The package provides a Teradata backend for dplyr.
It makes it possible to operate Teradata Database in the same way as manipulating data frames with dplyr.
library(dplyr.teradata)
# Establish a connection to Teradata
con <- dbConnect(todbc(),
driver = "{Teradata Driver}", DBCName = "host_name_or_IP_address",
uid = "user_name", pwd = "*****")
my_table <- tbl(con, "my_table_name")
# Build a query
q <- my_table %>%
filter(between(date, "2017-01-01", "2017-01-03")) %>%
group_by(date) %>%
summarise(n = n()) %>%
arrange(date)
show_query(q)
#> <SQL>
#> SELECT "date", count(*) AS "n"
#> FROM "my_table_name"
#> WHERE ("date" BETWEEN '2017-01-01' AND '2017-01-03')
#> GROUP BY "date"
#> ORDER BY "date"
# Send the query and get its result on R
df <- q %>% collect
df
#> # A tibble: 3 x 2
#> date n
#> <date> <int>
#> 1 2017-01-01 123456
#> 2 2017-01-02 7891011
#> 3 2017-01-03 12131415You can install the dplyr.teradata package from CRAN.
You can also install the development version of the package from GitHub.
install.packages("devtools") # if you have not installed "devtools" package
devtools::install_github("hoxo-m/dplyr.teradata")The source code for dplyr.teradata package is available on GitHub at
The package provides a Teradata backend for dplyr. It makes it possible to build SQL for Teradata Database in the same way as manipulating data frames with the dplyr package. It also can send the queries and then receive its results on R.
Therefore, you can complete data analysis with Teradata only on R. It means that you are freed from troublesome switching of tools and switching thoughts that cause mistakes.
The package uses the odbc package to connect database and the dbplyr package to build SQL.
First, you need to establish an ODBC connection to Teradata. See:
The dplyr.teradata package has special driver function todbc().
# Establish a connection to Teradata
con <- dbConnect(todbc(),
driver = "{Teradata Driver}", DBCName = "host_name_or_IP_address",
uid = "user_name", pwd = "*****")Second, you need to specify a table to build SQL. See:
To specify a table, you can use tbl():
# Getting table
my_table <- tbl(con, "my_table_name")
# Getting table in schema
my_table <- tbl(con, "my_schema_name.my_table_name")Third, you build queries. It can do in the same way as manipulating data frames with dplyr:
For example, you can use follows:
mutate() adds new columns that are functions of existing columns.select() picks columns based on their names.filter() picks cases based on their values.summarise() reduces multiple values down to a single summary.arrange() changes the ordering of the rows.# Build a query
q <- my_table %>%
filter(between(date, "2017-01-01", "2017-01-03")) %>%
group_by(date) %>%
summarise(n = n()) %>%
arrange(date)n() is a function in dplyr to return the number of observations in the current group but here it will be translated to count(*) as a SQL function.
If you want to show built queries, use show_query():
show_query(q)
#> <SQL>
#> SELECT "date", count(*) AS "n"
#> FROM "my_table_name"
#> WHERE ("date" BETWEEN '2017-01-01' AND '2017-01-03')
#> GROUP BY "date"
#> ORDER BY "date"Finally, you send built queries and get its results on R using collect().
The package mainly use dbplyr to translate manipulations into queries.
Translatable functions are the available functions in manipulations that it can translate into SQL functions.
For instance, n() is translated to count(*) in the above example.
To know translatable functions for Teradata, refer the following:
Here, we introduce the special translatable functions that it becomes available by dplyr.teradata.
You might familiar the lubridate package to manipulate date and time data.
dplyr.teradata has lubridate friendly functions:
year(), month(), day(), hour(), minutes() and second().For example, you can pick year from date type column.
Such as above manipulation is translated into SQL like following:
#> <SQL> EXTRACT(YEAR FROM `date_type_column`)Teradata does not have the boolean data type. So when we use boolean, we need to write some complex statements. The package has several functions to treat briefly.
bool_to_int transforms boolean to integer.
#> <SQL> CASE WHEN (`x` > 0) THEN 1 WHEN NOT(`x` > 0) THEN 0 ENDcount_if() or n_if() counts a number of rows satisfying a condition.
#> <SQL> SUM(CASE WHEN (`x` > 0) THEN 1 WHEN NOT(`x` > 0) THEN 0 END)to_timestamp()If your table has a column stored UNIX time and you want to convert it to timestamp, you need to write complex SQL.
to_timestamp() is a translatable function that makes it easy.
Such as above manipulation is translated into SQL like following:
#> <SQL> CAST(DATE '1970-01-01' + (`unixtime_column` / 86400) AS TIMESTAMP(0)) + (`unixtime_column` MOD 86400) * (INTERVAL '00:00:01' HOUR TO SECOND)cut()cut() is very useful function that you can use in base R.
For example, you want to cut values of x into three parts of ranges by break points 2 and 4:
x <- 1:6
breaks <- c(0, 2, 4, 6)
cut(x, breaks)
#> [1] (0,2] (0,2] (2,4] (2,4] (4,6] (4,6]
#> Levels: (0,2] (2,4] (4,6]dplyr.teradata has a translatable function similar to this:
In the result, it is translated to a CASE WHEN statement as follows:
#> <SQL> CASE
#> WHEN x > 0 AND x <= 2 THEN '(0,2]'
#> WHEN x > 2 AND x <= 4 THEN '(2,4]'
#> WHEN x > 4 AND x <= 6 THEN '(4,6]'
#> ELSE NULL
#> ENDArguments of base cut() are also available:
#> <SQL> CASE
#> WHEN x >= 0 AND x <= 2 THEN '0-2'
#> WHEN x > 2 AND x <= 4 THEN '3-4'
#> WHEN x > 4 AND x <= 6 THEN '5-6'
#> ELSE NULL
#> ENDblob_to_string()The blob object from databases sometimes prevents manipulations with dplyr.
You might want to convert them to string.
blob_to_string() is a function to make it easy: