an issue in the TPT Load Snap where the Snap failed to load data into the table while creating an output.
  • Fixed an issue with the TPT Load Snap wherein now a null value is loaded as null and empty string is loaded as empty string.

    • This fix may cause existing pipelines to fail if empty string values are expected to be loaded as null.

    • Following are the new configurations:

      • VARCHAR QuotedData= Optional

      • VARCHAR OpenQuoteMark= \”

      • VARCHAR NullColumns= Yes

4.24main8556
Stable

Enhanced the Teradata Select Snap to return only the selected output fields or columns in the output schema (second output view) using the Fetch Output Fields In Schema check box. If the Output Fields field is empty all the columns are visible.

4.23main7430
 
Stable

Fixes the multi-line value issue and issue in the TPT Load Snap where the Snap writes null for both an empty string and null values in the input data. The fix for this issue was to add the following three lines in the script and wrap all the values in double quotes unless they are null while writing the input data into a temp CSV file. 
VARCHAR QuotedData = 'Optional',
VARCHAR OpenQuoteMark = '\"'
VARCHAR NullColumns = 'Yes'

This fix may cause existing pipelines to fail if empty string values are expected to be loaded as null.

4.22main6403
 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.

4.21 Patch

421patches6272 Latest

Fixed the issue where Snowflake SCD2 Snap generates two output documents despite no changes to Cause-historization fields with DATE, TIME and TIMESTAMP Snowflake data types, and with Ignore unchanged rows field selected.

4.21 Patch

421patches6144 Latest

Fixed the following issues with DB Snaps:

  • The connection thread waits indefinitely causing the subsequent connection requests to become unresponsive.
  • Connection leaks occur during Pipeline execution.

4.21 Patch

MULTIPLE8841 Latest

Fixed the connection issue in Database Snaps by detecting and closing open connections after the Snap execution ends. 

4.21snapsmrc542

 

StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.20snapsmrc535
 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.

4.19 Patch 

db/teradata8414 LatestFixed an issue with the TPT Update Snap wherein the Snap is unable to perform operations when:
  • An expression is used in the Update condition property.
  • Input data contain the character '?'.
4.19snaprsmrc528
 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.18snapsmrc523
 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.17ALL7402
 
Latest

Pushed automatic rebuild of the latest version of each Snap Pack to SnapLogic UAT and Elastic servers.

4.17snapsmrc515
 
Latest
  • Fixed an issue with the Teradata Execute Snap wherein the Snap would send the input document to the output view even if the Pass through field is not selected in the Snap configuration. With this fix, the Snap sends the input document to the output view, under the key original, only if you select the Pass through field.
  • Added the Snap Execution field to all Standard-mode Snaps. In some Snaps, this field replaces the existing Execute during preview check box.
4.16snapsmrc508
 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.

4.15 Patch 

db/teradata6338 Latest

Replaced Max idle time and Idle connection test period properties with Max life time and Idle Timeout properties respectively, in the Account configuration. The new properties fix the connection release issues that were occurring due to default/restricted DB Account settings.

4.15snapsmrc500
 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.14snapsmrc490
 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.13

snapsmrc486

 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.12

snapsmrc480

 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.11snapsmrc465
 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.10

snapsmrc414

 
Stable

Added Auto commit property to the Select and Execute Snaps at the Snap level to support overriding of the Auto commit property at the Account level.

4.9.0 Patch

teradata3077 Latest

Fixed an issue regarding connection not closed after login failure; Expose autocommit for "Select into" statement in PostgreSQL Execute Snap and Redshift Execute Snap

4.9snapsmrc405
 
Stable
  • Enhanced the Output view of the Snap with Order Summary field that displays the output values (added to the out, err, status, classpath and env fields of the single output view that display the subprocess only).
  • Teradata Export to HDFS Snap supported with Dynamic account.
4.8

snapsmrc398

 
Stable
  • Introduced the TPT Delete, Insert, Load, Upsert and Update Snaps in this release.
  • Introduced Teradata Export to HDFS Snap in this release.
  • Info tab added to accounts.
  • Database accounts now invalidate connection pools if account properties are modified and login attempts fail.
4.7

snapsmrc382

 
Stable
  • Introduced the Teradata FastLoad and Execute Snaps in this release.
  • Migration impact: In Teradata FastExport, the values of the Data Format field have been standardized to be in all caps. Existing pipelines that use the values of Binary, Text, or Unformatted will fail unless the new value of BINARY, TEXT, or UNFORMAT are used.
4.6snapsmrc362
 
Stable

Snap Pack introduced in 4.6.0. This includes only Teradata extract functionality to move data out of Teradata database using the FastExport Utility. It does not include Snaps for load, select, insert, delete, execute or others at this time. It also does not utilize the Teradata Parallel Transporter to extract data.