The target-teradata loader sends data into Teradata after it was pulled from a source using an extractor
Getting Started
Prerequisites
If you haven't already, follow the initial steps of the Getting Started guide:
Installation and configuration
-
Add the target-teradata loader to your
project using
:meltano add
-
Configure the target-teradata
settings using
:meltano config
meltano add loader target-teradata
meltano config target-teradata set --interactive
Next steps
Follow the remaining steps of the Getting Started guide:
If you run into any issues, learn how to get help.
Capabilities
The current capabilities for
target-teradata
may have been automatically set when originally added to the Hub. Please review the
capabilities when using this loader. If you find they are out of date, please
consider updating them by making a pull request to the YAML file that defines the
capabilities for this loader.
This plugin has the following capabilities:
- about
- schema-flattening
- stream-maps
You can
override these capabilities or specify additional ones
in your meltano.yml
by adding the capabilities
key.
Settings
The
target-teradata
settings that are known to Meltano are documented below. To quickly
find the setting you're looking for, click on any setting name from the list:
You can also list these settings using
with the meltano config
list
subcommand:
meltano config target-teradata list
You can
override these settings or specify additional ones
in your meltano.yml
by adding the settings
key.
Please consider adding any settings you have defined locally to this definition on MeltanoHub by making a pull request to the YAML file that defines the settings for this plugin.
SQLAlchemy URL (sqlalchemy_url)
-
Environment variable:
TARGET_TERADATA_SQLALCHEMY_URL
SQLAlchemy connection string
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config target-teradata set sqlalchemy_url [value]
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Add Record Metadata (add_record_metadata)
-
Environment variable:
TARGET_TERADATA_ADD_RECORD_METADATA
Add metadata to records.
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config target-teradata set add_record_metadata [value]
Default Target Schema (default_target_schema)
-
Environment variable:
TARGET_TERADATA_DEFAULT_TARGET_SCHEMA
The default target database schema name to use for all streams.
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config target-teradata set default_target_schema [value]
Flattening Enabled (flattening_enabled)
-
Environment variable:
TARGET_TERADATA_FLATTENING_ENABLED
'True' to enable schema flattening and automatically expand nested properties.
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config target-teradata set flattening_enabled [value]
Flattening Max Depth (flattening_max_depth)
-
Environment variable:
TARGET_TERADATA_FLATTENING_MAX_DEPTH
The max depth to flatten schemas.
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config target-teradata set flattening_max_depth [value]
Load Method (load_method)
-
Environment variable:
TARGET_TERADATA_LOAD_METHOD
-
Default Value:
append-only
The method to use when loading data into the destination. append-only
will always write all input records whether that records already exists or not. upsert
will update existing records and insert new records. overwrite
will delete all existing records and insert all input records.
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config target-teradata set load_method [value]
Stream Map Config (stream_map_config)
-
Environment variable:
TARGET_TERADATA_STREAM_MAP_CONFIG
User-defined config values to be used within map expressions.
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config target-teradata set stream_map_config [value]
Stream Maps (stream_maps)
-
Environment variable:
TARGET_TERADATA_STREAM_MAPS
Config object for stream maps capability. For more information check out Stream Maps.
Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:
meltano config target-teradata set stream_maps [value]
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