Teradata Quick Facts

Format Type Identifier
  • Teradata Spatial: COM.SAFE.FME.TERADATA_SPATIAL
  • Teradata Non-spatial: COM.SAFE.FME.TERADATA

Reader/Writer

Both

Licensing Level

  • Reader: Professional
  • Writer: Enterprise Database Edition

Dependencies

Teradata (JDBC) also requires Teradata JDBC drivers, which are not installed with FME.

You can download the drivers from: http://downloads.teradata.com/download/connectivity/jdbc-driver

The .jar files in the downloaded archive must be placed in FME_HOME/plugins.

Dataset Type

Database

Feature Type

Table name

Typical File Extensions

Not applicable

Automated Translation Support

Yes

User-Defined Attributes

Yes

Coordinate System Support

Yes

Generic Color Support

No

Spatial Index

Always
Schema Required

Yes

Transaction Support Yes
Geometry Type teradata_type
Encoding Support Yes

 

Geometry Support
Geometry Supported?

 

Geometry Supported?

aggregate

yes

 

point

yes

circles

no

 

polygon

yes

circular arc

no

 

raster

no

donut polygon

yes

 

solid

no

elliptical arc

no

 

surface

no

ellipses

no

 

text

no

line

yes

 

z values

no

none

yes