IBM PureData System for Analytics Programming and Usage

Course details

This course will teach participants how to develop applications for the IBM PureData System for Analytics (PDA) N1001 and N2001 appliance. This course is designed to give the participant an overview of the IBM PureData System for Analytics (PDA) architecture and provide a working knowledge and understanding of the PDA database features and development best practices. It includes content and labs on the features introduced in NPS 7 including full schema support.

Target Audience:

• This intermediate course is for application developers, and data warehouse analysts who want to develop applications for the IBM PureData System for Analytics (PDA) N1001 and N2001 appliance. It will give the intended audience an overview of the IBM PureData System for Analytics (PDA) architecture and provide a working knowledge and understanding of the PDA database features and development best practices.

Objectives:

• Develop SQL applications
• Know how to use various ETL/ELT tools
• Create databases, tables and schemas
• Determine distribution methods
• Set up Clustered Base Tables
• Load and unload tables
• Generate statistics
• Analyze query plans
• Create materialized views
• Reclaim unused disk space
• Program stored procedures

Pre-Requisites

You are required to have a working knowledge of UNIX or Linux, experience with shell scripting, experience with VI editing, and basic SQL.